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During last August, after some three weeks of intense...
During last August, after some three weeks of intense suffering, I was taken to St. Luke's hospital for the purpose of being operated on for what was diagnosed as an internal abscess. My family physician and two others agreed that an operation was absolutely necessary. At this time I was in great agony, which was relieved only by taking morphine. On arriving at the hospital four other physicians examined me and pronounced the same verdict, and said that an operation was the only way of saving my life. I stayed there one day and then decided to return home and try Christian Science. I told the nurse of my decision to go home, but did not mention Christian Science. She called one of the physicians, who expostulated with me and predicted my death in a few days in the most dreadful agony unless I submitted to an operation. On failing to impress me he called another, whom I understood to be the head surgeon, and he also tried to convince me of my folly in leaving the hospital. I, however, persisted, and ordered a carriage, after which I was required by the hospital authorities to sign a paper, releasing them from any possible charge of negligence or blame in the matter. Having so done, the nurse put me in a reclining chair and wheeled me to the carriage door.
For a day or two I was better; then the terrible pain returned and I seemed to be sinking into a state of coma. Three days after this the abscess began to discharge, but blood-poisoning did not set in, and in a few weeks I was entirely healed. Furthermore, I am still well.
I am deeply grateful to Mrs. Eddy for having brought this truth to a waiting world, and I rejoice in knowing that God is the only power,—a very present help in trouble.
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May 19, 1906 issue
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A Letter from England
with contributions from ARTHUR E. JENNINGS
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Who are the Spiritually Minded?
CLARENCE W. CHADWICK.
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Wrestling Alone
WILLIAM CAPELL.
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The New England colonists never forgot they were a...
EDWARD EGGLESTON
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The Call
BY KARL SUTTER.
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An Explanation
LEWIS C. STRANG
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A Critic Criticised
with contributions from GEORGE R. LOWE
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Among the Churches
with contributions from H. B. YOUNG
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The Lectures
with contributions from Ezra W. Reid, R. Holtby Myers, Sinclair Taliaferro
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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True Appreciation
JOHN C. LATHROP
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The Healing Sense of Nature
JOHN B. WILLIS
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Man Revealed in Science
ANNIE M KNOTT
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Letters to our Leader
with contributions from THOMAS MACLURKIN, JOSEPHINE LAKJER, M. ELIZABETH LENGSFIELD, ELIZABETH EARL JONES
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In December, 1904, about 2 P. M., while stepping from a...
FRANK HERBERT CLARK
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Some months ago, while attempting to board a street...
ELLIOT HOWARD GILKEY
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It is through Christian Science that I am alive to-day
FLORENCE E. WEBB
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During last August, after some three weeks of intense...
SOPHIE VON S. CHAPMAN
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Since coming into Christian Science, ten years ago, the...
CAROLINE PLUMB
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During seven years of my early married life I endured...
Maggie Cox with contributions from WILLIAM H. BRACKETT
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I was brought up in an orthodox church, but the time...
M. W. BOYER with contributions from LAURA VINSON
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Words fail to express my gratitude for Christian Science
ETTA M. WATTERS
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From our Exchanges
GEORGE WALLACE PENNIMAN with contributions from W. C. BITTING
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Notices
with contributions from STEPHEN A. CHASE