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In the summer of 1995, while we were taking a family vacation,...
In the summer of 1995, while we were taking a family vacation, my husband and I witnessed a powerful healing that involved one of our daughters. We had rented a car. As we drove, our two daughters quickly fell asleep. After about an hour of driving, my husband, who is not a Christian Scientist, noticed that our older daughter was having a seizure and not breathing. We called out her name, trying to get her to respond. I immediately began to pray. Although the traffic was heavy, my husband stopped on the median of the highway, carried her out of the car, and began to resuscitate her. I remained in the car and continued to pray, affirming that the only reality God knows or makes is entirely spiritual. We all live in this reality. I rejected the fear that was attempting to overwhelm me.
When our daughter was breathing again, my husband carried her back into the car. I sat with her and held her in my arms. Her eyes were not focusing even when I was talking to her. I said the Lord's Prayer out loud and started to sing hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal. These lines from one of Mary Baker Eddy's poems had so much meaning to me and supported me immensely: "O Life divine, that owns each waiting hour" and "... fear/No ill,—since God is good, and loss is gain" (Poems, pp. 4–5). I repeated silently the fact that God is Life and nothing could separate our daughter from that one and only Life. This prayer allowed me to remain calm.

September 15, 1997 issue
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TO OUR READERS
The Editors
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To love is to live!
Fenella Bennetts
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Keep it simple; God is Love
David Hoyme
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Loving others heals us
Barbara Beth Whitewater
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Seeing God's goodness in others
Trudy C. Palmer
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Living love
Lucy C. Karwell
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Let God's will be done
Barbara Juergens Fox
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Nurturing a child's individuality
Mildred E. Cawlfield
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A mother's stand for health
Anne H. Cooling
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Dear Sentinel
with contributions from Andrew Wright, Mary Wright, Sophie Cecelia McLaughlin
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You don't have to put up with that!
Barbara L. Kelly
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Angels are always with us
Linda Conradi
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Persistence really does win the prize
Abigail Mathieson Trout
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Women of Vision meet in Dallas
by Kim Shippey
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The company of those who publish
Geraldine Schiering
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Rush ... rushing ... rushed?
William E. Moody
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I have had many healings by applying the laws of God as given...
Pamela Joy Bissell
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In 1976 I found myself desperately seeking an understanding...
David Bruce Stratman
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In the summer of 1995, while we were taking a family vacation,...
Fujiko Signs with contributions from Mark Signs
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Looking back on my experience of overcoming the addiction...
Albert Frederick Franklin