Testimony of Healing June 19, 1915 Issue

It is with a heart full of gratitude for the privilege, that I...

John Treweek

It is with a heart full of gratitude for the privilege, that I give my testimony of what Christian Science has done for me. It was in March, 1909, while I was on a visit to relatives in Ohio, that one Sunday evening, on returning from a brief visit to Columbus, I met a friend whom I had not seen for sixteen years, as I had been away from the United States that length of time. I had heard practically nothing about Christian Science until then, but on questioning my friend regarding it, as I had been told that he had become a Christian Scientist, I became interested, and soon had a desire to hear more, which I did. I also visited the reading-rooms, attended the services on Sunday and the Wednesday evening testimony meetings, and was deeply impressed. I never heard or read so much about love before. I had to the best of my knowledge been seeking to know and to serve God, and here was just what I required, —something for me to understand and practise.

I could neither read nor write without glasses, for my eyes had been injured while I was living in Egypt some few years before, but in a few weeks, with the kind help of a practitioner, I was completely healed of this trouble. In August, 1911, I was healed of an acute stomach disease. I have also been able to demonstrate for myself the truth of Christian Science by overcoming toothache. I am very thankful for these demonstrations of the truth which makes us free.

The physical healing, however, is not all. I thank God for the spiritual uplift, the love which has come into my life, and the silent yet steady overcoming of the human element with the divine. Mrs. Eddy says, "The divine must overcome the human at every point" (Science and Health, p. 43). I am grateful to our beloved Leader for giving us Christian Science, and for what it is doing throughout the world. I know I can best express my thankfulness in deeds of kindness and in honest endeavor to reflect the Love which is God.

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