Testimony of Healing October 13, 1956 Issue

I have had many healings in...

Joseph Edward Clark

I have had many healings in Christian Science in the last twenty years. Some healings came quickly, others were slower. One of the slower healings was that of the smoking habit. Our dear Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says on page 404 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" that there is no pleasure in sin. And she continues, "Arouse the sinner to this new and true view of sin, show him that sin confers no pleasure, and this knowledge strengthens his moral courage and increases his ability to master evil and to love good." I am indeed very grateful for this healing, for it has opened up blessings beyond description, such as church membership, church work, and class instruction.

While living in a large eastern city I commuted to and from business each day. One afternoon as the day's business was about to end, I had a severe pain in my stomach. As I started to walk toward the railroad station, I prayed to know that the divine Mind was all presence and that as Mind's perfect reflection I could not experience anything that God, Mind, was not experiencing.

The pain grew worse as I got onto a train. It was so crowded that I had to remain still, although I found it most uncomfortable to do so. These words came to me from the Bible (Ps. 46:10): "Be still, and know that I am God."

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