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For twelve years I had been a traveling salesman, and...
For twelve years I had been a traveling salesman, and during this time had contracted many bad habits, which eventually brought me to the point where I was willing to give up fighting for my health. Physically and morally I was nearly a wreck, although I tried every material remedy; but I had lost faith in all. Having heard of Christian Science, I borrowed a copy of the text-book and tried to read it, but the statements which now mean so much to me meant nothing then, since I did not care for anything good or uplifting. Mentally I was in a state where anything which did not deal with pain or pleasure in matter did not interest me in the least, consequently a year or more went by without my opening Science and Health. Nevertheless, it seemed that nearly every day I would observe something which tended to convince me of the truth of some statement I had read in my brief perusal of the book. My health kept on getting worse, until I was simply driven to Christian Science, and I determined to study it in order to see for myself if it were true. I felt that I had no other hope, so I came as a little child, willing to do anything if I could only understand that God does not send sin, pain, and torture to His children.
Again taking up Science and Health, I read the first words in the Preface with an entirely new sense of their meaning: "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings." This sentence made a profound impression on me. Indifference was gone, and in its place was an intense desire to understand this teaching. Before I had read very far my mind began to get much clearer, my body responded at once, and I was healed. Since that time numerous small ailments have been met and overcome by a realization of the truth. In each case, as soon as I could see the truth of being the ailment disappeared at once, and I feel it to be indeed a duty and a pleasure to tell what Christian Science has done for me,—the good which has come to me through the study of the Bible and Science and Health. It is my hope that others who have like problems will also come to see this. While many things yet remain to be unlearned, I am certain that the truth will be found by me and by all who earnestly search for it.
For all these blessings I am most grateful to God, also to Mrs. Eddy for pointing out the truth in such an understandable way.—George T. Kinkead, Columbus, Ohio.
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October 19, 1912 issue
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WITHHOLDING FROM GOD
SAMUEL GREENWOOD.
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OUR CHOICE
VIOLET KER SEYMER.
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REJOICING
JOHN F. BRAUN.
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WHERE IS GOD?
EDNA C. HARRIS.
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REFLECTED RAYS
FREDERIC H. SKEELE.
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GRATITUDE FOR THE MONITOR
ELLA LEWIS.
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Ask no more, Why?...
Eliza C. Miller
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Mr.—'s reply to me, which appeared recently in your...
Frederick Dixon
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In the Health and Hygiene Department in a recent issue...
Howard C. Van Meter
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In an interesting resume of a Whitsunday sermon, the...
David Anderson
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Our reverend critic loses sight of, or else is not aware of,...
Charles E. Jarvis
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With all due respect for the view of a "tolerant skeptic"...
Charles K. Skinner
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Christian Science has nothing whatever to do with the...
Warwick A. Tyler
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A writer in a recent issue, under the pseudonym of "An...
Ezra W. Palmer
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FREE
ADA JANE MILLER.
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"REAL STRENGTH"
Archibald McLellan
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"SINCERITY AND TRUTH"
Annie M. Knott
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LIGHT AND LIFE
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from W. Osborne Lilley, Thomas Hull, Fred E. Ernst, Levi McGee, William C. Kaufman, Harry S. Downey, Franklin J. Tyrrell, J. A. Ingols
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For twelve years I had been a traveling salesman, and...
George T. Kinkead
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For a long time I have wanted to express my gratitude...
Ida R. Stafford
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I owe so many blessings to Christian Science that I...
Ethel Balch West
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I became interested in Christian Science not long ago, and...
E. Dalton with contributions from Ralph J. Dalton
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In August, 1910, I injured my ankle badly
Sarah W. Scoutt
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Christian Science found me at a time when there seemed...
Elizabeth Butts
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I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
J. W. Reynolds
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Each day Christian Science is more beautiful to me
Constance M. Reed
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I feel it to be a pleasant duty to tell of what Christian Science...
Letitia C. Baughn
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I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Kate Simmons with contributions from E. A. Whittaker
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From a heart filled with love for God and gratitude for...
Harry N. Banks
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I had been suffering for quite a while with an abdominal...
Selma Kretzschmar
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While reading the testimonies of healing in the Sentinel...
Warwick A. Tyler
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GROWTH
EVELYN SYLVESTER KNOWLES.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from W. E. Orchard, C. H. Brent