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I first heard of Christian Science several years ago, when I...
I first heard of Christian Science several years ago, when I was given a copy of the Sentinel by a friend. Every word that I read seemed good and true, and as I had greatly desired for several years to find a true religion, I felt that here was something which seemed more substantial and better than I had ever heard of before. In reading the testimonies I had a deep longing to be able to understand this new religion. I decided to pray to God to show me, or prove to me in some way, that it was a right religion, and that I might investigate it further; but more than a year passed and my prayer had not been answered. I had almost given up hope of any more knowledge of Christian Science, when on Feb. 2, 1911, one of my knowledge a boy of eleven years, was stricken with convulsions just as he stepped out of bed to get ready for school.
The child had retired the night before in good health, and this terrible attack could not be accounted for. Two doctors were immediately called in, and they did all they could. The child remained in this state for about two hours, and the doctors told us that there was nothing to do, as his tongue was paralyzed and he could not swallow the medicine, also that he was unconscious and would pass away in a little while. When I heard this, I told my daughter to telephone to a Christian Science friend, the one who had given me the Sentinel to read. She came immediately. The boy was still in convulsions, but one of the doctors administered an anesthetic and his body soon became still, like death. I asked a doctor, "Must my child die?" He answered with tears in his eyes, "Yes, and it really will be better, for if he lives he will be an invalid." I then went out to my friend and asked her to come in and look at my boy, saying that he would soon pass away. She said that she would rather not go into the room, but that she would try to realize for him the truth of being. I did not understand this, but left her to herself. I went back to the boy, and with friends and other members of the family was awaiting the end, when to our surprise the little fellow opened his eyes. He seemed bright and was without pain, and he raised his left hand and motioned to me to come close to him. He was perfectly conscious, but could not speak a word, and his right arm and side were paralyzed. My friend asked me if I wanted a Christian Science practitioner, for if I did she would get one, but I told her I knew my husband would not consent.

May 22, 1915 issue
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Disease Not Real
SAMUEL GREENWOOD
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Thought Gardens
Ruth Ingraham
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"Skyward flight"
CAROLINE SHREWSBURY
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"I AM"
JULIA WARNER MICHAEL
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"To whom shall we go?"
CARL E. HERRING
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Sincerity
HERBERT ARTHUR HUTCHINSON
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Our Church Singing
KATE J. BRAINARD
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Angel Reapers
ROBERT E. KEY
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You were kind enough to find space in a recent issue for...
Duncan Sinclair
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An evangelist in your city has been making persisitent...
Ezra W. Palmer
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Gratitude
LOUISE ELIZABETH LITZSINGER
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Uncompromised Truth
Archibald McLellan
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"A thousand years"
Annie M. Knott
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Love's Protest
John B. Willis
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"Well done"
William P. McKenzie
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The Lectures
with contributions from Charles E. von Heitman, Samuel Russell, Jr., Edmund F. Burton, Warren C. Klein, C. M. Morse
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For more than thirty years I have been in the practice of...
Louis S. Keller
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Christian Science has done so much for me that I wish to...
Lulu Matzenbach
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I would add my testimony of gratitude for the blessings...
Friedrich Christiansen
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In Hebrews we read much about the word faith, but until I...
Phebe E. Hunter
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For many years I was a miserably unhappy man, owing...
Matthew Nelson
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Guidance
EDITH L. PERKINS
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from A. T. Bannister