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Our Wednesday evening testimony...
Our Wednesday evening testimony meetings not only afford occasion to pay a tribute to God and to our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, but they also provide opportunities to share our blessings. A splendid example of this was furnished some time ago when my family and I were in Cape Town, South Africa, waiting for our ship to bring us home to America.
Shortly before we sailed, we attended a Wednesday evening meeting at the little church in Cape Town. That evening a young seaman rose, and gave a most inspiring testimony. He said that on his way to Cape Town, a few weeks before, word was given out on the ship that a submarine had been sighted and that all should stand in readiness. The seaman, being very young in years and experience, said he felt at that moment frightened to a point of collapse. Then he remembered that he professed to be a Christian Scientist, and saw that here was his opportunity to make full proof of the teachings of Science. He declared the allness of God so definitely and denied the presence of fear so confidently that his composure was restored at once, and within a few moments a haze completely enveloped their ship, enabling them to reach their destination in safety.
The day my family and I sailed from Cape Town it poured with rain. The wind blew severely and the high Cape rollers tossed violently. This continued for two days. I was extremely ill and terrified. When I seemed at my lowest ebb, I remembered the testimony of the young seaman, and this gave me fresh hope. I then sat up and read aloud these words, which appeared in the Lesson-Sermon that week: "Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind." Well the Psalmist knew that whatever the need may be there is God in all His glory lighting the way, steering us safely into right paths.
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December 4, 1943 issue
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Finding Our True Environment
CLIFFORD P. SMITH
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Breaking the Sealed Jar
VIRGINIA C. CARR
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Gratitude—Its Power and Availability
MILTON ROBERT CORNISH
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Instantaneous Healing
IVA B. LINEBARGER
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There Is Only One Force
WALTER C. BATE
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Contemporaries
EDITH GADDIS BREWER
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Loved of God
RUTH C. EISEMAN
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Robert Learns about Promotion
HAZEL HARPER BRANDNER
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Assurance
VIRGINIA M. CASSEL
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Teaching Christian Science—a Sacred Trust
Paul Stark Seeley
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Worthiness
Evelyn F. Heywood
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Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication
with contributions from R. A. Butler
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The testimonies of healing given...
Florence Reid Bush
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All my life I had been religiously...
Cora Elvira Monk
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In the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,"...
William O. Freeman
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I want to express my gratitude...
Violet Banks
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It is my privilege to add this testimony...
Herbert Schmidt
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With every passing day I feel...
Pauline E. Martin
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Our Wednesday evening testimony...
Helen F. Vaniman
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"He restoreth my soul"
LYDIA DOWNS
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Douglas A. Owen, Lord Halifax, Herbert Barnes