The blessings which have come to me through Christian Science...

Anna Schwaninger

The blessings which have come to me through Christian Science impel me to make public acknowledgment thereof. In 1910 I received three copies of Der Herold der Christian Science from my sister in New York. She called my attention to Christian Science, as she knew that we were often struggling with illness. I was very much pleased with its contents, although it seemed strange to me that God should not permit sickness, and I could not then make up my mind to investigate the subject further.

I had been afflicted since childhood with a throat trouble which recurred regularly in winter time, manifesting itself in loss of voice. The least effort in speaking caused great distress, and the various physicians and specialists, as well as a professor who was considered very able, succeeded in relieving me only temporarily. In January, 1912, hoarseness again set in. At that time I had lost all faith in physicians, as I had tried so many "cures" for this as well as for the relief of an abdominal complaint and a severe bowel trouble. All the remedies which I tried failed to benefit me. I had been at two sanitariums and gone through a well-known "cure" in Wörrishofen, but, as I said, without being benefited.

Although I had been told that God does not send disease, I seemed comfortless, till finally, in January, 1912, I decided to go to Frankfort-on-the-Main and attend a Christian Science service. I also had a talk with a practitioner and was treated that same day, whereupon my voice began to return and I was able to speak, the pain having yielded considerably. The first thing I learned was that divine Love is omnipresent and omnipotent, that God sends only good, and creates only that which is perfect. The result was that my fear disappeared. The physicians had forbidden me to speak, and I had to desist from many other things without ever being benefited by so doing. The abdominal trouble had necessitated my wearing a truss for years, and it was difficult for me to do housework, so that many things had to be attended to by others. The bowel difficulty was accompanied by great suffering, and I often became frightened as to the possible outcome. I had a great desire to know the liberating truth, to have spiritual food, and this I received when treatment in Christian Science was begun by the practitioner, who also explained the subject to me.

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