Testimony of Healing September 5, 1914 Issue

We read and hear of so many cases of quick healing in...

Lulu Parsons Browne

We read and hear of so many cases of quick healing in Christian Science, that a sense of discouragement often tempts those whose healing is slow. That is one reason why I desire to give my testimony, the other reason being the pleasure I take in publicly expressing my gratitude to Christian Science for all it has done for me during the past sixteen years.

I was persuaded to try Christian Science through the healing of a dear friend. At that time I was in very poor health, longing to die, for I thought I would then find release from my suffering. Our family physician and an eminent specialist had done all they could for me, but I was growing worse. I had nervous trouble in many forms, and was not able to lift my hand above my head or take a quick step. I had so much fear of everything that my life became a dreadful nightmare. Severe headaches would cause me to stay in bed for two days at a time; then I had other serious ailments, and such trouble with my eyes that I could not read more than one page at a time, and never after dark, without pain.

Christian Science found me in this condition, and I consented to see a practitioner on the recommendation of my friend. At first I would not permit the practitioner to talk to me about this teaching, and I refused to read Science and Health; but after my first treatment I asked him how often I would have to come to his office. He replied, "You had better come every day this week." It seemed a long time to me, for immediately many material demands seemed to claim my time; but I resisted them with the thought that as I had started, I would be as faithful to Christian Science as I had been to the doctors. Then the fault would not be mine when it failed, for I was sure it was going to fail in my case.

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