Article December 1, 1956 Issue

SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN AND SHARE

JOHN F. ANDERSON

In "We Knew Mary Baker Eddy," Third Series, is related the healing through Christian Science of Joseph Mann, who was accidentally shot and who was later given up as dying by four eminent physicians. Mr. Mann's first words when he returned to consciousness were, "Is this something I can learn, and do for others?"

The article states that immediately after his healing he began to study the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and that many upon hearing of his healing went to him for help, and he healed them. He established a successful Christian Science practice in Boston. Ten years later he was a member of Mrs. Eddy's last class, the "class of seventy."

In "Christian Healing" Mrs. Eddy says (p. 1): "History repeats itself; to-morrow grows out of today. But Heaven's favors are formidable: they are calls to higher duties, not discharge from care; and whoso builds on less than an immortal basis, hath built on sand." Everywhere the writer goes he meets students of our revered Leader's revelation who were first led into a realization of God's allness and the nothingness of matter by physical healing resulting from the consecrated, affirmative prayers of a Christian Science practitioner or of a student. Many of these have overnight become willing, joyous workers for our Cause, determined to help in spreading their knowledge of the divine Principle of healing.

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