Testimony of Healing December 30, 1905 Issue

My grandfather Warren was a surgeon of the Indian...

Lizzie Lee Warren-Lukenbill

My grandfather Warren was a surgeon of the Indian wars of 1800 to 1815, and his father was a surgeon and officer in the Revolution. Two of my father's brothers were surgeons, and several cousins on either side of my family were physicians, while my father was a druggist. My mother and Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian Church, were brothers' children, my mother being reared and educated in his home at Bethany, Va. Until three years ago I was a member of the Christian church, having joined at the age of twelve. An unbroken line of two hundred and fifty years of teachers and preachers is the record of my mother's family. The foregoing is mentioned for the purpose of showing that I was well-grounded in materia medica and scholastic theology.

When a child I had scarlet fever and dropsy, which left me physically impaired. The best medical attention was sought, and when told that a change of climate would benefit me, my father gave up a profitable business, at Liberty, Mo., and moved to Golden, Col., and afterward to St. Louis,—always in search of health for me. Excessive physical exertion, or the eating of certain foods, would produce convulsions. The disease was considered organic, and in the whole system of materia medica there was no cure. I was most susceptible to climatic conditions, the slightest atmospheric change causing a cold. All this and more is in certain hospital records, and well known to many prominent citizens of Missouri, Denver, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

I began the study of Christian Science at Scranton, Pa., August 22, 1902, and am now a perfectly healed woman. I am a pianist by profession, and since a child was troubled with a bursa or weeping sinew on the left wrist. Pain was frequent through the whole arm, and as a result of this injury my musical work was seriously interfered with. My ambition to become a public performer was shattered thereby, for I suffered much after hard practice. Now I am able to work at the piano for four hours a day without inconvenience, my left arm being as strong as the right. This ailment was treated by surgeons of Chicago and St. Louis without relief, and I was told by them that an operation might stiffen the wrist. Christian Science removed all evidence of this defect in four weeks. Insomnia all my life was another objectionable companion from which I suffered much. I worried considerably because I seldom got enough sleep—frequently being afraid to sleep. Now I lie down to rest knowing that the harmony of my being "is no more to be invaded than the rhythm of the universe" ("Retrospection and Introspection" by Mrs. Eddy, p. 84). I have also taken off glasses which I had worn for eighteen years.

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