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"It never happened!"
Scientifically to know that error is unreal requires an understanding of the practical metaphysics of Christian Science. This Science is based upon the Bible, and therefore upon the record of creation in the first chapter of Genesis, in which it is stated that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Christian Science, through its simple logic, reveals the practical availability of spiritual good for all mankind. Christian Scientists, in so far as they live what they learn, are proving this record of creation true, in spite of seemingly conflicting beliefs and opinions. Assuredly the world, as it appears to material sense, is far from expressing perfection; but as each individual's consciousness is clarified by Truth, in that proportion is the influence of Christian Science leavening universal thought.
Christian Scientists can refuse to be hampered by a sense of discord, as may be seen in the following incident. A Reader in a Christian Science church broke her ankle; but relying implicitly on Christian Science she followed Mrs. Eddy's instruction on page 397 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "When an accident happens, you think or exclaim, 'I am hurt!'" and, "Now reverse the process. Declare that you are not hurt and understand the reason why, and you will find the ensuing good effects to be in exact proportion to your disbelief in physics, and your fidelity to divine metaphysics, confidence in God as All, which the Scriptures declare Him to be."
Affirming and reaffirming the truth, and declaring of the accident, "It never happened," she became master of the situation, so that on the following day she walked to her place at the Readers' desk without the least effort or discomfort. She was entirely free, having proved through implicit obedience that in reality the accident never occurred.
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July 16, 1938 issue
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"I see Christ walk"
ETHEL MUNRO GOSS
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Church
CHARLES ROLLAND SPENCER
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"Thy will be done"
Josephine Demas
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"Unspotted from the world"
MARIA TÖTTERMAN
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"It never happened!"
JANE PLECHNER
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A Happy Face
MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL
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Love, Its Unfailing Appeal
ARTHUR J. TODD
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Sanctuary
MARY C. REYNOLDS
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The following statement is broadcast at the request of...
Albert E. Lombard, Committee on Publication for Southern California, in a statement broadcast over KGB,
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Christian Science declares that sickness is the result of...
Miss Maude A. Law, former Committee on Publication for Barbados, British West Indies,
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In your recent issue a correspondent, under the pseudonym...
Lieut.-Col. Robert E. Key, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland, in the
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In the Tromso Stiftstidende recently there was a book...
Nils A. T. Lerche, Committee on Publication for Norway, in the
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Truths Which All Must Learn
Duncan Sinclair
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The Mirror of Divine Science
George Shaw Cook
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Letters from the Board of Directors
with contributions from The Christian Science Board of Directors
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The Lectures
with contributions from Margaret Fell, Alfred W. Johnson, Elsie S. Reynolds
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Words fail me in trying to write of my gratitude for the...
Elizabeth Schoreck with contributions from Marie Josephine Schoreck
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The truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement in Science and Health...
William Groves Myers
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In gratitude to Christian Science I earnestly desire to...
Louise Balazun
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Christian Science is the greatest blessing that can come...
Florence E. Parker
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I am grateful to God for the many blessings received...
Richard Knox Lee
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Security
EDITH JOYCE ELDER
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Arthur A. Rand, E. S. Woods
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Circulation Meeting on Behalf of the Periodicals, June 7, 1938
with contributions from Duncan Sinclair, Margaret Williamson, Samuel W. Greene
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Monitor Advertising Information Committee Meeting, June 7, 1938
Address, in part, by Mrs. Florence B. Haeselich
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Meeting in Connection with the Work of Librarians, June 7, 1938
Address, in part, by Mr. Harry I. Hunt