On October 5, 1901, I became blind quite suddenly, at the...

Dorn

On October 5, 1901, I became blind quite suddenly, at the noon hour, just as my daughter and myself were going into our dining room. I was carrying something in my hands and before I reached the table, I said to my daughter, "There is something black before my eyes, please take it away." She declared that there was nothing before my face. Everything seemed to be black before my left eye, but with my right eye, I could still see the objects as if in a dense fog. I was greatly distressed, but trusted that light would come back to me as quickly as the darkness had come.

The next day we drove to an oculist, who examined my eyes thoroughly, and when I asked him if I would regain my sight, he said, "Let us hope so." I was under this professor's medical treatment for three weeks without success, then I told my daughter that I would not go back to him, because the pain which his experiments caused my eyes and temples had become unendurable. My daughter was frightened, for she believed that now all hope of recovery was abandoned. In her anxiety, she went to a friend of ours and told her of our trouble. This lady advised us to take Christian Science treatment, which she said would help me.

My daughter brought me this glad news, and I must say that I went to the practitioner with perfect faith and confidence. I felt sure I would be directed to God to be healed by Him.

A strong wind was blowing that day. I had a bandage over my eyes and could hardly endure the pain. We reached the practitioner's house, and while I was being treated, an indescribable calm came over me. I felt as if I were being lifted up, and the pain abated.

When the practitioner called my daughter into the room, she wanted to replace the bandage before my eyes, but the Scientist said, "Please do not put that bandage on." My daughter replied, "My mother cannot be without it in this strong wind." The practitioner repeated, "I do not wish her to have that bandage on." I became frightened with the thought that I should have to go without it, and, turning in the direction of the practitioner's voice, I said, "The ban——" but no more, for I could distinguish the form of the Scientist.

Words fail to describe the joy of that moment. After having been in that darkness, I could again see a form quite distinctly before me. I felt as if I must fall on my knees and thank her, but she hindered it and said, "Not I, but God alone." My sight improved hourly, and the next day I could go to the Scientist alone.

This is my healing through Christian Science for which I thank God every day with my whole heart, and I also thank the Christian Scientist.

Frau Dorn, Berlin, Germany.

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