Testimony of Healing November 13, 1920 Issue

Deep gratitude impels me to write this testimony that...

Mary Barske

Deep gratitude impels me to write this testimony that my fellow men may be helped thereby. In the year 1909 I became ill with tuberculosis of the lungs, was treated by many physicians, and was often vaccinated. Frequently I was obliged to lie in bed with high fever. Because of my belief in excellent care I was soon restored to such a degree that I was able to help myself; still work seemed very difficult. This sickness was followed by another. I became so nervous that all surrounding me suffered as a consequence.

At this time I received some Christian Science literature from an acquaintance. I gained new courage and went to Berlin and sought a practitioner, who explained the Science of being to me in a simple manner. After two treatments I did not notice a trace of my former trouble. May it be noted that I only mentioned to the practitioner an extreme itching of the scalp and an abnormal loss of hair. I did not mention the tuberculosis; neither did I mention that I had lost my husband as a result of that disease, and that during my stay at a sanatorium my child passed on from tuberculosis of the brain. Upon returning to my former surroundings, the condition again became noticeable. Then I studied Der Herold and the textbook by Mary Baker Eddy a great deal, and noticed that after reading I felt much better. Gradually it became clear to me that understanding of this religion is necessary, and that we must allow ourselves to be guided by the truth. Through this understanding of the truth I was completely healed of tuberculosis and nervous trouble.

When the war broke out all my brothers were compelled to go to the front. I was the only support of my parents at that time, and was able to execute all the agricultural work without any difficulty whatever. I am so happy and thankful that God revealed the way of the truth to me. Science and Health has been my only counselor. With the exception of the two treatments, I have had no other Christian Science treatment. My mother, brothers, and sisters gradually approached the truth through reading Der Herold.

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