Testimony of Healing October 4, 1958 Issue

"Oh that men would praise the...

Nellie H. Clemons

"Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men" (Ps. 107:15). It was in 1908 that I first visited a Christian Science practitioner for the treatment of a disease which the doctors could not cure and for which I was hospitalized. I had never seen any of the authorized literature or talked with a student of Christian Science, but I was told that this religion heals by prayer, which I had always thought was the only real method of healing. That first visit opened up a new world for me, and it continues to be a beautiful world.

After the first treatment, I was healed of constipation of years' standing, and in my fifty years of study since then I have never been tempted to take any material remedies. God has always met my need when I have earnestly turned to Him in prayer, which in Christian Science is not merely asking God to do something, but is understanding His all-presence.

I have had many instantaneous healings of effects of accidents, such as cuts, burns, and lacerations, as well as of bee stings. When I read in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy that there is no sensation in matter, I thought, like Nicodemus (John 3:9), "How can these things be?" One day I dropped a red-hot soldering iron on my arm. I exclaimed, "There is no sensation in matter!" and there was no sense of a burn.

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