The first time I read a copy of Der Herold der Christian Science,...

Louise Lingel

The first time I read a copy of Der Herold der Christian Science, the thought came to me that I would some day like to inform my fellow-men of what Christian Science has done for me, and this glad day has now come. I feel so contented, grateful, and happy that it is impossible for me to express it all in words. O how blessed the moment of silent prayer, when we realize that we are one with our heavenly Father. How joyfully we hear the words, "This my son . . . was lost, and is found." Christian Science found me sick, miserable, in trouble and anxiety, and divine Love seemed so far away from me that I wished to die, for I then believed that death would bring me to the Father. I was homesick, because my parents and brothers and sisters were in Germany, while I was here alone; I seemed to have no friends and wanted to go to God. I can never forget one sleepless night just before Christian Science found me. I started about seven times to say the Lord's Prayer, and every time I came to the words, "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors," I could not go on. It seemed as if my debt was so great that God could not cancel it.

I suffered torments that night until three o'clock, when peace came to me in that words, "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." This was then my dearest prayer until Christian Science found me, and it has showed me the way to heaven. I have now learned to walk in this way through that wondrous book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. I have learned that God is not afar off, "for in him we live, and move, and have our being." I have no desire now to die, but my desire is to become more Christ like every day.

I am deeply grateful to God for our faithful Leader, Through her understanding of God and her love for humanity I have been healed of many diseases, — small-pox, heart trouble, headache, and severe cramps. I am learning through Christian Science how to cast the beam out of my own eye, and after I have learned that, I can help my brother to cast the mote out of his eye. I have found in Christian Science the truth which sets free from sin, sickness, and death.—Louise Lingel, St. Louis, Mo.

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