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From the age of five until the age of twenty, I attended...
From the age of five until the age of twenty, I attended the Christian Science Sunday School. After becoming a branch church member I married, had two children, and took them to the Christian Science Sunday School. Still, I had never really made Christian Science my own. I had never studied deeply enough to understand what it means that man is truly the spiritual idea of God.
My husband and I "had the world by the tail," so to speak; we had everything we could want. But our business obligations kept me so busy that I neglected my study of Science. Soon everything began to crumble—first our business, then our marriage. I filed for divorce and was so bitter about my situation that I decided to do things my way without the slightest intention of relying on God to direct me.
I began smoking as well as drinking socially. The problems mounted and I became ill. Two major surgical operations followed. Nothing was going right for me, and I was in such a state of distress that I spent time in two mental hospitals. Life seemed so futile that I contemplated suicide and even planned how I would accomplish it.
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December 19, 1983 issue
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Reaching the high goal of Christian healing
SHARON SLATON HOWELL
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Adopting the true spirit of Christmas
SUE A. SPOTTS
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Take up the cross! Must I?
BERNICE HOLLY HIGGINS
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The signal
EVELYNNE B. SMITH
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Christian healing: yielding to Christ
GRACE ARCHER DUNBAR
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A Christmas story: Love's ever-presence
MARCIA A. SPAHR
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The unfailing Christ
NATHAN A. TALBOT
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Christ's healing tenderness
DAVID C. KENNEDY
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In secret
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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Christ's great meaning for us today
DeWitt John
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Awake from the dream of sickness!
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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God loves you
Lucile E. Warren
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From the age of five until the age of twenty, I attended...
MARY JEAN JOHNSON with contributions from BOB JOHNSON
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One Thursday, several months ago, a friend's mother was taking...
KEN GLASS with contributions from JEAN H. GRIFFIN, ROBERT E. GRIFFIN
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Many years ago my mother suffered from nervous prostration
DORIS P. VAN DELFT
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One evening I had a sore throat
ELEANOR H. SMITH