About twenty-five years ago I...

Marie Fischer

About twenty-five years ago I was led through serious illness to turn to Christian Science. I had always been a sick woman. Chronic abdominal trouble, coupled with weakness of the heart, often kept me in bed for weeks. A disease which frequently attacked me, and which caused me very great fear, was erysipelas. When, in addition, I was taken with phlebitis and gonarthritis and had to spend five months in bed in great pain, my dear sister-in-law told me about Christian Science. She gave me some copies of The Herald of Christian Science (German Edition) and asked me to read them. I read them for eight days and felt there was truth there, but I was not able to grasp it. When I read in an article. "God is thy Life and thy strength," I turned to God and asked Him to give me the insight to understand this teaching, and it was given me at once.

At that moment I got up, dressed myself, held steadfastly to what I had come to understand, and after an hour was completely healed. Thus with my slight understanding I overcame the dreaded erysipelas. The other ills also disappeared and never returned, and I became a well woman.

Where I used to live I had a five-hour walk to and from the church services. I found a dear friend in the place, a genuine Christian Scientist. We two felt it not only our duty to attend the services regularly, but also a necessity and a great joy. We were conscious that every service brought us a step nearer to spiritual understanding.

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