Testimony of Healing September 14, 1918 Issue

Words cannot express my gratitude to God for Christian Science

Ferdinand J. Kohls

Words cannot express my gratitude to God for Christian Science. When I first read Science and Health I had tried every remedy that I had heard of. I felt no change in mind or body until I read on page 16 the first words of the spiritual interpretation of the Lord's Prayer, "Our Father-Mother God." These gave me a glimpse of heavenly light, for that is what I had been longing for all my life—a perfect Father-Mother God. When I read, "Give us this day our daily bread," and its spiritual interpretation, all the years of bitterness, hate, and fear vanished from thought. I knew then, as I know now, that nothing satisfies but perfect Love.

At that time intoxicants, tobacco, and profanity were my comforters. I did not give them up in the sense of sacrificing something I wanted; I simply know that I found something better. When I think of what my life was before I became interested in Christian Science, of the many colds and a chronic stomach trouble which I had for years, and that these have been overcome through the application of this wonderful truth, then know that I must watch and pray for the Mind of Christ that I work rightly in God's vineyard, and know that the truth which belongs to one belongs to all, that one God—one Mind, Life, Truth, and Love—is All-in-all. For these blessings I am indeed thankful to God and grateful to Mrs. Eddy, and to all those who have helped me to an understanding of Christian Science.

Ferdinand J. Kohls, Milwaukee, Wis.

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