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Knowing What to Say
Often we are called upon to speak words that will comfort or encourage another. The one who needs such help may be burdened with grief, or he may be tormented with fear about his health or his business affairs. When such needs arise, how can we find the words equal to confronting them?
We are not likely to find those words if we accept the mortal picture of grief, illness, or trouble as real. It doesn't help at all to join in with lamentations over what appears to be an unhappy situation. Such conduct only makes one an ally of the problem. It magnifies rather than heals the difficulty.

May 25, 1968 issue
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"The Lord is my shepherd"
MAX DUNAWAY
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The Motherhood of God
JEANETTE BARBARA HOWES
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Christian Science Can Heal Loneliness
PEGGY FRENCH PHIPPS
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CONTINUING DRAMA
Neil Millar
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Knowing What to Say
BRUCE KAFAROFF
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"A penny a day"
MARJORIE BRUCE MAGEE
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How Much Do I Weigh?
EDGAR F. WRIGHT
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Praying Without Ceasing
BERNICE KING BRIGHAM
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The Recompense of Grief
Helen Wood Bauman
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Consciousness Is Primal
Alan A. Aylwin
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I shall always be grateful to the young college student who later...
Rosa G. Hoffman with contributions from Nancy Joy Perkins
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I had heard of Christian Science as I was growing up, but like...
Lois D. Kleihauer
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I began drinking and smoking at the age of eighteen
Melvin C. Amerman with contributions from Winifred A. R. Fairclough, Lucille P. Webster
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Signs of the Times
Mark O. Hatfield