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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I send my testimony...
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I send my testimony of what Christian Science has done and is doing for me. I have been healed of many physical ailments, among which were chicken pox, influenza, and a severe attack of acute indigestion. The last was met and overcome in two treatments. Though I am very grateful for the physical healings, words fail to express my gratitude for the spiritual enlightenment which comes to me daily through conscientious study and earnest application of the teachings of Christian Science.
A healing for which I am most grateful was the overcoming of hatred for my work. The healing came with the thought that the first miracle or demonstration of Jesus that is recorded was one of meeting a human need. I saw then that however poor or mean to mortal mind the occupation may seem, if it is meeting a human need it is Love's work, and should be done lovingly and cheerfully. My thought was uplifted, and my work has been a pleasure to me since.
Whenever the universal thought of discontent or overwork tries to find a loophole in consciousness it can always be dismissed with the understanding that we reflect Love, not error; for Love alone meets the human need. I have learned so many needful lessons through this demonstration that my gratitude can be expressed only in deeds, not words. My one ambition was to serve mankind as I wanted and planned to; but I have now learned that the best service to the greatest number is in willingness to obey. These words of our dear Leader best express the thought (Poems, p. 14):—
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October 27, 1923 issue
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"Lead us not into temptation"
STANLEY M. SYDENHAM
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"Sing joy"
RUTH INGRAHAM
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"The Prince of Peace"
JACOB GINSBERG
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Effective Service of the Church Usher
EDWARD CLAYTON PYNE
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The First Commandment
FLORENCE A. HOYT
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Simplicity
HELEN ANDREWS NIXON
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A Weaver
LILLIAN BARKER DURKEE
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It is now generally known that Christian Science healing...
Mrs. Katherine English, Committee on Publication for British Columbia, Canada,
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Mrs. Eddy discovered and founded Christian Science;...
Thomas W. Whiffen, Committee on Publication for the State of Tennessee,
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Christian Science has been found practical, not only...
Walter H. Bedard, Committee on Publication for the State of Georgia,
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Christian Science is, as its name states, Science
J. O. Thomson, Committee on Publication for Victoria, Australia,
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The Bible teaches that God is Spirit, omnipotent, omnipresent...
Miss Ellen Graham, Committee on Publication for Lanarkshire, Scotland,
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Letters from the Field
with contributions from Alfred Bode, Margarete Diercksen, Bertha Kühne, Elsbeth Unverdacht
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Announcement
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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"Be ye separate"
Albert F. Gilmore
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On the Value of Time
Duncan Sinclair
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Imbibing the Spirit
Ella W. Hoag
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From the Directors
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Lectures
with contributions from John J. Flinn, William E. Jackson, Loewenthal, A. Hervey-Bathurst, William D. Kilpatrick, James B. Patterson
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Because the study and application of Christian Science...
Frederick Richard Johnson
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Christian Science has been for me truly the new birth,...
Lueia Taparella
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Christian Science was presented to me seven years ago
Ephraim O. Engberg
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Christian Science was first presented to me by our physician,...
Meta C. Koenig with contributions from Emil H. Koenig
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I am very grateful for the revelation of the Christ,...
Flora Collier
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For the numerous blessings which have come to me...
Isabelle Ames
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It is with a heart full of gratitude that I send my testimony...
Christina Shannon
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As a result of a difficult operation there had formed...
Auguste Weihtag with contributions from Gertrud Weihtag
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Heber Dwight Ketcham