The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21
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ed, as l had not asked them to pray for my
healing
I had so mich to learn, and l was so slow in
coming to Him, yet He was so merciful and
gave great blessing then. I never suffered
any pain from that time on, but my kidneys
scarcely acted, and my body kept filling up grad
ualy until | of a terrible size. When I
stood up was bent almost double with the weight
of water, like some old woman. They have told
me since that looked as if | were eighty years
DID,
I had a stack of nine pillows at my back
when l went to bed. I just sat UP and leaned
against them I was so heavy that l could not
move of my own accord, but had to raise myself
on my and turn over. God gave me such
wonderful strength in my arms and body all that
winter, and I thank Him for it, and for His
keeping power. knew if He were keeping me
He would heal me; and He gave me many pre-
cious promises through His Word
Sometimes the fight very hard, especially
at night. The devil was determined to take my
life but | never gave UP. l always told my
mother that God had healed others and He would
heal me, for He no respector of persons.
Often at night, when I was sleeping, my heart
would stop for a few seconds and my mother
would think I was dead, but it would start in
again dIlu pOunu ike d hammer.
All the winter Zion and many faithful Chris
tians were praying for me. I often sent to Head
quarters and to Elder Robinson in Portland for
prayers, and I received many blessings, but was
not healed
How thank God for having my mother right
with continually helping to fight, and for
the few faithful friends who used to come and
pray and talk with me. Some even came and
oil ,so1,+ A. r
couldn't live much longer unless God gave me
the victory. I could not have fought it out
alone, and it was such comfort to have their
help, as it always encouraged me-
| had terrible smothering spells at night, but
God mercifully spared from the awful pains
that usually go with Bright's disease. 1 have
often heard how others suffered, and know that
God kept although I had touch of it a
few times, so know what it is like One morning
while dressing, the pain struck me right across
the back and was so terrible that l could not
speak, only gasp for breath. We prayed right
away, and it left immediately A little while
later | spoke OF how terrible the pain was, and
how thankful I was that it had left me- had no
sooner got the words ont of my mouth than it
came again, and again mama prayed and it left
| had it for a minute or two the next day,
and once or twice after, but it never lasted long
excepting one night, when | thought I would
die, as the pain lasted for fifteen minutes and
] suffered agonies. | told mother afterwards
that if | had had to suffer like that I should
want to die, but said God would keep me and
He did. He just permitted me to have few
touches to let me know what He was keeping
me from.
About the first of March, 1910, the weather be-
came SO warm and sunshiny that everyone told
me 1t would do me so much good to go out a
few minutes, as had not been out of three rooms
all winter. and had sat next to the stove Mama
kept the thermometer between 80 and 90 degrees
all the time. If it got lower caught cold, as my
blood was so thin | couldn't even stand to have
door or a window open in the next room Nv
blood had turned to water, and / hadn't a bit
OF color in my face. | looked like a ghost, al
though | was so bloated in my body, and of
course it was presumption in me to go out
But father and mother wrapped me UP we'll in a
chair and pulled me out on the veranda, where
| stayed about half an hour. How I did enioy
it, But gust of wind came around the corner
and | had to go in | caught terrible cold
from that. and suffered everything for two weeks.
| became so bloated that couldn't even stand,
and would smother, if l exerted myself lust a
little
l coughed day and night, and became so weak.
and the skin was stretched so tight that it hurt,
and it seemed as if the end was pretty near.