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Early last year our daughter fell while playing, and to all...
Early last year our daughter fell while playing, and to all appearances her arm was broken. Though she was in much pain, we were able to quiet her and put her to bed for the night with the assurance of God's love for all His children. We realized that scientific prayer would be the most effective treatment for the child. She responded to God's love for her by making a conscientious effort to declare her true freedom from material conditions of any kind, and was able to have a good night's rest.
Both her dad and I prayed diligently to have a clearer vision of the child's spiritual identity, her only real identity, which includes wholeness, harmony, and painless being. We contacted an experienced Christian Science practitioner for support in this prayer. Much was uncovered that we needed to relinquish— fear concerning medical beliefs, memories of similar situations, and a fear of parental inability to cope.
As a clearer perception of God's all-power and man's ability to reflect this power developed, the child responded by desiring more normal daily activity. By the third day she was writing and doing school assignments with that arm, and by the sixth day she had returned to school.
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November 6, 1978 issue
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Awake with His likeness
VIRGINIA L. SCOTT
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What heals?
RUANNE Y. GENTRY
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Love liberates now
MATILDA SAPP
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Cut the current— shut off the error
R. WILLIAM ALDERSON
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Understanding the unreality of evil
DOROTHY H. JONES
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Relevant purity
LOUISE HAEUSER
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Beyond the symbols
CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY
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The missing link
ARTHUR DELAU
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Expressing inexhaustible divine energy
SHARON SLATON HOWELL
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Inversion or reality?
PERSIS E. ZUBER
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Our living trust
M. JANE WATTS
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The growth we need
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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The right to be unafraid
Nathan A. Talbot
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The most beautiful thing
Gertrude E. Velguth
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No vacancy
Karen Christine Lucht
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After a frail and sickly childhood that left me wondering if my...
Leola C. Lowery with contributions from Maralyn L. Holley
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Early last year our daughter fell while playing, and to all...
Jenifer Carol Wechsler
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Letters to the Press
with contributions from R. Ross Collins