When I first began to attend the Christian Science...

Fritz Bauer with contributions from Johanna Duss, Frida Bührer

When I first began to attend the Christian Science church, I often wondered whether Christian Scientists did not make too much mention of their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. Now I should like to say that no reverence is too great for her. When I grasped the meaning of these words, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," I was immediately filled with great gratitude, because I felt much freer from all kinds of errors, which hitherto had caused me much anxiety. As I extended my research and study of the Christian Science literature, I began to understand and to see with how much love and self-sacrifice our Leader showed us the way to Truth and freedom. How great is her work, and yet how simply she sets everything before us in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."

No knowledge has made me so rich and happy as that which I have gained in Christian Science, which has enabled me to understand all else aright. I am, therefore, very glad that I was led to this Science so early in my experience, and I heartily thank all who led me in this way and have continued to help me.

I should like to relate two wonderful healings. One day a Christian Scientist in my village heard a woman talking to her neighbor. The woman's child had suffered from diphtheria, and as a result was afflicted with a serious eye trouble and almost the entire loss of her voice. Little improvement in the child's condition was expected, as the doctor had said she could never be healed. Upon hearing this, the neighbor, who was a Christian Scientist, called the mother to her and told her that her child could soon be restored to health. She advised her to see a Christian Science practitioner in a near-by city. Trustfully the mother followed this advice, and with her child went to see the practitioner mentioned. The morning following their visit the child was completely well.

The second case was that of a child suffering from meningitis and pleurisy. The doctor had declared that the child would either die or become insane. The same Christian Scientist explained man's relationship to God to this mother and wrote to the same practitioner asking her to work for this case also, which she immediately did. On his next visit the doctor discovered that the child's temperature had fallen, and because he could not explain it he ordered immediate removal to the hospital. This was prevented only with great difficulty. It being Saturday the Christian Scientist asked that the removal might be postponed until Monday. When Monday came the child was well and happy.

These two cases of speedy healing taught us anew that the truth always makes free, for although the parents of the two children knew nothing of Christian Science, one child was healed in one treatment, and the other in a few days.

All of us who witnessed these wonderful healings are very grateful, and it is my desire to be able to set many in the way of freedom and joy through Christian Science.

Fritz Bauer, Ottenhausen, Germany.

As the mothers of the above-mentioned children, we gratefully corroborate this testimony.

(Mrs.) Johanna Duss
(Mrs.) Frida Bührer

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