Testimony of Healing October 27, 1945 Issue

The great light which dawned...

Lillian Johnson with contributions from Marylou LeBaron

The great light which dawned upon my consciousness twenty years ago, when I first began to study Christian Science, has ever been with me from that time to this. I can recount in this testimony only a few of the many blessings that have been mine during these years.

About a year before my introduction to Christian Science I suffered a severe nervous collapse due to overwork in the teaching profession and worry caused by the death of a loved one. I became so weak that it was impossible for me to resume teaching for about six months. During this time I gradually lost all faith in materia medica and religion, and even got to the place where I was very bitter towards a God who, I was taught to believe, allowed these difficulties to come to us for some wise purpose. I had been reared in a religious home and attended an orthodox church regularly, but I lost confidence in almost everything and everybody. My whole world had toppled about me, and I knew not where to turn for help and comfort.

At this point I was invited by a friend, a girl of about sixteen years of age who attended the Christian Science Sunday School, to hear a lecture on Christian Science. I accepted eagerly, for I had been searching in many directions, without results, for an explanation of my difficulties, and had a great desire to understand the meaning of existence. While I had no recollection of the lecturer's message that evening, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I had at last found the "pearl of great price" (Matt. 13:46), and that I need search no farther for complete satisfaction and happiness.

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