Testimony of Healing August 19, 1905 Issue

The Psalmist bids us "give thanks unto the Lord;...

Nellie Rose Nixdorf

The Psalmist bids us "give thanks unto the Lord; . . . make known his deeds among the people." About a year ago I lost the sense of hearing in my right ear. I was greatly embarrassed many times, and also inconvenienced in my work on account of this seeming calamity, but divine Love protected me from any remarks, or from notice being taken of this condition. I had come to recognize the fact that we must hold to the unchanging harmony of being, whatever be the material evidence to the contrary, and I knew that this recognition of reality would prove the healing power of divine Love, for I was learning that man has not two bodies, or lives, one of which is to be made perfect. I found great help in the statement given in our text-book (page 306, lines 25 to 28), and in about six months I was healed.

As I look back over the past four years, and dwell upon the countless proofs of God's loving care manifested to me, I know that these words, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms," are true, for to know God is eternal life, and to understand this, even in a small degree, is to be subject only to divine law. About three years ago it was manifested to me that electricity is powerless to harm us if we hold firmly to Truth; and that life is never at the mercy of matter. At that time I was employed as stenographer in an institution on an island, Among my duties, I had charge of a local telephone switchboard, and a city telephone or small switchboard. The local board had about twenty connections, but the wires were not properly grounded, so the electrician informed me after-wards. The city board was rightly installed and considered perfectly safe during thunder-storms. One Wednesday, when all was quiet in the little office, and the elements reged outside during a severe thunder-storm, I was reminded that the material sense of life is like the storm, but Science, the Word of God, the "still, small voice" that Elijah heard, had whispered into consciousness that man's life is in Mind.

As I had nothing else to do at that time, I began writing my first testimony for the Sentinel. In the midst of my writing there was a terrific explosion and a large ball of fire burst at my feet. Two men instantly came into the office and seemed astonished to find me unhurt, telling me that I had certainly had a very narrow escape. They both remarked the very strong odor of sulphur and seemed surprised at my calmness. The wires and fuses of the local switchboard were all burned out, as was also the city telephone, and the latter had to be replaced with an entire new instrument. My chair was situated between the two instruments and my back was against the local board. This experience absolutely proved to me the correctness of our Leader's statements on the subject of so-called material force. (Science and Health, p. 293.) That night I testified in our meeting respecting my experience. "He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them."—Nellie Rose Nixdorf, New York, N. Y.

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