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When Christian Science came into our home it found me...
When Christian Science came into our home it found me a helpless invalid, in bondage to sciatic neuritis, unable to wait upon myself. I had been growing into this condition for more than a year, having tried everything that we knew of in a material way that was suggested and recommended. When medicine failed to help me we tried osteopathy, then a change of climate, but only to find myself steadily growing worse, until I thought there was no help; and rather than continue to suffer and grow worse and remain in that helpless condition I longed for death. Two of my aunts had passed on after living for many years in a helpless condition, brought on in a similar way, and I believed this to be my fate.
There was a condition of the hip which one physician thought was caused from a severe experience at childbirth, and another thought was caused by a fall. The physician in the South, where I was taken for a change of climate, had a brace made for me to wear to help hold the hip bone in its proper place. He stated that of all similar cases he never had such a marked one. He has told me since my healing that at conventions of medical men he had attended he has often told of my case—as he had a complete record of it.
It was during a very severe attack, when I was unable to move hand or foot and was obliged to take nourishment through a tube, that I decided to try Christian Science. It had been presented before, but I was not interested and had no desire to try it. This was on a Wednesday. On Friday of the same week a Christian Science practitioner was called, who lovingly came to our house, and after a few minutes' conversation gave me a treatment. Words cannot express my joy at being instantly raised from a helpless condition to find myself suddenly well and strong again. Although at that time living a long distance from the street car line, the following day (Saturday) I walked the distance without help, took the car and went to the city, shopped at a number of stores, took the car to our street, and walked home, experiencing no fatigue or ill effects whatever. That was eleven years ago. Since then there has never been a return of even a suggestion of the former condition; and to-day I am a strong, healthy woman, do all my housework, and walk a great deal—sometimes a distance of five miles. Since this healing we have relied entirely upon Christian Science for all our physical needs, never resorting in any way to material methods.
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October 14, 1922 issue
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Protection
ROBERT H. TEEPLE
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The True Structure
CATHERINE BROOKS
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Government and Citizenship
MARJORIE SHULER
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Waymarks
W. K. PRIMROSE
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Over Twenty
HATTIE JOHNSON BONNELL
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Maintain
JESSIE E. WRIGHT
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Christian Scientists do indeed believe and have often...
Willard J. Welch, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa, in the
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It has been reported that the minister who spoke against...
Mrs. Gudrun G. Jensen, Committee on Publication for Norway, in the
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Regarding autosuggestion, Christian Science takes a position...
William T. Finney, Committee on Publication for the Province of Ontario, Canada, in the
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Fundamentally, and in practice, Christian Science is the...
J. N. Van Patten, Committe on Publication for Southern California, in the
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Christian Science teaches that all disease has a mortally...
Charles W. J. Tennant, Committee on Publication for London, England, in the
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Whatever may be one's individual views concerning Christian Science,...
Charles E. Heitman, Committee on Publication for the State of New York, in the
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That the material body is the servant of thought, not...
W. Stuart Booth, Committee on Publication for the State of Colorado, in the
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from The Nurses of The Christian Science Benevolent Association, Iva B. Linebarger
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"As ye would that men should do to you"
Albert F. Gilmore
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Value of Spiritual Ideas
Duncan Sinclair
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The True Viewpoint
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from A. Hervey-Bathurst, L. R. Gillette, Hiram Kirk Jackson
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Many years ago, Christian Science healed me of valvular...
Grace E. Daniels
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The perusal of the new book, "Christian Science War...
Robert E. Key with contributions from V. Mabel Key
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My first healing in Christian Science was instantaneous,...
Elizabeth Clark
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Words cannot fully express my gratitude for the teaching...
Lena D. Chastain
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When Christian Science came into our home it found me...
Cora M. Ernst
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A few years ago, while staying at the seaside and bathing...
L. F. Van der Wyck
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Christian Science has caused so much joy, happiness, and...
Carl W. Messer
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For several years I suffered from gall and liver trouble,...
Hermann Geisler
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I wish to acknowledge my sincere appreciation for a most...
Julia E. Phillips
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from T. B. Larimore, C. N. Howard, J. J. Muir