I would like to express my gratitude for Christian Science and...

Olinda Schemmer

I would like to express my gratitude for Christian Science and mention a few healings which came about through this wonderful teaching.

One night I awoke with severe pains. I could not help myself, so I awakened my husband and said to him, "I have the feeling I cannot live any longer." My husband called a Christian Science practitioner, who came immediately with a heart full of love to my bedside. She prayed for me and explained to me the Lord's Prayer (see Matt. 6:9—13), with its spiritual interpretation given in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. One line of the Lord's Prayer is interpreted (p. 16):

"Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present."

She helped me to understand "the scientific statement of being," also from Science and Health (see p. 468 ), and gave me the words of Hymn No. 135 from the Christian Science Hymnal to ponder. The hymn begins:

I know no life divided,
O Lord of life, from Thee;
In Thee is life provided
For all mankind and me.

After a few minutes all the fearful symptoms had disappeared, and I felt as though I had been reborn.

I had another healing, that of a wound on my leg. I could not stand at all on this leg. At a time that I was greatly discouraged, the same practitioner came to visit me. Then I told her about this condition and she explained to me that there was nothing that could hinder me from fulfilling my duty. I rose and could walk, and was able to take up my work again.

For both of these healings I am very grateful to God. I am grateful, too, for Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, for the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy, and for the practitioner who helped me. I am also very thankful for membership in The Mother Church and to have served in the office of First Reader for a group of Christian Scientists.

(Mrs.) Olinda Schemmer
Marechal Candido Rondon, Brazil

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