With all my heart I thank our Father-Mother God for all that Christian Science has done and is still doing for me and mine. I am happy that at the age of eight I came into Christian Science through my parents. From then until I was twenty I attended the Sunday School. Then I became a Sunday School teacher, and since the reopening of our church in June, 1946, I have served as Sunday School superintendent. I am very grateful that my dearest wish has been fulfilled, namely, that now my two children, a son of seven and a daughter aged five, enjoy the great privilege of attending Sunday School. Both children are earnest pupils.

At the birth of my first child it was proved to me that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." I had longed for a child and was anticipating one with great joy. The birth was delayed several hours, and I was very weak. Neither the doctor nor the midwife was able to hear the child's heartbeats. They could do nothing to help and did not believe that I would survive or that the child would be born alive. Christian Science was prohibited in Germany at that time, and my father, who had been a practitioner for many years, was obliged to work in a business house. My mother telephoned to him frequently at his place of business to keep him informed so that he might maintain the truth. All I could do was to cling to the thought that God is Life, our Life, and that Life is reflected in being. After forty-eight hours my son was born. He was well and strong. The doctor and the midwife were astonished, but very happy over the successful outcome.

On awakening one morning, I noticed that I could hear nothing with my left ear. Only with the greatest effort could I understand what my two little children were saying in the same room, and on the street I could not hear at all, as the other ear seemed to be affected also. I resolutely denied all thoughts of fear and knew that God-given spiritual faculties could never be lost, but that they were preserved in man by Him forever. I rejoiced to know that evil has only a seeming existence and that it only appears to dim the truth of being, which cannot be affected by error; also I rejoiced to know that Truth always destroys error.

I was serving our church as Sunday School superintendent, and I allowed nothing to keep me from my duties at church the following Sunday. I could not even hear myself read, but I refused to be disturbed and did what I had to do joyously. The next morning I heard a loud report in my ear, and I was healed. I cannot describe my happiness. I am sincerely grateful for this healing and for "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding," which is ever with me. I am particularly grateful for the realization of the ever-presence and omnipotence of Love and for the certainty of man's unity with God, which endows me with courage and confidence to meet every difficulty.

One morning when I was dressing the children I noticed that my little girl, who was then two and a half years of age, appeared to have the measles. The rash was very much in evidence. I said to her, "You cannot go to kindergarten today; you must first get rid of error."

To this the child replied: "Yes, Mother. Error does not belong to me. God did not make it. Let us throw it in the ash can." Five minutes later, she stuck her leg out of bed and said, "Now, Mother, please dress me; the error has gone." I dressed her, and by evening the rash had disappeared. The child had seen that error is nothing, and the following Sunday she was able to attend her beloved Sunday School. She was not quite two when I took her to Sunday School for the first time.

Words are quite inadequate to express my gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me and mine in Christian Science. I am grateful for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, for class instruction, and for the privilege of serving in our church. Since I have lost my husband, this work is particularly valuable and helpful to me. God cares for me and my children, and we have daily proofs of His ever-loving care, for which we are very grateful.

I feel deep reverence for Mary Baker Eddy, who through her tireless efforts and her spiritualized life was able to make it possible for us to understand and demonstrate this wonderful truth.—(Mrs.) Lieselotte Pickart, Leipzig, Germany.