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One Saturday afternoon, right after dinner, my little girl,...
One Saturday afternoon, right after dinner, my little girl, then two years old, sucked the top off of twenty-seven blue-tip matches. My husband is opposed to Christian Science, so I telephoned at once to a doctor, who came immediately and gave the child some medicine. He said she might not feel the effects of the poison for several days, but if she were take with convulsions or bowel trouble, no time should be lost in calling a doctor. The following Monday night she went into a state of coma, from which it was impossible to rouse her, although she vomited every hour or so. My husband would not believe this was caused by the matches, so long a time had elapsed, but said to wait until morning and he would call a doctor. Early the next morning I took the child into another room, and I felt that her case was desperate. I thereupon telephoned a Christian Science practitioner, telling her how the case stood, and she said she would begin treatment right away.
When my husband came into the room and saw how serious conditions were, he hurried to call a doctor, but for some reason could not make connections. When he came back up-stairs the baby opened her eyes and asked for a drink. She seemed pretty well all that day, but the next morning lapsed into a state of coma again. The practitioner, however, told us not to be alarmed, for Truth had roused her once and could do so again, and Truth did. The child continued to improve, and in three days, when I took her to see the practitioner, she was all right.
For this wonderful healing I am more than grateful. It occurred about two years ago, and there has never been the slightest trouble from the poisoning since. The child is in perfect health.
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October 30, 1915 issue
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Finite Intelligence
HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK
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"Owe no man"
EMMELINE HASKELL
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Love's Never-failing Hand
W. W. TOTHEROH, LL.D.
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"Escape to the mountain"
J. LILIAN VANDEVERE
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Rules and By-laws
FRANK W. GIBSON
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Heaven Our Home
LUCY E. MANN
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It was to be observed in a recent issue that a certain bishop...
Judge Clifford P. Smith
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In the column Health Hints by "Medico," there recently...
William G. Westle
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A local clergyman recently made an abusive attack upon...
Ezra W. Palmer
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The remark that "Christian Science is capable of doing...
M. I. Whitcroft
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Why a writer in a recent issue should refer to autosuggestion...
Charles W. J. Tennant
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Freedom in the Truth
Archibald McLellan
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Differing View-points
Annie M. Knott
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"And greatly to be praised"
John B. Willis
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The Lectures
with contributions from C. A. Woodard, W. P. Rogers, Harry C. N. Smith, David T. Marvel
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I regret to record that our family for many years scoffed at...
John Randall Dunn
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When the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Josephine Knaak
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It is with the deepest gratitude that I give this testimony...
Constance E. Fairbairn
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Less than four years ago I was very sick, and life was...
Roger Gilbert Hershberger
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I have been healed through Christian Science of painful...
Agnes M. Chace
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One Saturday afternoon, right after dinner, my little girl,...
W. H. Shannon, Jr.
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My first reading in the Christian Science literature taught...
Elsa Christen Messler
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I am most deeply grateful to be able to testify to the many...
Margarethe Freudenthal
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I am deeply grateful for the moral regeneration which comes...
Lottie M. Brown
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I wish to testify to the rich blessings which have been mine...
Mary A. Smith with contributions from C. E. Haney, D. B. London
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I wish to acknowledge my gratitude for having been healed...
John H. Collins
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from R. J. Campbell, Harry Emerson Fosdick, George E. Dawson, J. J. Knapp