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COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
Just as sunshine dispels darkness, so the light of gratitude flooding one's consciousness banishes the darkness of error and heals. Therefore the alert Christian Scientist begins the day by thanking God for His presence, goodness, and unchanging love. When we are busy recalling our blessings, they start to accumulate, and we are quickly or gradually lifted above error's claim that evil has power or reality.
When the writer was led to Christian Science, a practitioner gave her the sound advice, "Count your blessings." At the time the First World War was being fought, everything was apparently topsy-turvy, and there seemed to be a great lack of good. To be told to count blessings seemed more than ironical. However, the writer determined to be obedient, and very soon she discovered that counting her blessings, no matter how apparently insignificant they were, calmed thought and helped her to surmount difficulties in her so changed daily life.
During the years when circumstances forced her to enter an office, for which she had had no training, the habit of trying to the best of her ability to follow the practitioner's advice gave her strength and poise to carry out her duties. After a period of seven years, other work more congenial and uplifting was offered, but under the condition that it must be accepted rather quickly. Where she was employed, a longer time for giving notice was the fixed rule.
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January 17, 1959 issue
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"KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL"
GORDON V. COMER
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EXPERIENCE QUICK AND PERMANENT HEALING
PAULA DE VOE BLAKEMORE
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HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
WILLIAM M. SELLMAN
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COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
ELSE L. A. BUCHENBERGER
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FORWARD MARCH
Pearl Strachan Hurd
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THE UTILITY OF DIVINE METAPHYSICS
GLANVILLE OWEN MUSCHETT
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"CAST OUT THE BEAM OUT OF THINE OWN EYE"
EDITH HUNT BARNES
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BILLY AND TOMMY PROVE THAT THEY LOVE GOD
ABBY PERKINS BURNSIDE
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OUR CONTRIBUTION TO RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT
Harold Molter
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"HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD"
John J. Selover
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Through the teachings of Christian Science,...
Harry Gibson
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I have been healed many times...
D. Pauline Stephenson
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Christian Science was introduced...
Beatrice P. Grandy
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There is no aspect of my human...
Gladys Ella Gibbs
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In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy...
Dorothy S. Cross
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For many years I have read the...
Lena Hayward
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In 1951 I emigrated and on...
Albert John Forbes
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In gratitude to God I send this...
Faye A. Faith
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from F. Budd Schooley, Wesley Parker, Gordon Powell, Marcus Grether