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Skin disease and anemia overcome through God's all-power
During the Second World War, I was training with the Royal Air Force in Canada. On my weekend leaves I stayed with a family of Christian Scientists, the first Scientists I had met. During our conversations, Science was sometimes mentioned, but it made little impression on me. Because I could see evidence of disease every day, I felt that anyone who said that disease is unreal was looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.
Toward the end of the training course, I was afflicted with a skin disease called scabies, which covered both thighs and was painful and unsightly. Medical treatment, received at the base hospital, brought no improvement. When the training course ended, I was transferred to another airfield, a journey that took two days by train.
While I was traveling, some of the healings my Scientist friends had related came to mind, and I thought, "Maybe I should try Christian Science treatment, test it to see if it really works." On arrival at my new base, I obtained a pass and immediately visited a Christian Science Minister for Armed Services Personnel. He was very loving and patient with me, and he gave me a Bible and a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy to study. He also said he would help me through prayer.
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February 18, 1980 issue
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Spiritual listening—vital to education
BEATRICE S. PETERSON
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Take time today
JUDITH ANN HARDY
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Opposing error "promptly and persistently"
CONSTANCE S. SAMMIS
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Work and the demand for excellence
RICHARD C. BERGENHEIM
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Getting out of the pressure cooker
CAROLYN LOUISE CLARK
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Since nobody told me
DARREN NELSON
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Sticking to the realities of being
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Which way should we go?
BEULAH M. ROEGGE
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Finding our real brotherhood
Jean Luce Lee
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God leads me home
Mary Elizabeth Barton
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Tuberculosis in its last stages healed
EVELYN UHRHAN IRVING
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Affirming Mind the source of intelligence results in scholarship
KAREN JEAN MILLER with contributions from PAMELA J. MILLER
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Christian Science college organization—a healing support
SANDRA FISHER CALLAWAY