Christian Science
Testimony
HEALING OF CHRONIC
AILMENTS
In August, 1893, Christian
Science came to me in an hour of dark despair. The sentence
of death was hanging over me, —
"only a question of a few days," the doctor had said.
I had four chronic ailments; lung, heart, and stomach
trouble, besides a rupture that was very distressing. My
sorrow when I thought of leaving my loved ones was great,
and the uncertainty as to where I was going troubled me. In
this extremity all the teachings I had received in the
church of which I was a member seemed vague and
unsatisfactory; there was a great longing to know more of
God. Across the room lay the evening newspaper. My eyes
caught the heading of an article which read, "By faith they
see." I had it brought to me, and read it. It was only a
half column, but what a revelation! It was the first I had
read of Christian Science. It told a little of Mrs. Eddy's
life and spoke of her teaching in regard to Mind and matter
and the power of thought. My room seemed flooded with
comfort and peace. I recognized in every line the truth that
Jesus brought to the world. I began to improve from that
hour, and for several weeks this little clipping from the
newspaper was all of Christian Science I had. It helped me
every time I read it. I had it nearly worn out when I found
a friend who bought me a copy of Science and Health. I did
not think of the healing of the body, for I was so delighted
with the teaching. In Science and Health I found an answer
to every puzzling question, and it cleared up all the
mysteries of life and death.
I found one morning that
the rupture which had caused me so much suffering was
healed. It was the first trouble to go. My healing was so
gentle and complete that the old body simply gave place to a
new one. The lungs that were supposed to be almost gone
became strong; stomach trouble and heart disease, from which
I had suffered since my childhood, were no more. In all my
life I had not been able to eat what I desired, but now I
began to eat everything. I studied the Bible and Science and
Health until I was strong. Then the one desire of my life
became to tell others the glad news and save them from
suffering. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel to God,
and to dear Mrs. Eddy. In all the years since I was healed I
have not had one whole day's sickness.
Alice S. Eubank
Denver, Colorado
"Testimonies from
the Field"
The Christian Science Journal, January,
1909
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