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Burned hand quickly healed
I had boiled water in an electric tea kettle and was pouring it into a cup, when the water spilled over the hand that held the cup. The pain seemed all-consuming, and I left the dinner preparations to my capable husband while I retired to the study to pray.
I knew from years of experiencing Christian Science healings that the pain was in thought instead of in the hand. A familiar line from Science and Health came to thought: "There is no sensation in matter" (see p. 237). I knew this quotation well. It's in a story about a little girl who, Mrs. Eddy recounts, had "badly wounded her finger." I have always loved the story, because it shows the complete willingness of the little girl to let go of the belief that pain is more powerful than the healing power of God's law. Her faith in what she had been learning about God through Christian Science was so pure that she went "bounding off with laughing eyes" and pointed out that her finger was "not a bit sore."
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August 30, 1999 issue
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To Our Readers
William E. Moody
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Geoff Roberts, Janice Van Waldick
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Be kinder and gentler—to yourself
By Elaine R. Follis
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Long day?
By Carol Rockhold Miller
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Rid of the rage
By Judith H. Hedrick
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THE DAY THE CRANK CALLS ENDED
Don Soule
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Ready, safe, go!
By Fay Kallos Fahs
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Fear not, little flop
Sharon S. Jeffrey
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What's God got to do with computers?
By David C. Driver
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How a good example helped free me from drug addiction
By Richard Requarth
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Sale of home goes smoothly; injuries fully healed
Rebecca S. Hawk
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Prayer cures back pain and breathing trouble
Curtis Wahlberg
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Lost money found; severe skin irritation healed
Lindsay Catlin
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Burned hand quickly healed
June Knapp Angell
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Empty nest?
By Jayne W. Rattman
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FREEDOM FROM FEAR
Ellen Moore Thompson
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On the question of self-government
Russ Gerber