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[Original testimony in German]
Appreciation of and gratitude for Christian Science lead...
Appreciation of and gratitude for Christian Science lead me to offer this testimony for publication.
In 1931 I began to suffer from stomach trouble, and in the following year my condition became a source of alarm. The medical diagnosis showed falling of the stomach and dilatation. In spite of the most careful treatment and the daily exposure to X rays, which the doctor highly recommended, I grew perceptibly thinner. I lost courage and turned away from him, trying to cure myself with nature healing methods. But things grew continually worse, and since I was plagued by frightful pains, I entrusted myself to another doctor, who discovered ulcers of the stomach in addition to the old trouble. This doctor advised an operation, saying that my life was in constant danger. I rebelled against this, however, very strenuously. In January, 1933, I had a severe attack of gastric hemorrhage. From then on my existence was a torment. My stomach would not take the little that I was still allowed to eat. After barely a month there was a second attack of this trouble, which so weakened me that I had to stay in bed constantly. The doctor urged an immediate operation, but I still rebelled against it.
In the midst of this conflict of emotions, my friends encouraged me to get in touch with Christian Science, and quite reluctantly I accepted this recommendation. The next day a practitioner visited me, and explained to me the meaning of Christian Science, making it clear to me that I could not serve two masters, and that I must trust God and not the doctor. I begged for time to think it over.
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January 29, 1938 issue
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Supply and Success
ANNIE LOUISE ROBERTSON
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Acknowledging Good
MILTON SIMON
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Little Things
RUTH R. WESLER
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Man's True Business
ETHEL WASGATT DENNIS
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Salvation
ALICE SHERIDAN
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"The lusts of other things"
NINA SEYMOUR KEAY
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"Where can I get a job?"
TRUEMAN F. CAMPBELL
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Love Never Faileth
NORA L. BROWN
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Many years have passed since I first taught in a Christian Science...
From an Address at a meeting of the teachers of The Mother Church Sunday School, by William R. Rathvon, C.S.B.,
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Spontaneous Giving
Duncan Sinclair
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The Passing of Time
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from James H. Daugherty, Ruth Clark, Arthur K. Fisher, John W. Doorly, Alba Ewing Harp
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For a period of about five years during my teens until...
Holton M. Kennedy
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In the spring of 1932 it seemed to me that only suicide...
Anna Evréinoff
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When I was a young woman I began to question the...
Kate Agnes Kincannon
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It is with a heart filled with love and gratitude for our...
Thomas Boorman
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Too long has my gratitude in written form been withheld,...
Amy Belle Topping
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It has been more than thirty-five years since Christian Science...
Bertha A. Detrick
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Peace
MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from W. Mackintosh Mackay, Russell Henry Stafford, Willsie Martin, Edward Allen Morris, Leslie Weatherhead, Nicholas Murray Butler, Gary C. Myers, Douglas Adam
