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"I laughed to think of God leading someone to do a job he was not ready to do!"
Toward the end of my eighth-grade year, I was selected as a contestant for the annual speech contest. Everyone thought it was such an honor, except me! I didn't know how I could possibly give a speech in front of the whole school. All I could think of was critical opinions and masses of staring eyes in a hot, uncomfortable room.
I had two choices. I could beg Dad to write a note to my speech teacher to get me out of the ordeal. Or I could accept the challenge and meet it. Finally I chose the latter.
While trying to memorize my speech, I stopped to look up some passages in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. One thought I found helpful was (p.368), "When fear disappears, the foundation of disease is gone." In my case, I knew that when the fear was destroyed, the foundation of my nervousness would be gone!
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August 18, 1980 issue
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"My record is on high"
JUDITH ANN HARDY
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Could you qualify for the leading role?
LONA INGWERSON
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Education—without labels
RHODA MERLE FORD
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Home can't be broken
LARRY HELLER
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"I'd like to go to Sunday School..."
JACQUELYN L. MATTSON
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No contest!
DOROTHY P. SEAGREN
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Helping children
JANET BOGART PHINNEY
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Self-examination
KARIN JEAN GILLETT
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You are the light
ALISTAIR W. LAUDER
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Relax tension through Truth
GEOFFREY J. BARRATT
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Finding the child who wants to learn
BEULAH M. ROEGGE
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"Out! Out! Out!"
Kathleen W. Allison
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"I seek to have divine Principle guide all classroom activity"
VIRGINIA J. GABEL