Article June 1, 1946 Issue

Divine Service

A young woman needed assurance to overcome her fear of a physical examination which was required to enable her to take a new position. A short time before, the report from such an examination had been so unfavorable that she was afraid the forthcoming one would also prove unsatisfactory. The attendant in the Reading Room recommended that she study carefully the definition of "man" on page 475 of Science and Health. The young woman did so, and some weeks later returned to express her gratitude, saying that she had gone through the examination with flying colors. She was also grateful for the time she had spent in the Reading Room working on this problem.

One morning a timid man waited patiently at the counter of our Reading Room until several others had been taken care of. Then he asked for the "health book." The night before he had seen an advertisement in the local newspaper of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. He bought a copy of the textbook and went out very happy.

In a few days he was back, and much of his timidity had disappeared. He said he had been greatly helped by his reading, and he wondered if Christian Science could heal his deafness. The librarian assured him that nothing is impossible with God. He then bought another copy of Science and Health for a friend who was bedfast. The librarian invited him to come back the next day to learn how to study the Lesson-Sermon. He came, bought a Bible and a Christian Science Quarterly, and the librarian showed him how to study the Lesson.

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