With sincere gratitude I wish to testify to a healing received through Christian Science in 1918. I was stricken with pleurisy and pneumonia. As I had been interested in Christian Science for some time and had experienced many blessings through it, I requested the help of a practitioner, which was given me with great patience and love. The healing was not effected quickly, for I had not been vigilant at the door of thought, and during the time of war had permitted self-will, fear, and worry to enter. The fever left me immediately after the first treatment, but the cough and intense weakness would not yield. Only when the definition of wind on page 597 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, became clear to me, and I realized that in Spirit there is no evil, did my condition improve. The weakness also left me, for "they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." In this same manner fear and worry vanished in the clear light of the knowledge that God is our provider and that we are not dependent upon persons. To-day I know that divine Love meets every human need. For this understanding I am deeply thankful to God and to our Leader.
I also wish to express thanks for the fact that we have the textbook in the German language, as well as for the wonderful articles which appear in Der Herold der Christian Science, which have helped me so often. I endeavor to know God better daily, and know that through the study of Christian Science I will gain more understanding, and my desire to be able to help others will be fulfilled.— Berlin, Germany.
