Testimony of Healing March 23, 1957 Issue

In 1929 I found myself suffering...

Hans Brawand

In 1929 I found myself suffering from a rheumatic condition. The physician's diagnosis was vague about my chances of recovery, and my consciousness included little else but fear, depression, and despair.

Yet in this darkest hour, Love's all-inclusive plan emerged. Through Christian Science, my mother had had a remarkable healing of blindness years before, and a relative whom I knew to be a devoted Christian Scientist now came to visit me. I cannot recall just what was said. It was not very much, quantitatively, but for the first time in weeks I felt like eating dinner that evening. Within a few days I tried walking along a nearby fence. My back began to straighten. Gradually, my normal chores on the farm were resumed, in addition to full-time schoolwork.

I was pleased to have regained my freedom. But in spite of this experience, I drifted on without applying myself to the study of the Bible and of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. It was not until several years afterward that I gave Christian Science my unconditional acceptance.

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