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"Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the...
"Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the guest of God." This statement of Mrs. Eddy's on page 254 of Science and Health lifts thought out of a personal, limited sense of life to the reality of being—to God, the source of all supply.
As the child of loving parents I always had a solid concept of the word "home." Although my parents weren't church members, they enrolled me in a Christian Science Sunday School when I was growing up. But in spite of the good spiritual foundation I had received from Sunday School, when I went off to college, I found myself thinking less and less about Christian Science and becoming caught up in various forms of materialism.
During the Second World War, I married a Marine Corps pilot, and later we had a baby daughter, who was born while he was overseas. Again my loving parents provided me with a much-needed home, and I began attending a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, regularly.
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October 31, 1983 issue
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The apple of His eye
GLADYS C. GIRARD
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Letting our light shine
MARY DAVIES
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The Father's house is not remote
SYLVESTER MOUYALE
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The outstretched hand of the Christ
GRETA E. MEADER
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"I have lots of loves"
MELISSA DOW FUNK
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To those who don't wear glasses (and those who do)
NATHAN A. TALBOT
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Remembering justice
JUDITH ANN BELANGER
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Spiritual education of our children
DeWITT JOHN
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Cherishing our children metaphysically
BARBARA-JEAN STINSON
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I was once a shepherd
Drew Ten Eyck
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Daily I thank God that Christian Science was introduced...
SUSAN DIANE MATTSON
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Several years ago I suddenly became quite ill, something unusual...
CHARLES E. AMERMAN
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One day I promised my three-and-one-half-year-old son that we...
KATHERINE DARDEN FINNIGAN
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"Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the...
WALDENA R. JACKSON