Testimony of Healing July 4, 1970 Issue

To show the power of spiritual purity in the thought of a young...

Benjamin S. Pierce with contributions from Byron C. Pierce

To show the power of spiritual purity in the thought of a young child, I would like to relate an experience proving how the Christ, Truth, heals. I had been a heavy smoker for many years, and had tried to break the habit many times with no lasting results. My six-year-old son, a pupil in a Christian Science Sunday School for four years, climbed up on my lap one Sunday afternoon. This was just after I had lit my pipe, and he said, "Daddy, you ought not to smoke." I agreed with him for a while. To clinch his statement that it was not good, he then said that his Sunday School teacher said it was not good. That was proof sufficient for him. I then told him that if he really thought that way about it, he should do something about it. He immediately replied, "Do you want me to give you a treatment for it?" I said, "Yes, if you think you can." He jumped off my lap, walked over to his chair, and sat praying for a few minutes, his hand over his eyes. He then went outdoors without saying a word.

The next morning, after arriving at my office, I lit my pipe, but it did not taste good. I then went to a store and purchased a few cigars, promptly lighting one, but it also did not taste good. It was then that I realized that I was healed! From that time (1921) to this I have never had a desire to smoke cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe. I was very grateful to be free after many years of bondage to tobacco.

A more recent healing took place in 1959. When I was endeavoring to enter my car on a grade, the car began to move. The open door knocked me down, and the left front wheel ran over my body, causing extensive damage to my right leg. My head was also injured. I was carried into the house, and a Christian Science practitioner, who has helped our family for many years, was called. She began to give me treatment at once. Within a few days I was able to walk again, and soon I had completely recovered. Since 1959, I have been free from any serious difficulty.

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