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Seven years ago I went into the general contracting business
Seven years ago I went into the general contracting business. I knew that in order for this new business to be a success it was imperative that it have a firm foundation of ethics and operate upon precepts of Principle.
Things worked out well until a time came when I had finished a job and began to look for another to bid. I searched for weeks before I was invited to bid on a service station to be built locally. I picked up the plans and specifications and began to prepare my bid when I was contacted by the owners. They informed me that the successful bidder would have an opportunity to contract to build a second service station at another nearby location. This, to me, was very good news—a two-for-one proposition. I continued to compile my bid with a renewed determination and hope. In the meantime I called a Christian Science practitioner to tell him of the good news, and to ask him for prayerful support. I wanted everyone involved to be blessed—whether I was awarded the contract or not. Finally I submitted my bid, and was later notified that I was not the successful bidder. This was quite disturbing to me. Momentarily, I forgot my prayerful approach. I thought that I just had to have a job, this job; I was unemployed!

April 3, 1978 issue
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The wisdom and power of meekness
JACK EDWARD FOSS
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The Mind of Christ
HILDA MABEL SAYERS
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A WORD ABOUT HEALING
ARTHUR CHRISTIAN WEICK
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Breaking through debt
EDWIN G. LEEVER
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Let! Let!
Myra Reid
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Knowing—really knowing—the truth
JUDITH ANN HARDY
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The unlimited wholeness of man
THELMA ARNOLD
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Do it!
Brian Donald Webster
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The new perception of reality
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Do you hear God's voice?
Naomi Price
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About thirty years ago I underwent surgery that left me in a...
Annie Ola Hobby
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In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy asks (p. 254): "If you venture...
Dorothy J. Howie with contributions from Harry R. Howie
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Speeding downhill on a toboggan was one of the fun things...
Betty Spiers Heinig
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Last year my husband and I shared the wonder of having our...
Kathryn Lynn Fish with contributions from T. Michael Fish
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Seven years ago I went into the general contracting business
Andrew C. Johnson