Article August 1, 1959 Issue

"THERE IS NO DISEASE"

MARTHA BEMAN

At this period there are many so-called health programs being inaugurated and tried out in various parts of the world. While purporting to make surveys of health, these programs often focus attention on disease.

A student of Christian Science whose duty it is to scan the daily newspapers became greatly disturbed over the physical examinations which are compulsory in many public schools and over the number of business organizations which require rigid physical examinations of their employees. At a moment when the student seemed the most depressed, she felt impelled to turn to the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy.

As the student contemplated the Manual and its By-Laws hope began to illumine her outlook. She thought of the many avenues provided for in the Manual by which the light of Truth is radiating into all parts of the world.

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