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I am deeply grateful for all the good that has been revealed to me since I began the study of Christian Science. I can see that no truly good thing has ever been withheld from me. The correct way to go and right decisions have always been revealed to me when I relied fully upon God. In instances where mistakes seem inevitable and a backward step almost certain, I am learning that good alone is inevitable, and I have always been privileged to take two steps forward for every step backward.
Since coming into the Army my desire to serve my country and my fellow man has been enriched and made more practical by Christian Science. Christian Science has not only made me a better soldier, but it has also enabled me to be of some help to others, and at the same time it has protected me under many trying circumstances. On one occasion, while changing guard, the soldier before me failed to unload his gun completely. Although I reminded him that he was carrying five shells in his gun, he insisted that he was carrying but four. Upon testing his gun to make certain that the piece was completely unloaded he removed four shells, pushed in the bolt, and pulled the trigger. The fifth shell exploded perilously near my head. The hearing in one of my ears was impaired for several days, but this condition soon disappeared as I held to the ever-presence and allness of good, or God. I felt a great sense of reassurance because of this strong proof of divine protection which I had experienced.
Prior to my army physical examination I was healed of a chronic heart ailment which I had feared for years. I had worked long and diligently to overcome this condition, and twice it had apparently disappeared, but the fear of it was latent in my thought, and finally, after a rather stirring experience in which human hatred, fear, and other emotions were violently brought to the front, the condition presented itself again. This time it became so acute that it seemed as though my very life was at stake. A Christian Science practitioner was called, but my thought was not receptive. A rather fiery trial ensued, a deep sense of despondency and selfishness was uncovered, and then I was healed. The value of the lesson learned is reverberating yet, for I gained among other things a stronger and purer faith in God.
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September 11, 1943 issue
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The Encircling Arms of Love
ELIZABETH L. HANSEN
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Citizens of Heaven
THOMAS L. LEISHMAN
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Inspiration in Sunday School Teaching
MARY LEE GOUGH NAY
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"In the first instance"
MOLLIE D. BATES
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Establishing One's Identity
HAROLD B. ALDEN
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The Prodigal's Promise
WILLIAM R. FALLS
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Safety
JEANNE ROE PRICE
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"Daily bread"
ISLA PASCHAL RICHARDSON
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Only God Outlines
Paul Stark Seeley
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The Genuine Man
Evelyn F. Heywood
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Notices
with contributions from Mary G. Ewing
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The Church in Smyrna
JOHN RANDALL DUNN
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I am deeply grateful for all the...
Robert Zwilling
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I wish to express gratitude for...
Florence E. Reed
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Many years ago, while living in...
Florence W. Saunders
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With unbounded gratitude to...
Emmy Gabrielson Ekbladh
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Having had numerous physical...
Ethel M. Black
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We are most grateful to God for...
Emily Kyle Battley with contributions from Stella Christine Battley
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The Temple
DOROTHEA STURDIVANT FAGAN
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from C. R. Stockinger, William E. Taggart, Edgar Franklin Romig, B. K. Weatherwax, Truman B. Douglass, Samuel A. Wright