Christian Science heals through divine laws. It is the Science of the Christianity that Jesus lived and taught. It explicitly recognizes man as created in God’s image (see Genesis 1:27), that God is Spirit (see John 4:24), not a physical being, and that God is all-in-all and almighty. The proof is in changed and improved lives; morally, spiritually, and physically.
Christian Science healing comes through scientific prayer, or spiritual communion with God. It is specific treatment. Such prayer recognizes a patient's direct access to God's love and discovers more of the consistent operation of God's law of health and wholeness on his/her behalf. It knows God, or divine Mind, as the only healer. It brings the transforming action of the Christ, the idea of divine Love, to the patient's consciousness. A transformation or spiritualization of a patient's thought changes his/her condition (see Science and Health, p. 194:6).
Christian Science healing has been practiced effectively in the Riverside area for more than 120 years. In some families, Christian Science has been the means of healing and care for five generations. The Fruitage section of Science and Health includes a testimony of healings by an early member of the Riverside Christian Science community on page 619.
During the past 112 years, more than 50,000 authenticated testimonies of healing have been published in the monthly and weekly Christian Science periodicals. Many of these have medical verification. In addition, thousands of accounts of healing are given each week at Wednesday testimony meetings in Christian Science churches around the world. Three books, Healing Spiritually, A Century of Christian Science Healing, published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, and Spiritual Healing in a Scientific Age by Robert Peel (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987), give detailed accounts of verified healings.
You can find the complete accounts of the following verified healings in the Christian Science periodicals. Copies are available in our Reading Room and a librarian would be happy to help you locate specific testimonies. A few of the more-recent testimonies are available on-line.
Check back, we will be expanding this list to include all published healings in the Riverside (Inland Empire) area from 1960 to today. The following list is just a start:
An Injury Healed and a Life Renewed, (medically diagnosed broken back – healed) June 3, 2002 Sentinel, pgs. 24-25, author - C.Y.
Earlier examples of healings in the Riverside area:
Healing of Spinal Meningitis, October 22, 1960, Sentinel, pgs. 1887-1888, Mrs. Janet Averill, Arlington, CA and her mother Mrs. Nellie H. Martin
Healed of Tonsillitis, Social Drinking and Smoking, August 19, 1961, Sentinel, pgs. 1448-1450, Homer O. Griffith, Redlands, CA
Healed of Hemorrhaging, January 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 122-123, Mrs. Grace B. Shipman, Fontana, CA
Healed of Accident Injuries and Employment Restored
, July 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1179-1181, Mrs. Edna B. Hartmann, Redlands, CA
Healed of Colds and Foot Injury, August 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1362-1363, Mrs. Ruby J. Lund, Fontana
Healed of Tonsillitis, Employment Problems, and Electrocution, August 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1404-1406, Mrs. Ruth Barlow Simons, San Bernardino, CA
Healed of Nervous Breakdown and Influenza, August 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1497-1498, Odin T. Lund, Fontana, CA
Healing of Sorrow and Lack of Supply, Sept. 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1671-1673, Mrs. Merle Deane Rice, Riverside, CA
Healing of Tonsillitis and Severe Cut, Oct. 1963, Sentinel, pgs. 1802-1803, Mrs. Marguerite L. Cope, Hemet
Many Significant Healings, January 11, 1964, Sentinel, pg. 85, Mrs. Rebecca J. Jones, Riverside, CA
Business Difficulties and Abdominal Pain Healed, February 8, 1964, Sentinel, pg. 257, George Julius Jungclaus, Palm Desert, CA
Healing of Electrical Shock, May 23, 1964, Sentinel, pg. 921, A. Lee Moore, Yucaipa, CA
Painful Accident Healed, January 29, 1966, Sentinel, pg. 2057, Mrs. Ethel Stickles, Palm Springs, CA
Mental and Physical Health Restored, January 29, 1966, Sentinel, pg. 199, Mrs. Gladys H. Roseberry, Palmdale, CA
Broken Bone and Other Physical Problems Healed, May 14, 1966, Sentinel, pg. 858, Walter Sutton, Riverside, CA
Lung Condition and Burns Healed, October 22, 1966, Sentinel, pg. 1879, Miss Frances M. Cone, Idyllwild, CA
Severe Cold Healed, April 29, 1967, Sentinel, pg. 730, Mr. Kathrine DeC. Chapman, Claremont, CA
Travel Difficulties Solved and Facial Blemish Healed, August 19, 1967, Sentinel, p. 1435, Richard E. Lyons, Riverside, CA
Smoking, Drinking and Backache Healed, September 2, 1967, Sentinel, pgs. 1525, Richard Adam, Beaumont, CA
Rheumatic Fever, Broken Bones, and Severe Cut Healed, September 9, 1967, Sentinel, pg. 1569, Mrs. Mina W. Conklin, Yucaipa
Healing of Blindness, October 26, 1968, Sentinel, pg. 1880, John R. Stromgren, Riverside, CA
Healed of Thyroid Condition, February 15, 1969, Sentinel, pg. 289, Mrs. Catherine L. Ames, Chino, CA
Decision to Take Class Instruction Rectified, November 1, 1969, Sentinel, pg. 1923, Angelyn Blanchard, Riverside, CA
Healing of (Doctor Diagnosed) Crippling Arthritis, July 11, 1970, Sentinel, pg. 1212, Frank Miceli, Riverside, CA
Cancerous Condition on Lip Healed, October 10, 1970, Sentinel, pgs 1788-89, Robert B. Lundy, Hemet, CA
Healing of (Doctor Diagnosed) Pleuresy, October 10, 1970, Sentinel, pg. 1789, Marie Lundy, Hemet, CA
Doctor Diagnosed Ulcers Healed, April 1971, Sentinel, pg. 776, James Crittendon Hunt, Yucaipa, CA
Migraine, Bee Stings and (Doctor Diagnosed) Pneumonia Healed, May 15, 1971, Sentinel, pg. 865, May A Seimears, San Bernardino, CA
Numerous Healings, including: Rheumatic Fever, A Difficult Childbirth, and Chronic Neuralgia, May 22, 1971, Sentinel, pgs. 908-910, Laura S. Fletcher, Downey, CA and sister Frances Sevaly, Riverside, CA
Rheumatic Fever and Broken Hip (Medically Diagnosed) Healed, March 16, 1981, Sentinel, pg. 461, Jeanne K. Martin, Claremont, CA
Healing of Flu and Smoking Habit, November 30, 1981, Sentinel, pgs 2060, Edna Buchser, Sun City, CA
Healed of Pain and Inability to Stand, Sit, Walk or Talk, October 31, 1983, Sentinel, pg. 1885, Charles, E. Amerman, Yucaipa, CA
Seven Year-Old Son Healed of Large Lump on Face and Neck, May 27, 1985, Sentinel, pg. 896, Yvonne Burnett, Hemet, CA
Hearing Loss Healed, July 22, 1985, Sentinel, pg. 1247, Cecilia Sharp, Ontario, CA
Son Healed of Small Pox, Pink Eye and Sore Throat and Coughing, July 29, 1985, Sentinel, pg. 1286, Gloria Lee Kilpatrick, San Bernardino, CA
Physical Healing While in Graduate School, May 27, 1991, Sentinel, pg. 38, Richard Pierce Onderdonk, Claremont, CA
Healing of Accident While on Active Duty in the Military, September 2, 1991, Sentinel, pg. 39, Barton Buckner, Riverside, CA
Son’s Healing of Speech Impediment, March 23, 1992, Sentinel, pg. 37, Gail Heard, Riverside, CA
