I wish to express sincere gratitude for the multitude of blessings received through the application of Christian Science; gratitude to our Father-Mother God for His loving guidance and protection; to Jesus, our Exemplar; to Mary Baker Eddy for her life consecrated to God, and her untiring toil in giving us the spiritual interpretation of the Bible.
To understand God and to see the fulfillment of my dearly loved childhood hymn, "One Shepherd and one fold," grew stronger in me during the first World War, when God appeared to be partial, unloving, unjust, and helpless to adjust the then prevailing unpleasant world conditions.
In 1922, when economic and financial conditions in Germany grew worse, I decided to come to America, hoping to find remunerative work so as to assist my aged parents. My thanks go out to God, who answered this prayer, and led me step by step to Christian Science, in spite of my prejudice and ignorance of its teachings, which robbed me for a while of God's precious gifts.
