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Always a seeker for Truth, at seventeen I stopped in front of...
Always a seeker for Truth, at seventeen I stopped in front of a Christian Science Reading Room, read two paragraphs from an open book, and said, "That's exactly what I believe." The book was Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Although it was not until several years later that I actually became an active member in a branch church, Science soon brought healing into my life.
At the time I had been suffering from sick headaches since the age of thirteen. A relative told me that they ran in the family and I could expect to have them all my life. The headaches had been occurring more and more frequently and lasting two or three days. I had been taking strong medication in an attempt to alleviate the pain.
Although in my brief contact with Christian Science I had not fully grasped the idea of spiritual healing, I had glimpsed the fact that Christian Scientists don't turn to medication when faced with a physical difficulty. So, thinking only of going through this attack without medication, I drove around our valley in the summer darkness, praying for myself. I acknowledged that God is good, that He doesn't cause pain, that He loves me, and that it is not His will for me to suffer.
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December 7, 1987 issue
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Sons of God—now!
E. Merritt Weidner
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The mustard seed
Frances Dill
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Drugs—does paradise come in a pill?
Judith H. Hedrick
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Spiritual light
Beverly Jean McCreary
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The sustaining power of moral courage
Marcia Page Wiesendanger
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A whisper that is "as when a lion roareth"
Allison W. Phinney, Jr.
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Lessons learned from reflections in a lake
Ann Kenrick
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Enfolded
E. Margaret Osborn
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As a child, I visited different Protestant Sunday Schools and...
Josephine May Kornichuk
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Christian Science has shown me how to turn to God in prayer...
Forbes Smith Robertson
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At one time I developed a stiff and aching shoulder
Margaret Ann Young with contributions from Robert M. Young
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I have had many healings through the study and prayerful...
John C. Barker