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In deep humility and gratitude...
In deep humility and gratitude I wish to give thanks to God for saving my life. About ten years ago my home was broken up for the second time. I felt that this was the end of everything and that I just could not go on. Even though I had a religious background, I was absolutely desolate and felt that I had nothing to hold on to and nothing to live for.
The temptation to do away with myself was strong. But I turned to my sister, who had been a student of Christian Science for many years, and asked if I could go to church with her. I shall always remember the patient guidance I received from her and a very dear friend.
The first and most important thing they tried to get through to me was that God loved me, and in my confused state I held on to this one truth. A Christian Science practitioner helped me, and I studied everything she referred me to. I clung to Paul's words from the eighth chapter of Romans (38, 39), "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Some lines from Hymn No. 148 in the Christian Science Hymnal were also helpful. They are these:
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June 17, 1961 issue
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"Effectual fervent prayer"
THOMAS E. HURLEY
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The Value of Importunity
MABEL REED HYZER
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Our "individual kingdom"
HARRY DE LASAUX
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"The sustaining infinite"
EDNA MAY EVANS WHITE
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NOT ONE IS LOST
Cosette E. Colby
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Beauty an Essential Quality of God
WILLIAM B. RITTERBUSCH
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Jim Sees the Truth for Himself
RUTH C. PRICE
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Seeking True Status
Helen Wood Bauman
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Reaching the Mountain Peak
Ralph E. Wagers
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Letters to the Press from Christian Science Committees on Publication
with contributions from Maurice J. Peacock
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It would be impossible for me to...
Miriam Taylor Newman
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Through the prayerful work of...
Bernard F. Karseboom
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At a time when I had extra work...
Sanelma Lindfors
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When I first heard of Christian Science...
Helen W. Spinden
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One of the first passages from...
Fern Lepik
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In deep humility and gratitude...
Esta M. Mazarin
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One summer, after some hours...
Dale Lewis Martin
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About eleven years ago my left...
Cecelia Payne
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Pitirim A. Sorokin, W. H. Bourne