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Over thirty years ago, medical authorities gave me up to die
Over thirty years ago, medical authorities gave me up to die. But I didn't want to die! I wanted to live for my husband and for our son—to see him grow up. So I asked my nurse to write a letter for me. The letter was to a friend who had taken me to her home to spend a weekend during college.
Although nearly twenty years had elapsed, I recalled that weekend as I lay on my presumed deathbed. I remembered the Christian Science church she had pointed out to me in her home town, and her enthusiastic explanation of a healing she had had of double pneumonia. My friend had been given up to die also, but with the help of a Christian Science practitioner she had been healed within a week. I decided that if God could heal her, I could certainly trust Him to heal me.
A reply from this friend came in the mail very soon. The first line of her letter read, "God is Love, and He loves you." When I heard this, I not only found the strength to turn over in bed but I jumped up, put on a robe, and went to the kitchen, where I ate supper with my family.
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February 11, 1980 issue
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Foundation work
DONNA NALLEY RYBURN
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Simple, yet profound
STIG KIÆR CHRISTIANSEN
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Bring them out of hiding!
CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY
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The moon is whole
CAROL FREDERIC HIGGINS
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Morning transportation
JANE THATCHER DAVIS
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A serene surface
MARGUERITE E. BUTTNER
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The man beside the road
JAMES PALMER FULTON
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Exposing the fallacies of racism
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Risk-free environment
NATHAN A. TALBOT
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How Christian Science helps me
Heidi Ingwerson Written at age 8
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Some twenty-five years ago I was being treated...
MYRTLE McDONALD
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Before I knew of Christian Science I had a skin disease on...
MICHAEL P. MANNICKE
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At the age of ten, one of my granddaughters was outdoors playing...
MARY FRANCES ARDEN with contributions from JOHANNAH REID
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One of my earliest healings in Christian Science was of facial...
EDNA CLAY LEHMANN
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Over thirty years ago, medical authorities gave me up to die
THELMA C. DIXON with contributions from WILLIAM C. DIXON