I gratefully join others in telling of how I was led to the...

Hermine Ney with contributions from Cowper

I gratefully join others in telling of how I was led to the blessed truths of Christian Science. In 1906 I was taken ill with a severe affection of the throat. At first I had allopathic treatment, but failed to improve; in fact the trouble manifested itself so severely that I completely lost my speech and could make myself understood only by nodding and shaking the head. I then tried homeopathy, though with no better results,—indeed, the conditions were aggravated. The physician, as well as my mother and brothers, had decided to take me to a specialist; but I had no confidence in drugs, as an acquaintance of ours who had become afflicted with the same trouble had finally succumbed to it, despite medicine and an operation.

My sister, who had experienced many benefits through Christian Science, then advised me to turn to it for relief. I immediately wrote to a practitioner in Berlin to ask for help, with the firm trust that our common prayer would be answered. With one treatment I was able to speak and sing as formerly. A wonderful sense of joy came over me, and I shed tears of gratitude. This quick healing taught me that in order to have our prayers answered we must believe with all our hearts.

During the following four years I saw many glorious demonstrations, yet I overlooked the fact that I needed more purification of thought. This recognition came to me in 1911, when during a whole month I was unable to sleep at night. As I could not attain to clear thinking without some one's help, I wrote to a Christian Science practitioner in another locality, asking for treatment. Relief was immediately experienced, as on other occasions, and since that time I have enjoyed good sleep. It is quite clear to me now that we need not worry about material things, for we read in the Bible, "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you;" and I now understand the meaning of the words, "He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly." I also know that anything which keeps us from doing good is only error, and being the result of wrong thought, it would hinder our progress in truth. Let us therefore "stand porter at the door of thought," as Mrs. Eddy tells us (Science and Health, p. 392). I am indeed happy for having found the truth, and would not now want to live without it.

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