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When our youngest daughter was born, she had...
When our youngest daughter was born, she had a birthmark that covered a large portion of her face. I was told that because the color of the mark was so deep, it would never simply go away. Being still fairly new to the study of Christian Science, I was disturbed by this pronouncement. The Christian Science practitioner I phoned for help turned me immediately to Mary Baker Eddy's poem "Christmas Morn." The last two stanzas were particularly comforting (Poems, p. 29):
Thou gentle beam of living Love,
And deathless Life!
Truth infinite,—so far above
All mortal strife,
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August 24, 1981 issue
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"The majesty of man"
JONATHAN W. YOST
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Magnify man
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Christian Science: self-redemption, not self-extinction
STEVEN LEE FAIR
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Original self
HELEN GRANNIS SANBORN
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God's noblest work
SHARON SLATON HOWELL
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"As it began to dawn..."
JANE HUELSTER HANSON
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"I am not of this world"
JULIA SIVORI de MONTENEGRO
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You and I—as God's own
ANNE F. GOLDMAN
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Man: "the climax of creation"
DeWITT JOHN
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Let's build an altar
BEULAH M. ROEGGE
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A high goal
THEODORE L. CLAPP
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Safe in God's care
Thelma J. Shipman
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A child's prayer
Darren Nelson
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When our youngest daughter was born, she had...
MARGARET L. JOHNSON
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For several years I suffered with pain in my throat, which was...
HEDWIG RINGENBERG
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I was brought up in Christian Science
HARRISON P. EFFERTH
