Testimony of Healing November 13, 1943 Issue

Gratitude for the many blessings...

Louis Johnson

Gratitude for the many blessings received through Christian Science prompts me to write this testimony. First I want to mention the peace that has come to me through a better understanding of God, and also the freedom from fear of an uncertain hereafter.

I was reared in a good Christian home and was required to read the Bible and go to church. I also received religious instruction in public school, and became familiar with the Bible stories, some of which I enjoyed and others I questioned and could not understand. I had an inner longing to be good and do good, but I did not gain it in the church, and therefore when I left my home I quit going to church, except occasionally to meet friends.

After a time I became ill with stomach trouble, for which I tried doctors, medicine, hygiene, and change of climate, without gaining freedom. While I was never sick enough to stay in bed, I was never well. Unable to stand the cold weather in the northern states, I finally moved south to a milder climate. While in a strange city I was led to attend a Christian Science lecture. One of the statements made by the lecturer appealed to me. He said: "Christian Science does not take away any good you already have. It only adds more to it." I soon found this to be true. Shortly after the lecture I went to a practitioner, and was healed in a short time. I began the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, together with the Bible, which became a new book to me and has been my daily companion ever since.

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