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Before I became acquainted with Christian Science I had...
Before I became acquainted with Christian Science I had for a period of almost thirty years accepted a belief in agnosticism. I had no knowledge of God and little use for the Bible, except to quote its seeming contradictions. For several months in 1930 and 1931 I suffered severely from pain in my head and ears, and finally was informed by a physician that an operation for mastoiditis was necessary. A medical practitioner who examined me expressed the opinion that an operation was useless—the condition was so far advanced that he considered I could not live more than three months. However, on a subsequent Friday an operation was agreed upon, to take place on the following Monday morning.
During the Friday evening, when my family were feeling distressed at the prospect, my elder son, who knew something of the healing power of Christian Science, persuaded a neighbor to lend me the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. After a few words respecting the healing of her son by Christian Science, this neighbor left the book with me, with the remark that "man's extremity is God's opportunity," a remark which at the time I resented as being an insult to my intelligence.
Later in the evening I picked up the book, and after a cursory glance through its table of contents and pages, I put it down, only to find myself quickly drawn to it again. This intermittent reading continued; the book impressed me as the most peculiar I had ever read. The next day I found myself unable to leave the book alone, and I spent a great deal of time with it. At night, being unable to sleep because of intense and ever-increasing pain, I resolved to sit up, and gave instructions that in the event of an anticipated collapse I should be immediately removed to the nursing home. For several hours I read passages from the textbook, and in the early hours of the morning, as a result of reading the chapter on Prayer, I decided there and then to pray as described therein. I had not prayed for thirty years. I fell asleep, and at eight o'clock next morning awoke free from all pain and with fear eliminated from my consciousness.
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December 19, 1936 issue
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"The Prince of Peace"
JULIA SALOME KINNEY
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The True Standard
ELMER F. BACKER
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"Unto us a child is born"
LAURA M. DOWNEY
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True Relationship
ISAAC EVERETT MARTIN
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"The garment of praise"
CONSTANCE E. HEBER PERCY
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Friendship
MAVIS BLUE
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Giving Testimonies
HANS HERZBERG
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"The sovereign Panacea"
SARA LILLIAN ASHER
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Judaean Song
LEETHA JOURNEY PROBST
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The Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
From an address given by the Hon. C. Augustus Norwood, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, at Massachusetts State College,
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In his article "The Two Worlds," as given in Tomorrow,...
Edgar Gale Harris, Committee on Publication for the South Island, New Zealand,
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Anyone who has given enough attention to the teachings...
Lester Parker, former Committee on Publication for the State of Utah,
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Manifestly, Mrs. Eddy must have expressed purity, integrity,...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California,
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In your issue of April 17, a minister is reported as making...
Mrs. Edith M. Ross, Committee on Publication for Hertfordshire, England,
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Reality
MAUD ALICE BATCHELOR
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No Law of Heredity
Duncan Sinclair
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Satisfying Our Thirst
Violet Ker Seymer
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The Lectures
with contributions from Anna Edwards Harris, Ruth Runyon Haskins, Alfred Hutt, Harry N. Karpen, Maria L. I. Vaterhaus
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With a deeply grateful heart I should like to relate a...
Ida Ihlenfeldt
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In gratitude for all the benefits which I have received...
O. Lincoln Cone
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Over twenty years ago there was published in the Christian Science Sentinel...
Maude Louise Nirdlinger
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The testimonies given in our periodicals have been a...
Ella E. Hartman with contributions from Otto Hartman
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One morning I awakened suffering great pain in the...
Mabel H. Edwards
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When I was a little girl, my father boarded me with a...
Mildred E. Hyde
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I wish to express my deep gratitude for Christian Science...
Estelle Fisher
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Before I became acquainted with Christian Science I had...
Frederick C. Crowther
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Truth's Reappearing
LINA PLUMER CLINGEN
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Bruce Catton, Milo H. Gates