In 1916, as a result of the hardships of the World War,...

Alice Bahlinger

In 1916, as a result of the hardships of the World War, my husband became ill with a severe case of articular rheumatism, which kept him in bed for months. The doctors found no remedies which would free him from his great pain. Then I remembered Christian Science, of which my sister had spoken to me. I asked for help in Science for my husband, and he was healed in a single treatment. In spite of the fact that I found help a number of other times in Christian Science, I later seemed to forget about it again, for the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, had seemed to me incomprehensible.

Some years later I fell very ill with dilation of the heart and nervous attacks. My husband was also suffering from calcification of the coronary artery. Not having faith in the help of Christian Science, we turned to various doctors and went from one hospital to another and stayed at various sanatoriums. Our textbook lay forgotten in the bookcase. We stood as if on the brink of a dark abyss, for all human help had failed. But "man's extremity is God's opportunity."

At this time of extreme need my sister visited us, the one through whom we had previously become acquainted with Christian Science. After I had passed a night of severe suffering of the heart and nervousness, she lovingly reminded me that the textbook of Christian Science was in my possession and that I might read it. At first I did not want to do this because I maintained I did not understand anything of it. But when my sister explained God's spiritual creation to me and showed me that God is Love, and that He always loves me as His child, everything unreal fess away from me and I was free of the errors which had fettered me for years. My husband, too, was freed from his trouble and could again enjoy life.

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