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For several months prior to June, 1904, my eyes had been...
For several months prior to June, 1904, my eyes had been giving me trouble. I was advised to wear glasses, carefully shade the room in which I met my classes, as I am a teacher, and to read but little, so that the eyes might have as complete rest as possible. For the next ten months I tried to regain my failing sight by this means. My wife read to me the books most necessary for my work, and made abstracts for ready reference. A capable student made abstracts from numerous library sources. I examined these abstracts briefly, or had them read to me. The school authorities placed special shades on the windows of my class-room, so that the light could be carefully regulated. Under the conditions my work was carried on fairly well, but no cure was being effected.
In April, 1905 I noticed in our Normal School Library a file of Christian Science Journals. I selected one and found an article on Inductive and Deductive Reasoning, which I read with less strain on my eyes than when I had read other printed matter. The writer quoted from Science and Health (p. 468), "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in all." This interested me in the text-book, and I obtained a copy of it and began reading. I found some statements which seemed true and helpful, and many others which conflicted with my previous studies. I, however, read on, and found to my surprise that I could read this book for several hours each day without much difficulty. I read it through, then read it a second time with a growing conviction that it contained the explanation of Christianity as the practical, ever-present, ever-operative salvation from sin and sickness for which the human heart has always yearned. A third reading brought home to me the certainty that here was an interpretation of the Scriptures in which humanity might well rejoice and be exceeding glad, for God is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. I had always wondered when and why the works of healing, as performed by Christ Jesus and his disciples, had been discontinued. I now learned to my great satisfaction that the Christ is the same to-day as when Jesus walked in Galilee, and that the laws he then demonstrated are eternal, and operative now as then.

August 25, 1906 issue
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An Appreciative Letter
Arthur P. DeCamp
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What is Truth?
Prof. Joel Rufus Mosley.
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Spiritual Discernment
EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.
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The Thrall of Deception
REV. GUSTAVE HAAS.
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From Mrs. Eddy's Friends
Rachel F. Marshall
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Our critic admits the truth of the proposition that darkness...
Alfred Farlow with contributions from C. Herbert Pierson
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Notices
with contributions from William B. Johnson
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At Last
M. BETTIE BELL.
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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The True Basis of Health
John B. Willis
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The Divine Fatherhood
Annie M. Knott
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Letters to Our Leader
with contributions from Ida Tigner Hodnett, Carl Bredell, Hattie Stickney Gale, F. Alex Barton, Eugene H. Greene, Ernest C. Moses
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For several months prior to June, 1904, my eyes had been...
Douglas C. Ridgley with contributions from Belle A. Armstrong
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When I first became interested in Christian Science I was...
Kenneth B. Elliman
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Through the understanding that God is All in all I have...
Lillian J. Carrano
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In February, 1905, my wife, in avoiding a street car...
H. Ruthven McDonald
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I cannot withhold any longer my testimony of what...
Stephen Postalka
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When I first heard of Christian Science I had for years...
N. M. Crawford
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I came to Christian Science nearly two years ago, seeking...
Albert Stanford
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Pass it On
MRS. H. RUTHVEN MC DONALD.
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From our Exchanges
with contributions from G. K. Newell