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[Translated from the German]
Human language never seems more inadequate to me than...
Human language never seems more inadequate to me than when I endeavor to express my gratitude for Christian Science and for the work accomplished by its Discoverer, Mrs. Eddy. About two and a half years ago, when I first heard of this wonderful teaching, I had reached the point where I took my suffering for granted and had ceased to expect to receive help. My interest in Christian Science was aroused by a dear relative of mine, because I was seeking after a more satisfying religion. That my expectations were far surpassed will appear more clearly from the following brief account of my sufferings and subsequent healing.
Sixteen years ago I was taken ill with appendicitis, and lay with ice on my stomach day and night for many weeks. How much I would have been spared had I known then of the power of Truth! Finally peritonitis set in, and when I recovered after many weeks, I had to learn to walk again. I was not fully restored to health, however, until comparatively recently. At first I suffered pain only when working, but as time went on the suffering became constant, and mental depression, sleeplessness, and an ever increasing convulsive cough were added, until seven years ago my condition grew almost unbearable. I was treated by many physicians, but in all cases without benefit. Then a professor advised an operation, as he assumed that all my sufferings were due to appendicitis. After an extensive operation the pain disappeared, and I was hopeful that in time I would regain my normal strength and ability to work; but ten months later the old pain returned with great severity, and with it all the other symptoms, at first only occasionally but later regularly every second or third week, despite the conscientious efforts of the physicians.
I had submitted to what I believed to be an unalterable fate, when through divine Love I was led to the fountain of Truth. I was freed of a great weight when I began to understand Mrs. Eddy's explanation of the Bible. I also realized that sleeplessness, nervousness, and the convulsive cough had vanished, and I at once perceived that Christian Science offered the means for my complete recovery. I immediately started to study the subject zealously, but the pain in the abdomen seemed to increase, and in the autumn of 1913 became so intense that I could hardly move. A physician was called, despite my earnest protests, and he declared that an operation must be performed at once, as he suspected an abscess in the region of the appendix. A delay of one or two days and the operation might be too late, he said; but I emphatically refused to be operated upon.
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January 8, 1916 issue
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Healing by Spiritual Law
ROBERT NALL
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Reflection
LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY
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Both Great and Small
JULIA WARNER MICHAEL
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Truth Ever Present
J. ALLEN BARRIS
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"Shut thy door"
EMMELINE HASKELL
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Communion
ELISHA B. SEELEY
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Clinging to Principle
LUCY E. DOE
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In an article on "Nature Around Huddersfield," the writer...
Fred R. Rhodes
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In answer to a correspondent I would like to say that...
Samuel Greenwood
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In reply to the statement of a physician, permit me to...
Robert S. Ross
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The citations of Scripture given by a critic to repudiate...
Willis D. McKinstry
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Christian Science teaches how to destroy sin and disease,...
Thomas E. Boland
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The comparison, by our critic, of Christian Science with...
W. D. Kilpatrick
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Take Notice
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Cooperation and Efficiency
Archibald McLellan
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Exaltation
Annie M. Knott
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Advancing Beliefs
John B. Willis
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The Lectures
with contributions from E. B. Saunders, J. Burrows, William C. Orton, William H. Lowe, S. S. McCurdy
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In November, 1908, a Christian Scientist and her husband...
John J. Edington
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For fifteen years I suffered from severe bilious headaches,...
Charlotte M. Gary
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Before coming into Christian Science I was unhappy, discontented,...
Nelle Martz Sharples
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Christian Science has revealed to me a God of love, unchanging...
Hannah M. Hagman
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I am indeed grateful for the opportunity to tell of the...
Friederike Suhl with contributions from Alice M. Kelly
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I came to Christian Science for physical healing for my...
Evalyn H. Marcotte
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For three years I was an invalid, and for fifteen months...
Celista C. Dodds
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Christian Science has done a great deal for me
G. W. Kreasan with contributions from Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from John Whitehead, Charles F. Dole