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Reconstructing the Body
When through a mishap a toucan lost the upper half of its beak not long ago, officials at the zoo where it lives arranged for a false beak to be made and stuck on so that it could eat. To the astonishment of the veterinary officer, within a year the toucan had grown a new beak underneath the false one and was restored to its original, natural wholeness. "How," the report continues, "could it evolve the ability to grow a new one?"
The animal kingdom provides us with numerous examples of reconstruction of parts of the body. A crocodile grows new teeth to replace those that are lost. Without any difficulty a lobster will grow a new claw and a starfish a new arm. But men and women resign themselves to the loss of a limb or a bodily organ and mentally reject the possibility of renewing them—that is to say, they do if they have not been stirred through the teachings of Christian Science to question the limitations of mortal belief and to grasp to some extent the vast possibilities of the understanding of divine Truth to heal and reconstruct the physical body.

March 17, 1973 issue
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Blameless Being
PETER B. VANDERHOEF
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Restoration
ROBERT HUTCHINSON-BROOKS
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Stick to the Script!
HELEN OAKLEY ROCKHOLD
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Many Loves Synchronized
MARGUERITE E. BUTTNER
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The Healing Touch Is Spiritual
JACK A. KRIEGER
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Overcoming Fear of Sleeplessness
ROSE PRICE
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Need an Idea?
MARY CHASE LOMBARD
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SWEET ARE THE USES ...
Carol Earle Chapin
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I Am Not Afraid
Cornelia Joyce Haley
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Ask for the Ultimate
Carl J. Welz
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Reconstructing the Body
Naomi Price
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On the wall of our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, is inscribed...
William C. Ferguson with contributions from Melva Lucinda Ferguson
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With joy I submit this testimony, hoping it will lift the present...
Janet S. Sills with contributions from Barbara C. Larson
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I attended a Christian Science Sunday School when I was a boy...
Michael L. Nash with contributions from Jackie Nash
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It would take many pages for me to testify fully to the blessings...
Velta Ruth Lee with contributions from Konrad Hahn