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The very circumstance, which your suffering...
"The very circumstance, which your suffering sense deems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel entertained unawares" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 574).
At one point a small growth appeared on my face and began to enlarge. For some time I prayed, endeavoring to perceive my true spiritual nature as God's image and likeness. In my prayer I acknowledged that since God makes only good, there is in reality no disease, flaw, or hidden error in His reflection, man. But just as I felt that I was really able to thoroughly grasp these facts, I would be frightened by the material evidence, and my hopes would be dashed again.
One day during a dental appointment the dentist noticed the growth on my face and said that he didn't wish to alarm me but that in his opinion it was a type of skin cancer. He wanted to recommend a physician to take care of it. I told him that I had been a Christian Scientist for the greater part of my adult life and that I depended on prayer for healing.
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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