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Before I came into Christian Science I was suffering from nervousness...
Before I came into Christian Science I was suffering from nervousness, and medical aid had failed to help me. I had attended services at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, several times, and one night at home after much suffering and restlessness, I decided to look to God for my help. I got out of bed, sat down, picked up my copy of the Bible, and prayed to God to lead me to the truth. When I opened the Bible, right before my eyes was this verse (Ps. 121:2): "My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth." This was my answer.
That night I disposed of all the medicine, and early the next morning I called a Christian Science practitioner to ask her to pray for me. After I'd related my situation, she helped me see that I was suffering from fear. Then suddenly I felt relaxed, free, peaceful, and had love in my heart for everyone. This sense of inspiration was surely something I had been searching for; without a doubt, Christian Science was the truth.
I started reading Christian Science literature and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Page 1 of this book includes the following statement: "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love." I gave the words "absolute faith," "spiritual understanding," and "unselfed love" much study. The Concordance to Science and Health was most useful.
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March 26, 1984 issue
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Human inevitability—or divine purpose?
BARBARA FELDON SKALA
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Inevitable leadings of Love—not fate
JANET E. HALFPENNEY
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A matter of law
DOROTHY RUDOLF SAWYER
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Irrevocably linked to God
DONNA VIRGIL HOLDEN
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Supply
BARBARA JEAN HERRIMAN
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Practical religion
KURT GLADHORN
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Glory's weight
DORIS KERNS QUINN
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Peace when we feel there is no peace
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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"O God, is it all?"
BARBARA-JEAN STINSON
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The very circumstance, which your suffering...
EMILY W. GAWLER with contributions from ALAN GAWLER
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I first began to study Christian Science in 1919 when I was...
IRENE HOLDEN McELREA