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Rising and resisting
We headed into the East by car from Berlin. The gray chill of November and the few yellow leaves left on the birches seemed a visible reminder of a state of mind—more than forty years of incredible mental repression and enervation by communism.
It was dark by the time we reached Magdeburg. Nights seemed even darker in what was formerly East Germany, where there were fewer and weaker street lights. But when we opened the big doors of the old university classroom—the meeting place for the Christian Science Society—we came into a roomful of light, liveliness, and vigor. These were people who had not only lived under communist rule but had also triumphed in spite of constant dangers and threats to them as adherents of an illegal, banned Christian sect. Now they were coming out the other side, with the joy of knowing what spiritual demonstration can accomplish.

January 20, 1992 issue
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INSIDE: LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE
The Editors
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"God has given us all a purpose here"
Allison W. Phinney, Jr. with contributions from Lonise Bias
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God's man is always useful
Thomas C. Asher
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Overcoming discouragement
Nzau Mbungu
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Prayer: watching and working
Nancy L. Robison
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"There was a time when the church was very powerful—...
Martin Luther King
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Taking off the blindfold
John K. Daniels
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Second Thought
Christopher S. Wren
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Rising and resisting
Allison W. Phinney, Jr.
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The value of strong, persistent prayer
Ann Kenrick
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About thirty years ago I suffered a nervous breakdown
Mary Cockerton
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I have had the blessings of Christian Science all my life and,...
Dorothy Fassold with contributions from Edward Ray Fassold, Lee Sines
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Several years ago our car was stolen
Allison H. DeMarkles