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God provides everlasting protection from the seeming floods of evil
"THE BOW OF PROMISE"
The using of Mary Baker Eddy's poems as hymns has brought them to the attention of Christian Science congregations in the widest possible manner. Love for them grows as their spiritual meaning unfolds in thought, and innumerable healings result from the truths they express. Particular truths touch the thought at different times, bringing enlightenment, comfort, and healing to meet the need of the moment. No matter how familiar the words may be, new glimpses of their deep significance keep coming to one.
One sultry Wednesday late in September, a day in which there had been extremes in temperature with frequent storms, a Christian Scientist felt impelled to go to the window of her apartment over looking Lake Michigan. There she saw a striking phenomenon. The lake was completely hidden by clouds, extremely black ones to the north. To the south they were somewhat lighter and were spanned with a brilliant rainbow, wider and more vivid than she had ever seen before. Immediately a phrase from Mrs. Eddy's poem "Love," which she had often sung as a hymn, came to her thought, and she joyously exclaimed, " 'A bow of promise on the cloud.'" More of the poem followed (Poems, p. 7):
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March 19, 1949 issue
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TENDERNESS
BESSIE MAY TEOREY
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LOVE'S OWN NOW
Iris V. Zea
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RIGHT REASONING AND SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE
ALEXANDER N. REISSNER
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"THE BOW OF PROMISE"
MINNIE SUCKOW
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ENTERTAINING ANGELS
FAITH HOLMES HYERS
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"WHOM SHOULD I SERVE?"
CECIL HAYES
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE REVEALS MAN'S REAL IDENTITY
MEREDITH RUSSELL
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LEARNING HOW TO GET RID OF ERROR
JEANETTE F. SUTTON
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INDIVIDUALITY
Dorothy M. Kiddoo
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"SUPERNAL FRESHNESS"
Helen Wood Bauman
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OUR IMPERSONAL PASTOR AND THE LESSON-SERMON
Robert Ellis Key
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Heart trouble yields rapidly to the truth
Robert Davies
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Harmonious childbirth under difficult conditions
Mary Isabel Talbot
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Instantaneous healing through reading textbook
Harriet E. Kincaid
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Living quarters found during peak of shortage
Jacqueline May Sjoquist
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Car sickness, considered hereditary, healed by reading
Grace M. Sturhahn with contributions from George A. H. Sturhahn
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Protection received during service in two wars
Robert H. Place
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Sprained ankle yields instantaneously to Truth
Carrie W. Southworth Cronkhite
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Deep despondency lifts on first visit to church
Ethel Reed Menns
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Severe backache leaves; hay fever destroyed
Ada Coleman
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from J. McCleery, Lloyd C. Nichols, Gustaf Ankar, The Bishop of Southwell