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Skin disease healed; hair grows again
"Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over." Even these beautiful lines from the twenty-third Psalm inadequately express my gratitude for all the blessings that have come into my life through Christian Science.
While serving in the Women's Army Corps in the southwest Pacific, I contracted a form of tropical skin disease. It first affected my eyes. Immediately I wrote to a Christian Science practitioner in New York for help, while I continued to perform my required duties, studying the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy at every available moment. Upon awakening one morning, I found that I could not see, due to a poisonous secretion which completely covered the eyes. Great fear was expressed by all around me, but I refused to accept it. The company clerk reported my condition to the commanding officer, whereupon I was ordered to report to our dispensary for checkup and possible evacuation.
In a few days the face, neck, and scalp were also affected. I knew the practitioner was standing by, and within a week came this wonderful healing message: "Study thoroughly the meaning of 'oil' in the Glossary of Science and Health." It was a revelation to realize that the true meaning of oil is "consecration; charity; gentleness; prayer; heavenly inspiration" (p. 592). I was very grateful for this glimpse of Truth in my hour of need.
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April 23, 1949 issue
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TRUE LIBERALISM IS SPIRITUAL
NORTON WEBB
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UNFOLDING VIEWS
PATRICIA LEE TIMBERMAN
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"SEA CAPTAINS ON SHORE"
JAMES K. WESTOVER
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WAKING UP IS THE WAY OUT
BETTY PARROTT
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"THE FATHER'S GREAT LOVE"
ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN
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DISCERNMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL FACT
EMMA E. AKIN
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BEGINNERS CAN HEAL
JUNE HUBNER
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CONVICTION
Pearl Strachan Hurd
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THE MYTH OF THE INCURABLE DISEASE
George Channing
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DIVINE LAW
Helen Wood Bauman
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PRAYER IN CHURCH
Hazel Harper Brandner
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Heart trouble cured by Science treatment
Annie Upton
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Skin disease healed; hair grows again
Naomi Bodine
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Gratitude expressed for growth Spiritward
Anna Louise Stuart
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Instantaneous healing stands as beacon light
John G. Ziesler
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Children's diseases overcome quickly
Alice O'Keefe
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Questions answered, and life remodeled
Jocelyn N. Pontefract
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Growth disappears when thought is lifted
Johanna L. De Keijzer-Termeule
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Heat prostration yields to prayer
John C. W. Bird
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from L. C. Allman, Clarence Edward Macartney, H. G. Newsham, Ray L. Henthorne, W. J. Brien