It was a very sad day for me...

Sophie Denoth-Hornauer

It was a very sad day for me over thirty years ago when I was called to go to the sickbed of my beloved father. As soon as I arrived, my sister told me that members of the family had in the meantime asked for Christian Science treatment after several doctors had declared the case hopeless. Although my father had lived more than fourscore years, he gained in strength every day and soon was well again and could take walks of several hours at a time.

We were all filled with deep gratitude for the great truth that had helped him, and I at once got a copy of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, for myself. After that I frequently found that the reading alone of these sacred pages brought healing.

However, many years later, at a time when I experienced great tribulation, which I could not overcome alone, I was compelled to ask for help from the Christian Science practitioner who had aided my father. My stomach rejected all food, and I was often in pain.

My sister offered to take over my household duties, and I was able to devote myself in peace and quietness to the study of Christian Science. I did not have to wait long for the result of this work. One evening, after I had been free for some time, I was again taken with severe pain. As soon as the practitioner was notified, the pain disappeared into its native nothingness, never to return.

From that time on, I usually did my own metaphysical work. How grateful I was in my seclusion to have found the way which Mrs. Eddy explored for us and on which she traveled before us, following Christ Jesus, whose healing and redemptive work is mankind's most precious heritage for all time!

May I continue to express to the Father of all, the gratitude due Him for the deeper meaning which Christian Science has given to my life. During the time that it was not possible to have class instruction in my own country, I was fortunate enough to be able to have, it in another country and also to become a member of The Mother Church and of a branch church.

I am wholeheartedly grateful for all the happiness and all the blessings which have come to me through this wonderful religion.—(Mrs.) Sophie Denoth-Hornauer, Chur, Switzerland.

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