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[Original testimony in German]

With a grateful heart I should...

From the October 1937 issue of The Christian Science Journal


With a grateful heart I should like to testify to the healing of our small daughter through Christian Science treatment, a healing which took place about four years ago. This healing revealed to me for the first time the real meaning of divine Love and God's ever-present help, and thus I gained the spiritual understanding of God and His idea, spiritual man.

I had not known of Christian Science for very long when our daughter —then not quite two years old— was healed of severe burns. While I was cooking, a pot of boiling water was knocked off the oil stove, and the child, who was playing in the kitchen, was scalded all over her back and head. My understanding at that time was so slight that I allowed thoughts of fear to creep in, and I had a Christian Scientist called who lived near by. She calmed me and explained that God alone is our life. From a human point of view the child's life was in danger, and therefore, when my husband came home later we decided to telephone to a practitioner for help. She began work at once, and the child, who had been crying until then, became quiet and went to sleep. When she woke up she seemed to have no more pain, for she calmly let someone dress her and she played the whole afternoon in her room. Also, during the following day she did not cry once, and the burns were noticeably healed. In a week there was practically no evidence of the burn.

Human words cannot sufficiently express my thanks for God's wonderful help and for the understanding that has been given me through Mrs. Eddy's clarifying and illuminating writings, as well as for the loving work of the practitioner.—

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