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15	                       RELIEF FROM INTENSE SUFFERING 

  	    I became interested in Christian Science in 1901. For
  	four or five years I had suffered with severe attacks which
18	nothing but an opiate seemed to relieve. After one
  	which I think was the worst I ever had, I consulted our
  	family physician, who diagnosed my case as a dangerous
21	kidney disease and said that no medicine could help me
  	but that I must undergo a surgical operation. I con-
  	tinued to grow worse and went to see the physician again,
24	and he advised me to consult a doctor who was connected
  	with the city hospital of Augusta. This doctor made
  	an examination and diagnosed the difficulty as some-
27	thing different but quite as serious. Meanwhile a friend
  	offered me a copy of Science and Health. I said I did
  	not care to read the book, but she was so urgent that I
30	finally promised to do so. I received the book on Satur-
1	day, and on Sunday morning I sat down to read it. When
  	I reached the place where Mrs. Eddy says she found this
 3	truth in the Bible, I began comparing the two books. I
  	read passages which looked very reasonable to me, and
  	said to myself, This is nearer to the truth than any-
 6	thing I have ever seen. I continued to read all day,
  	stopping only long enough to eat my dinner. As I read
  	on, everything became clearer to me, and I felt that I
 9	was healed. During the evening a neighbor came in,
  	and I said, "I am healed..., and that book has healed me." 
  	I read on and was certainly healed. Eight days after
12	my healing I did my own washing. This occurred in
  	February, 1901. About six weeks after, I was called
  	to care for my mother, who was under the care of my
15	former physician. I again let him examine my side,
  	as he wished to see if the trouble was still there. He
  	said, "It is certainly gone." I said to him, "Doctor,
18	you told me I would never be a well woman unless I was
  	operated upon; what has healed me?" He replied, "God
  	has healed you." — S. H. L., North Pittston, Me. 
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