Through my too great self-reliance and the belief that...

Carl Utz

Through my too great self-reliance and the belief that nothing could fail with me, I gave up a very good position in order to become independent, but my venture turned out very differently from what I had expected; it proved a failure and I suffered heavy losses. I struggled with destiny, but not being able to keep abreast of the times, I had to give up my undertaking. I was discouraged and exhausted, and I believe that I would not have lived through it if I had not been directed through Christian Science to the all-power, the ever-presence, and the all-wisdom of God and His great love for man. I not only gained an absolute trust in God after a stubborn resistance, but I have since gained an understanding that all evil, all imperfection, is not sent by God, but that we bring this evil upon ourselves through our own offences, for "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

I am a changed man. I am back in my former position and very happy that I may read Der Christian Science Herold and thereby learn of Truth. I am deeply grateful to our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, through whom the way of salvation has been revealed to us in Christian Science.

I have also experienced the healing power of Christian Science for myself and family. In December of last year, I was taken ill one Sunday with what seemed to be influenza. I had a high fever and difficulty in breathing accompanied by great fear of death, for my brother-in-law had died suddenly, a few years before, under similar circumstances. I immediately had Christian Science treatment. The next morning I could attend to my business, and the following day all discord had disappeared. Myself and family, eleven of us, have had neither physician nor medicine for the last four years for which we are indeed grateful to God.—Carl Utz, Stralsund, Germany.

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