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In May, 1941, only a few...
In May, 1941, only a few months after leaving a Christian Science Sunday School which I had been attending for about three years, I found myself on a troopship bound for Egypt and the Western Desert. Though as a boy I had always been susceptible to fears of every description, divine Love met all my needs before I asked, and from the moment that I left home I never felt any trace of fear or separation; on the contrary, my heart was constantly filled with that joy which accompanies the certain sense that God is ever present.
Only once throughout the nine weeks' voyage, which to mortal sense seemed anything but harmonious, did discord come near my consciousness. On one occasion, when everyone was suffering from dysentery, I suddenly felt very sick and hungry. I did not seem able to pray for myself, and no Christian Scientist was present to help me. Suddenly these words came to me (Poems by Mrs. Eddy, p. 7):
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December 17, 1949 issue
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"HEAL THYSELF"
CONSTANCE S. SAMMIS
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THE VALUE OF SPIRITUAL FACTS
LELAND S. THOMPSON
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SECURITY
Hilda M. Wells
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CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS
JOANNA FRESHWATER
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TAKING THE RIGHT SIDE
JOHN LEE
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GOD'S GIFT OF GRATITUDE
MARGARETTA MAJOR HEENAN
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KNOW THE TRUTH
ROBERT J. MITCHELL
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OUR DISTINGUISHED FRIENDS
EUNICE H. DIZER
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THE STARS WERE BRIGHT
Grace Nixon Stecher
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"GOD'S GREAT GIFT"
Robert Ellis Key
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DEITY'S SELF-CONTAINMENT
Helen Wood Bauman
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Christian Science was brought to...
Simonne Rouchon
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I wish to express my gratitude for...
Emma M. Muniot
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Too long have I delayed in acknowledging...
Thomas M. Archer
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Years before my introduction to...
Caroline Weidling
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As I came to young womanhood,...
Ruth T. Lee
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For many years I have had wonderful...
Olive More Sammis
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As a child of eleven or twelve I...
Alene M. Reynolds
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In May, 1941, only a few...
Alan Heaps
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How empty would my life be...
Thelma B. Nelson
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