It was through a relative that came into contact with Christian Science

Hilma Wikander

It was through a relative that came into contact with Christian Science. I began to understand something of the sustaining power of this wonderful teaching and received much help during a trying time. One day when it became clear to me that God is Life itself, the only Life I have, I was instantly healed of severe headaches and unspeakable weariness.

After studying Christian Science for several years and attending church services, I had decided to apply for membership in a branch church, and during a vacation I went to a guesthouse. I took with me the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, and in my spare hours continued to read the textbook through from cover to cover. At the time, the book had not been translated into Swedish, and the knowledge of English I had obtained in school, and which I had had no opportunity to practice, did not make this study very easy. Through the use of a dictionary I succeeded in reading the book through. It was during the Second World War, and no literature could get through to us from Boston. Besides the textbook I had taken with me a couple of old copies of The Christian Science Journal.

One day I had very severe hemorrhages. This at first made me fearful, but then the thought came to me, "Now I have to prove whether I have really learned anything." After dinner I went to my room, took out both copies of the Journal, and, through the help of the dictionary, spelled my way through some of the articles. I became so inspired by them that I completely forgot my problem, and soon I went to sleep. The next morning I was much better, and the complete healing came in the course of the day. It has been permanent.

A couple of years ago I had a wonderful healing of gallstone trouble. For several years I had had repeated attacks. One Sunday morning, when I was on my way to church and was sitting in a bus, I had a severe attack. My first thought was to return home; but then I remembered that I had a special assignment in the church, and I went on. When I came to the entrance hall of the church, I met a good friend and related my difficulty to her. I told her that I dared not go into the church during the service and that it was my intention to go home. She then said to me, "You should go into the church and listen to what is read from the desk." I accepted her advice. The pains stopped; I followed the service closely and have not had another attack.

I have had many other healings, some instantaneous, but also some which have taken a long time. When I was new to the study of Christian Science, I had a troublesome problem with my eyes. I was compelled to visit a physician in order to get a certificate to make it possible for me to be relieved of my work; but when I dropped the medical treatment and relied entirely on Truth, not only was I healed of the eye trouble, through the help of a practitioner, but my eyesight improved so that in spite of my advanced age I still do not need to use glasses.

My great gratitude goes out for Christ Jesus and for Mrs. Eddy and her invaluable gift of Christian Science to mankind. I am also very grateful for the practitioners, for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, and for class instruction.

(Miss) Hilma Wikander, Stockholm, Sweden

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