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Let Faith, Not Fear, Manage You
"Disease," Mary Baker Eddy writes, "is a thing of thought manifested on the body; and fear is the procurator of the thought which causes sickness and suffering." Rudimental Divine Science, p. 10; This choice of words by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science is remarkable, and is one of the many instances of her verbal precision. In Roman times, a procurator was an official who was the governor of a territory. The first modern definition for "procurator" by Webster is, "one that manages another's affairs."
When we yield to fear, we are not only letting fear govern our thoughts, we are in fact letting fear manage our affairs. A Christian Scientist knows that fear and faith cannot exist side by side; one pushes out the other. To the extent, then, that we are letting fear, a negative and irresponsible agent, dominate our thinking, to that extent have we relinquished our hold on the faith in and understanding of God that will see us through whatever situation or problem seems to face us.

December 4, 1971 issue
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Let Faith, Not Fear, Manage You
HOWARD PALFREY JONES
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Fulfillment
HELEN C. HERRING
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Not a Beast of Burden
RUSSELL D. ROBINSON
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"I doubt it"
BARBARA JUERGENS FOX
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Women's Liberation Is Necessary
DAVID A. YOUNG
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The Choice Is Yours
CORINNE B. TEETER
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Something Golden
OAD LOUISE MORRIS
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On Stage
CLAIRE HAGENLOCHER STUBBE
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The Equality of Men
Carl J. Welz
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Eliminating Fear and Its Effects
Naomi Price
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Before 1920, my mother witnessed an outstanding healing of a...
Doris McDaniel with contributions from Lawrence H. McDaniel, Dale M. McDaniel
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Christian Science has been my religion ever since I was born
Helen Shue with contributions from Willis H. Shue
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Christian Science was introduced to me many years ago when I...
Irene E. Rogliardi
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Christian Science had been unknown to me before it came to my...
Helen K. Raasch
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An Open Letter from the Board of Lectureship
The Christian Science Board of Lectureship