Testimony of Healing July 7, 1923 Issue

I have enjoyed the benefits of Christian Science for...

Lucile Hass German

I have enjoyed the benefits of Christian Science for more than twenty-four years, having been healed of appendicitis in a most severe form, scarlet fever, diphtheria, an alarming eye trouble, nervousness, chilblains, and many other ailments, some of which were considered very serious and which it was claimed could not be cured without operations. However, in each case I was quickly and permanently healed by Christian Science. But I was not cured of ingratitude; and it seemed I wanted that healed more than anything else.

I entered the Christian Science Sunday School at the age of nine years and enjoyed its wonderful benefits. I never was grateful for it, however, as I always took it for granted as my birthright. I would hear testimonies in which people laid so much stress on their gratitude, and I always felt they had something I simply could not get. I could tell of my many healings, and of how quickly all had taken place; but never could I say my heart was really and truly full of gratitude. Finally, through a certain healing, there came for me the healing of ingratitude. At last I cried, "God, I am grateful;" and the tears streamed down my face, for I was grateful to be grateful. Since then gratitude has meant everything to me, and it comes so naturally and beautifully that I can never find words or the ability to express how very grateful I am. Since I have found gratitude I have slowly gained freedom, in a small degree, from a hot temper; and for this I am surely happy and grateful. I have also been freed from a sense of hatred which for a few months made my life very unhappy. I have been able to read the Bible, and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and get something out of them each time; whereas before, I sometimes read for months without seeming to get anything, and I would become very much discouraged. All I can say is, I am grateful; but oh, that does mean so much to me! I am so grateful to God, to Mrs. Eddy, to my mother, and to all those who have helped me.

(Mrs.) Lucile Hass German, Richland Center, Wis.

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