Testimony of Healing October 5, 1935 Issue

[Original testimony in German]

For the many blessings which I have received through...

Emil Schmidt

For the many blessings which I have received through applying the rules of Christian Science, I feel impelled to express publicly my deep thanks. I should like to relate how I came to Christian Science.

In 1931 I fell ill with inflammation of the lungs, the illness culminating during the summer of that year. My condition became more and more hopeless. I was very constipated, in spite of the fact that I followed all five requirements which the physician had prescribed from time to time. On the seventh day the doctor said that if this constipation did not yield, conditions might result with little prospect of recovery. He knew of nothing further to advise.

That day my brother-in-law came to see me, and he noticed how weak I was, often having lapses into unconsciousness. He called my wife's attention to Christian Science. With great joy we heard that a Christian Science practitioner was staying in our village, so we called him immediately and he came at once and gave me treatment. I experienced relief instantly, although because of weakness I was unable to talk with the practitioner myself. The next morning the bowel condition was somewhat relieved, and the fever and pain in the lungs disappeared. After a few days I got out of bed, to the amazement of the doctor and all my friends. I asked to have treatment continued for a time and began to study earnestly, first in copies of the German edition of the Herald and Christian Science pamphlets, and then in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I read little else, earnestly studied the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly, and came to understand that in reality man does not consist of flesh, bones, lungs, heart, stomach, and other organs, as is the general human opinion, but that he is the reflected image of God and can express only what God is and has created; and God does not create sickness. After a short time I was able to take up my work again, completely well, and have remained so.

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