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I wish to express my gratitude for all that I have learned through the study of the Bible and Christian Science. It was through the study of the Bible that I became interested in Christian Science, and through Christian Science that I gained a better understanding of the Bible.
Twenty-one years ago I was taken seriously ill with acute inflammatory rheumatism. A friend recommended Christian Science so that I might sleep, which I had not been able to do for some time. I sent for a practitioner and had one treatment, but gained no relief. The next day I was taken to the hospital. After four weeks there, with the usual attention and medicine, I realized that I was growing rapidly worse, and becoming more helpless every day. I could use only one hand, and had to be lifted. Realizing the uselessness of taking medicine any longer, I asked for a Bible, and a New Testament was given me. I had been brought up with little religious training except what one gains in a so-called orthodox Sunday school, and the Bible was unfamiliar to me. Having seen a great deal of sickness in our family, and having myself received no benefit from the use of medicine and hospital treatment, I determined to read this book until I was healed, or passed on. I began with the Gospel of Matthew, and was convinced through the teachings of Christ Jesus that God did not make me ill, and that Jesus did not use medicine; but I did not know how to apply his teachings to my own case. I am convinced now that the Mind which governs the universe impelled me to look farther, for I turned the pages until I came to the epistle of James, where it says, "The prayer of faith shall save the sick." Then I thought of what I had read in Matthew, "Thy faith hath made thee whole," and, "According to your faith be it unto you." I prayed as best I knew how, and then proceeded to put my faith into practice. With this came a sense of joy and hope, and the assurance that God had shown me the way. I then called my nurse and asked her to dress me, which she did; and long before the afternoon was over I had walked up and down my room and the corridors of the hospital, and had overcome all that goes to make up so-called rheumatism, except weakness. I should like to say here that I had been sick in bed for nine weeks, and the morning that I made this demonstration my physician, who was very well known in Chicago, had told my sister that my case was hopeless.

March 9, 1929 issue
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Entertaining the Truth
CONSTANCE HEWARD
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The Divine Method of Forgiveness
BERNICE M. WELLS
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Love's Care for His Own
ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN
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Scientific Recognition
MARTHA SUTTON THOMPSON
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The Word of God Heals
ALEXANDER WARENDORFF
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Metaphysical Aspect of The Christian Science Monitor
EVELYN F. HEYWOOD
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God Our Source of Supply
JOHN PERCY STEVENS
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In a recent issue of the Journal [Portland], in the...
Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,
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In the article, "Views and Reviews. American Belief" in...
William K. Primrose, Assistant to the District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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In the Courier recently under the subject of "The Blessings of Pain,"...
Miss Edith L. Thomson, Committee on Publication for Queensland, Australia,
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Recently an evangelist in your city took occasion to criticize...
Judge Herbert L. Standeven, Committee on Publication for the State of Oklahoma,
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In a recent issue of your paper appeared an article, credited...
Ralph W. Still, Committee on Publication for the State of Texas,
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Concord
ALICE DAVIS SHELMIRE
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Pupils' Associations
Albert F. Gilmore
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"The finger of God"
Violet Ker Seymer
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"'Peace, be still!' our Father is at the helm"—Mary Baker Eddy
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Samuel W. Greene, Charles Nelson Hodge
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Gratitude for blessings received through the knowledge...
Dougal MacDougall
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Christian Science has so many times brought healing to...
Mary Greene Ikenberry
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About fourteen years ago I was rather annoyed at my...
Georgia E. Chapin
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Five years ago a copy of the Christian Science textbook...
Nellie Hamilton
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Christian Science came into my life with its wonderful...
Emily Ruth Summers
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Ten years ago, to human sense, I was a nervous and...
Anna Grace Naquin
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I am glad to express my gratitude for all the good that...
Elsie R. Sargeant
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No experience should be counted too severe if it brings...
Margaret S. Root
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I became interested in Christian Science through reading...
James Alfred Cohoon
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Frank B. Kellogg, Richard H. McLaughlin, H. Clinton Hay, Chapman, Floyd W. Tomkins