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One of our children was taken ill on a Sunday; we...
One of our children was taken ill on a Sunday; we thought it was just a sick headache, and being busy we paid little attention to it. On Monday morning, however, he was a very sick child, and I then called for help from a Christian Science practitioner. We worked all day and night, but apparently he kept getting worse. He lay unconscious most of the time, and one side of his body was paralyzed. On Wednesday the thought came to me that God expected me, like Abraham, to sacrifice my son. I became very fearful, and upon analyzing my thought I felt that I could not do it—I could not give him up. I told the practitioner what had come to me, and she said, "You had better get your Bible and read the experience of Abraham, and you will see that God did not expect Abraham to sacrifice his son; all He expected was obedience to Him."
Later in the day the practitioner told me that she felt she could not continue to give the case the necessary time, and suggested that we engage another practitioner. She recommended one, who came immediately and gave a treatment. About eight o'clock that evening to all appearances our son passed on. His father was also with him at the time, and he began to weep and leave the room; but before doing so he took me by the arm and asked me to go with him. For a moment I did not know what to do, but it did not seem right for me to leave. One of the thoughts that came to me was that I had been studying Christian Science almost ten years, and now was the time to use it.

August 9, 1930 issue
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"All that I have is thine"
MARY I. MESECHRE
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"Prayer and fasting"
UBERT HAROLD SWETT
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"Back-Seat Duty"
HELEN E. MEZGER
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The Wheat and the Tares
IDA LUCKE WILBUR
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Encouragement
PENELOPE YOULE
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Refuse to Consent
LAUNCELOT CECIL STUDDERT KENNEDY
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"Blind from his birth"
EDYTH WHITTEMORE GULICK
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Wings of Thought
ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER
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Under the caption of "The Mighty Have Fallen," your...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication
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I have read with much interest "Talks on Health" in...
Miss Kathleen O'Connor, Committee on Publication
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I must once more trespass on your kindness and ask you...
Philip H. Simpson, Committee on Publication for Cape Province, South Africa,
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The Gift
ESTHER BRINTON
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Faith
Clifford P. Smith
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The Loving-Kindness of God
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Carl J. Fricker, Julia Pearl Steen Garratt, Sigrid E. Friis-Hansen, Russell Recksiek, Margaret Sutcliffe, John Trevarrow, John F. Black, John A. Barron, Margarete Freyer
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One of our children was taken ill on a Sunday; we...
Marie Binder Cassidy
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I am grateful for a beautiful healing through Christian Science
Lilly Pfingstag
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I wish to express my gratitude for the great blessings I...
Elfriede Strobach
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I never could express in words the gratitude I feel for...
Gertrude Billings
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Christian Science came to me as an angel with healing...
Mae S. Mann with contributions from Harriet M. Stark
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It was apparently by accident that I began the investigation...
Betsy M. Pulfer
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My first healing through Christian Science was that of...
Olive M. White
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In the year 1915 I came into Christian Science for the...
R. Kimie Necessary
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It is with much gratitude and joy that I take this means...
Lucia B. Cleveland with contributions from Napier
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Edgar A. Lowther, Herbert Scott, Black, George W. Truett, Charles E. Jefferson, William Lyon Phelps