Testimonies of Healing

I found Christian Science when I no longer wanted to live. Around me I saw only sadness, the anxiety of a world in search of itself—full of questions with no answers.

[Original in German] Whenever fear or an overwhelming feeling of responsibility makes me doubt my ability, I have found that the truths of Christian Science, about the real man and his relationship to God, are capable of dispelling such a depression "by the renewing of [my] mind" ( Rom. 12:2 ).

One time I had a cold that lingered for several weeks. As spiritually scientific truths were applied, I received intermittent relief and comfort.

As a young woman I was introduced to Christian Science by the man I later married. This Science seemed so applicable to my life, and it gave me the concept of God as Love, which appealed to me greatly.

At one time I became discouraged and worried, full of self-condemnation for what I saw as my inability to attain complete healings. The discomfort of several physical problems had disappeared, but the visible evidence remained.

Thanks to help from teachers in the Christian Science Sunday School and my mother's spiritual alertness, my childhood was relatively free from sickness. Occasionally, however, small boils erupted on my face and neck.

My maternal grandmother found Christian Science when I was a small child. After attending a Church of Christ, Scientist, for the first time she said, "This is what I've been looking for all my life!" A short time later my mother became very ill and requested Christian Science treatment, as she had lost all faith in medical means.

I was raised in a Christian Science environment, knowing that our true Father-Mother is God and that He meets all our human needs. Divine Love sustained our family after my father's sudden death.

As a teen-ager and a young man I was extremely underweight. This was attributed to a chronic internal ailment that frequently caused severe pain.

During the Second World War, when there seemed to be nothing for me but insoluble problems, I was presented with a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.