Testimony of Healing September 26, 1970 ISSUE

Having been a student of Christian Science all my life, I learned...

William G. Nuckels

Having been a student of Christian Science all my life, I learned at an early age that we are never alone. One evening I was awakened with a burning sensation and watering in my eyes. As I tried to get up, the fear was so heavy that it was hard for me to rise. When I turned the light on, I saw no light. Then I realized that I was blind. This increased my fear to a panic state. I wanted to feel some human contact, but the telephone was at the end of the winding stairway. In my panic I felt around for the door. My understanding of Christian Science started to work. Jesus said (Matt. 6:6), "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says (p. 15), "The closet typifies the sanctuary of Spirit, the door of which shuts out sinful sense but lets in Truth, Life, and Love." She continues further on the same page: "In order to pray aright, we must enter into the closet and shut the door. We must close the lips and silence the material senses." To shut the door—"to silence the material senses" —was the hardest thing I had to do, but when I did, angel thoughts, inspiration from God, flooded my consciousness with Psalm 27, verse 1: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" With this angel thought the fear completely left me.

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