Testimony of Healing August 5, 1933 Issue

In gratitude for the many blessings received through the...

Estella Bowles

In gratitude for the many blessings received through the application of Christian Science I desire to give my testimony.

Twenty-two years ago, after several minor operations, I was told by our physician that I could not live more than a few weeks if I did not have a major operation, as I had the so-called incurable disease named cancer. I said I would not have the operation, nor did I; then for over a year I tried all other medical aid, but to no avail. I suffered from severe hemorrhages which kept me in bed for days at a time. I was said to be anæmic; I endured severe sick headaches which would last for several days, was a nervous wreck, and had rheumatism in my arm. I was also passing through what is called a critical stage of life, consequently I was filled with much fear. I had two small children, so I was very anxious to live.

"Man's extremity is God's opportunity." That was my position. Through my son's companion, whose family were Christian Scientists, I was led, after seeing many healings, to investigate Christian Science as a last resort. I prayed very earnestly as I had been taught, for I was a stanch member of an orthodox church; but I was never satisfied, when teaching Sunday school, that I was giving my class the right interpretation or understanding of God. I decided to try Christian Science and went to a practitioner, who lovingly told me that God is Love. She also told me that God does not send sickness; and I went home very happy, feeling that at last I had found something to help me both physically and spiritually. I continued to go to the practitioner, and in about three or four months the cancer completely disappeared and I never had another hemorrhage. The rest of my healing was somewhat slow, but I am grateful for it; it made me, as Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 495), "cling steadfastly to God and His idea." I read and studied earnestly and tried very hard to put into practice what I knew.

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