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Christian Science was brought to my attention about ten...
Christian Science was brought to my attention about ten years ago in a manner which eliminated all doubt concerning its healing efficacy. At that time a member of our family was, according to belief, a physical wreck, burdened with nervousness and mental depression. The physicians employed in her behalf, probably a dozen or more of those prominent in our section of this city, had failed in their efforts to relieve her. The bath and water cure was given a fair trial, followed by electrical treatment, but no permanent improvement ensued. When all hope seemed lost, a kind physician suggested that as a last resort, perhaps only as a matter of comfort, we give Christian Science a trial. This was done. The healing was slow, but I am grateful to say that a complete cure was effected. The physical and mental change was so radical and apparent that friends were obliged to admit a marvel had been accomplished.
After I had witnessed this healing, Christian Science treatment was employed in my behalf, and the cure of various ills was effected almost instantaneously. Everything from toothache to so-called scarlet fever was overcome, but the practitioner was employed by me in much the same capacity as a physician would be, I believing I had found a superior curative agency. The little knowledge gained from hearsay regarding Christian Science seemed quite reasonable, but while I enjoyed continuous good health I was not very anxious to learn what was the power that executed such marvelous works ; yet I was never really content in that state. The truth that makes free is an understanding of God, the eternal fact of existence, the Science of Life, Truth, Love. It was the wish for this understanding, the craving for which the human mind could not satisfy, that was fulfilled when, under trying circumstances, I was forced to study our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, in conjunction with the Bible.
I was stricken with so-called nervousness, depression, and several physical disorders. As usual, I sought the aid of a Christian Science practitioner, but in this instance received no permanent relief. I sought other practitioners, but to no avail. Finally the last one employed, with his excellent explanations, comforting advice, and treatment, aided me considerably, and in the degree that the truth in Science and Health was revealed to me, in that degree I regained my health. The healing was slow, but I am grateful for this, as the study of Christian Science then became compulsory; otherwise it would have been delayed for a more convenient season.
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April 1, 1916 issue
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Jesus the Christ
JUDGE SEPTIMUS J. HANNA
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Hope of the Ages
AMY C. FARISS
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Christian Science and Its Fruit
S. F. SWANTEES
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Logic
INEZ KOCH
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"Light of the world"
CLAUDE W. WOODRUFF
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Focusing the Light
JULIA S. KINNEY
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A Song of Cheer
IGERNA B. J. SOLLAS
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Our critical friend has no doubt noticed that practically all...
Samuel Greenwood
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A late copy of the Enterprise contains a reference to...
Thomas E. Boland
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In his remarks on spiritual healing, in the course of his...
J. Arnold Haughton
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The tenets of Christian Science, as given on page 497 of...
W. D. Hinchsliff
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Stumbling-blocks
Archibald McLellan
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"The stone which the builders rejected"
Annie M. Knott
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True Vision
John B. Willis
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Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
John V. Dittemore
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The Lectures
with contributions from H. J. Snyder, M. S. Blish, Harry I. Hunt
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As a child I was never strong, but I finally succeeded in...
Georgia A. Farling
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I have been healed through Christian Science of chronic...
Martha F. Balfour
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My healing through Christian Science of serious lung...
Sara Anne Best
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It is with a heart full of love and gratitude for what Christian Science...
Mae Engler Blondin
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Christian Science was brought to my attention about ten...
M. Edmund Bulske with contributions from Marie Bulske
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I had always been religiously inclined, yet never cared to...
Mary R. Adamson
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About three years ago I was afflicted with lung trouble in an...
Elisabeth Jordan
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These last six years Christian Science has been very...
Joseph Bentley
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The benefits I have received in Christian Science for the...
Emil F. Calbert
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Words can never express my thankfulness to God for what...
Elisabeth Platter
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from John M. Thomas, John Whitehead, William Temple, Gordon L. Thompson