Testimony of Healing November 23, 1912 Issue

For over twenty-five years I had suffered from an internal...

Elizabeth Pierce

For over twenty-five years I had suffered from an internal trouble, which was said to have been caused by a fall in childhood. Several doctors had done their utmost from time to time to relieve the pain, which was almost incessant; but they all agreed that an operation was necessary. About ten years ago I underwent that operation, with the full assurance of friends and doctors that it would end the suffering. I was told that the operation was successful, but when I began to go about again, I became conscious of another and even worse pain, which became so intense that often I was incapable of walking, and once or twice opiates were resorted to for relief.

Our doctor did what he could for me, and finally urged another operation. A London specialist diagnosed the cause of the pain as a fibrous growth, which would probably increase in size and would eventually have to be removed through an operation. I still possess that written diagnosis! An American physician advised me to try treatment of a certain kind before yielding to the surgeon's knife, which treatment I tried for five or six years, and while it gave me considerable relief, it did not remove the growth, and I could not leave off the treatment for any length of time without a return of the pain.

About eighteen months ago, I found complications arising which brought me great discomfort and fear; and it was then that a friend of many years' standing brought with her from America the knowledge of Christian Science. I was in great pain at the time, but wanted very much to be present and to help at a charitable picnic at the end of that week. At this friend's recommendation, I rang up on the telephone a practitioner whose name we found in The Christian Science Journal and asked for help. I explained to this lady what was necessary, and she asked me very few questions. I was a complete stranger to her, but she gave me some loving words of encouragement, and assured me of God's help. The next day, which was Friday, I found that most of the symptoms had disappeared, and all day I was not only free from pain, but felt a happiness and a joy which I had not before experienced. On Saturday I was perfectly well, free from all pain and from all the symptoms which had distressed me so much, and I went to the picnic and enjoyed every moment of that day.

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