Testimony of Healing April 7, 1923 Issue

I had exhausted the skill of some of our best physicians

Tessa Haguewood

I had exhausted the skill of some of our best physicians. After some years of suffering I had undergone a surgical operation in which a cystic tumor was removed; but I still found little relief. There had also been added to this dream of mortal sense a great sorrow, and I was not able to accept the teachings of my church that a loving God sends sorrow and sickness; so I gave up my church, although still appreciating the good it had given me. I had lost all faith in materia medica. Physicians advised change of climate, from which I would seem to get some relief for perhaps a year, and then relapse into a state of almost complete exhaustion. Severe attacks of stomach and bladder trouble, also throat difficulty with a troublesome cough, were frequent. I had had for years an organic disorder for which there seemed no cure.

At one of these most trying times Christian Science came to me. A loving practitioner talked with me, and gave me such a sense of comfort. I secured the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Later, on learning this was studied in connection with the Bible, I took up an honest, earnest study of both. It was three years before I was healed. I received patient, loving help at times from faithful practitioners. I am more than grateful for the slow healing. It has given me a better understanding of God, deeper compassion for humanity, a great sense of gratitude to God and to the gentle, loving woman who was inspired and pure enough to give this wonderful truth to the world. I have experienced many blessings through the power of Truth, since my first healing. I am grateful for membership in The Mother Church, for class instruction, and that this great regenerating movement of Christian Science is protected by divine wisdom that it may bless all mankind.

(Mrs.) Tessa Haguewood, Portland, Ore.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Testimony of Healing

For more than twenty-five years, Christian Science has...