Testimony of Healing January 15, 1921 Issue

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I am writing...

E. Biggs

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I am writing to tell what Christian Science has done for me. I was a complete physical wreck, suffering from heart and kidney trouble, also from severe and almost incessant headache. For two and one-half years I was either in bed or on my couch most of the time, not able even to do a bit of sewing, and some days not able to see any one, as the exertion of talking was too much, and resulted in heart attacks. I was never left alone day or night, as my husband was told that the end might be expected any time. I saw seven different doctors, who all told my friends that my recovery was impossible, but the quieter I kept the longer I should be spared to my husband and children. I was carried upstairs, and was wheeled out in a chair for fresh air when the weather was suitable, but often the excitement was too much and my husband was afraid I would pass away before he could get me home.

A year ago last October my sister-in-law brought me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and asked if I would like to read it. She knew nothing about Christian Science herself but knew of two different cases that had been healed through it. I told her I thought it was just what I wanted. A neighbor had asked me two years before if I had heard of it, and gave me some copies of the Sentinel to read, but at that time I became worse, and by the time I was able to read I found the Sentinels had been sent back, so I did not see anything of them. But I always felt I should like to have read them, and wished that my neighbor would offer them again. I promised my sister-in-law I would study Science and Health, for I saw it was a book to be studied thoughtfully and prayerfully. After three days' study I began to get better, and in less than a fortnight I asked my husband to take me to a lecture on Christian Science. He was very much afraid and thought he would never bring me home alive, but I knew I was better, so he took me in a wheel chair. I enjoyed the lecture and was none the worse, and in five weeks I could walk to church, which is three-quarters of an hour's walk each way, and do all my own work without any ill effects. I can walk upstairs or uphill and do any work a woman is required to do quite easily, and feel better than I can ever remember feeling before. For all this I am most deeply thankful, and through the little knowledge I have gained, and by declaring the truth, I have since then been cured of piles and constipation. I pray daily that I may grow in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of God, and of man as His image and likeness. I trust this will help some dear sufferer to seek and find the truth which makes free from the bondage of sin, sickness, and death.

(Mrs.) E. Biggs, Redfield, Bristol, England.

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