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[Original in Dutch]
When I was seven years old, my mother sent me to the Christian Science Sunday School
When I was seven years old, my mother sent me to the Christian Science Sunday School. She was a widow and I her only child, and she felt unable to cope with her many difficulties. When I returned home from my first Sunday feeling so happy, she decided to investigate this Science for herself. We have never regretted it.
Two years after that I became seriously ill. A close relative thought it irresponsible not to call a doctor. After discussing the matter with her, my mother agreed to have me examined for the sake of reassurance, with the understanding that no medicines would be administered. The diagnosis was not comforting: tuberculosis of the spine.
The doctor showed X-rays to the relative and explained that the only thing they could do was to send me to a sanitarium and put me in a cast. The doctor assured my mother that though he was religious himself, medical measures had to be taken.
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March 19, 1979 issue
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Faith and the divine psychology
HELEN C. MOON
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The path to freedom
Alan A. Aylwin
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The purity of Christian healing
ARTHUR P. WUTH
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The Christian healer's oil
JAMES ROBERT CORBETT
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The scope of Christian Science healing
LELA MAY AULTMAN
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Proper alignment
Jean M. Langerman
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Healing through enlightened faith
JOHN J. SELOVER
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Creativity is Soul in action
ROBERT A. WILKIN
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Sympathy that heals
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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God's parenting
Nathan A. Talbot
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Loving is nice
Corinne Melissa Acasio Written at age 9
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Every time prayer
Dia Dibble
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When I was seven years old, my mother sent me to the Christian Science Sunday School
Hendrika Adriana van der Horst-Moulijn
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Recently I was confined to bed with a badly swollen knee
Robert Muirhead Smith with contributions from Marie Strong Slingerland, Cyro W. Slingerland
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All of my life, I have relied on Christian Science as my only...
Doris L. Morter
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I am a farmer
Charles Knight
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Letters to the Press
with contributions from David L. Degler, Edwin H. Perkins