Testimony of Healing January 23, 1932 Issue

It is with great gratitude that I add my testimony to...

Annie May Bartholomew

It is with great gratitude that I add my testimony to those of others who, like myself, have been healed of severe illness, both mental and physical, and overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties through Christian Science. In 1920 I was suddenly seized with what was diagnosed as a severe nervous breakdown, combined with heart disease and other internal troubles, and for over three years I was in great distress of mind and body. Although I knew that fear was the primary cause of my condition, I knew of no means of getting rid of it. In addition, at that time all my material world came tumbling down—position, money, and, worst of all, I seemed to have to bear the loss of the affection of all those dear to me. I had doctor after doctor—thirteen in all; went from nursing home to nursing home, and spent almost my last penny trying to get well. Some of those doctors were leading London specialists, and all were extremely kind; but they could find no cure. Insomnia was one of the worst features of my case; and every known drug for that condition was prescribed, with the result that I was nearly always in a semidazed state.

About this time Christian Science was presented to me; but I refused it, believing that it was based on the power of the human mind, and I had seemingly none of even that so-called power left. I went on for another three months, longing for death. Then, as a last resort, I asked for a Christian Science practitioner. I shall never forget the first night she came. I knew little of physiology and my medical knowledge was of the crudest, yet one of my great fears was that if my heart were not functioning properly the blood could not circulate in my brain and I should lose my reason. This fear had been with me for months, and it was instantaneously healed by the practitioner. When she lovingly explained to me that intelligence was not in my head—that God is Mind, and that He is everywhere—I grasped the truth; relief came, and for the first time for three years I was able to sleep some hours that night without a drug. Only those who know what insomnia is can appreciate what this meant to me. In less than a fortnight after the practitioner's first visit, I saw the doctor who had last attended me. We had some conversation, in the course of which he said, "Well, I have heard of Christian Science and I have never believed in it, but I can't doubt the evidence of my own eyes."

I had lived with fear for so long that I had many dark valleys to traverse and many mountains to climb before I was ready to take my place in the world again, but with the help of loving practitioners and friends, and particularly with the tenderness and compassion of one dear Christian Science friend, to whom I shall ever be grateful, I was finally able to come out of the darkness into the light of understanding.

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