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[Translated from the German]
This testimony is written in deep gratitude for the unspeakable...
This testimony is written in deep gratitude for the unspeakable blessings which have come to me through Christian Science. For weeks, or rather months, I was confined to my bed on account of a serious physical trouble, accompanied by distressing pain, which did not leave me for one hour. We consulted various specialists, but all material remedies failed, and I was taken to a hospital. My hope of getting well there also proved vain, for although the physicians made every effort possible to help me, I did not experience the slightest relief. Finally, I asked to be taken back home, as all hope had left me.
At that time my attention was called to Christian Science, and I expressed the wish that a practitioner be asked to give me treatment. This was done, and after the first explanation of Christian Science I felt the thoughts of fear leaving me. The more I grasped of its teachings the more decided was my improvement, so that in about three weeks' time I was able to leave my bed, all pain and inflammation having disappeared. A year has elapsed since then, and I have not been confined to my bed for a single hour during that time. I can accomplish more than ever before, and have not been reminded of the trouble in the least. The following thought, expressed in a hymn, is constantly with me:—
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December 13, 1913 issue
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Entertaining Angels
BLANCHE HERSEY HOGUE
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Value of Right Thinking
ROBERT W. SAGE
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Taking up the Cross
IDA L. BAKER
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Perception and Advance
JANE L. VILAS
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Reason for Rejoicing
ERNEST C. MOSES
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A Reading from Nature
WARWICK JAMES PRICE
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It is perhaps a pity that "A Christadelphian" has written...
Frederick Dixon
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The orthodox minister who has found time to deliver a...
Paul Stark Seeley
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In a recent issue an evangelist is reported to have said,...
Brigman C. Odom
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"Speaking boldly in the Lord"
Archibald McLellan
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"Abundantly satisfied"
John B. Willis
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Limitation Overcome
Annie M. Knott
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The Lectures
with contributions from H. L. Standeven, Irving P. Lord, Carrington Howard, L. Ert Slack, Llewellyn C. Morley
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I write this with a heart full of gratitude and joy, and...
Frank H. Temple
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This testimony is written in deep gratitude for the unspeakable...
Minna Gegenheimer
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I submit my testimony...
Gertrude M. Higgins
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When Christian Scientists are exposed to so-called laws of...
Ena M. Jurgensen
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Some years ago I had an attack of measles, followed immediately...
Raymond H. Arnold with contributions from Mae Geis
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When I first heard of Christian Science, about five years...
Lucy Nicholson
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As I am isolated from other Christian Scientists I feel that...
Vinnie Matthews
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My gratitude to God for Christian Science is very great,...
Almeda A. King
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About three years ago, when I first began to investigate...
H. H. Deatherage
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Four years ago I was taken with a bad attack of acute...
Nellie M. Shapley with contributions from Pearl A. Jones
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After eight years' experience in the truth as taught by...
William Somers with contributions from Elizabeth H. Somers
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with contributions from James Drummond, C. S. Mills, Kirsopp Lake, Alfred Rodman Hussey