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Three years ago I had a bad nervous breakdown
Three years ago I had a bad nervous breakdown. No longer needing a salaried post, I had been provided with means to start two hobbies, neither of them selfish. I had gained a slight understanding of Christian Science, but suddenly enlightenment vanished, study and reading seemed meaningless, and I became depressed and wakeful; the means to carry on the hobbies almost ceased; and a very good friend passed on—one whose patience, encouragement, and interesting outlook had been of the greatest help during a long period of personal and family stress. I felt frightened and ill, did not know whether I wanted Christian Science help or a doctor's, and felt utterly despondent. Wonderful love and care were shown me, but I felt no gratitude. The only comfort I found was in Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not;for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
One day I awoke knowing that I did need Christian Science with my whole being. I was abroad, but found a most understanding practitioner who spoke English, and I had treatment. Heaviness vanished, gratitude returned, and soon I slept; in three weeks I was well. Healing came with the overcoming of resentment, and a new understanding of forgiveness in the acknowledgment that one's real self can never be hurt. Soon I was able to prove this new understanding, and since then have enjoyed excellent health.

August 26, 1939 issue
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A Lesson from a Spanish Garden
ELSE W. SWINSON
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The Christian Science Lecture
JOHN GERARD LORD
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The Value of True Recognition
SOPHY M. ARGELANDER
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Claiming Our Birthright
DONALD C. F. ERSKINE
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"Separator of fable from fact"
JANE POLSON SPEARIN
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"O learn to lose with God!"
INA PALMER GENTRY
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Youth and Spiritual Progress
JOHN VAN VALKENBURGH WATSON
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Protected
MABEL STUART CURRY
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A Christian Science period in the Columbia "Church of the Air"...
"Church of the Air" talk over Columbia Broadcasting System, by Alexis Darusmont,
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Spiritual Recognition
Evelyn F. Heywood
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"Before honour is humility"
George Shaw Cook
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The Lectures
with contributions from Margaret Morrison, Adah Irene Walker, Alan C. Hoole, Lucille B. Suffel, Jerrold James de Leon, Roy L. Atteberry, Marcia Elizabeth Hammill, Affa M. Pierpont
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My heart overflows with gratitude for the constant,...
Marie Kopfman
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I have enjoyed the benefits and privileges of Christian Science...
William J. MacLachlan with contributions from Edna Briggs MacLachlan
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Through Christian Science I have learned to understand...
Margareta Kull
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It has long been my desire to express appreciation for...
Phyllis Alexander
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Our revered Leader, Mrs. Eddy, has written in Science and Health...
Annie M. Goodale
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I should like to express my gratitude for Christian Science...
Lois Sawyer Storke
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Three years ago I had a bad nervous breakdown
Madeleine Berg
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I wish to express my gratitude to Christian Science for its...
Robert Morrill Hallett with contributions from Paula M. Hallett
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With a deep sense of gratitude to God and to our beloved...
Hazel Irene Ferguson
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God's Will
FLORENCE L. MAGERS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from J. L. Newland, Dugald Semple, Theodore L. Cuyler