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People who do, not people who don't
As the fireworks of the last Independence Day of the second millennium flashed over the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, I wondered about the Fourth of July in the early nineteenth century. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion were emerging among the European settlers in the Western world, beginning in the northeastern region of the United States.
In that new atmosphere of liberty, a young girl was freeing her thought from restrictive religious doctrines. Born in New England in 1821, Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of this magazine, was educated within the parameters of Puritan teachings, where tacit obedience to God was normal and expected. She knew and love the Bible, and was reverently eager to comply with God's will.
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July 31, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
Mary Metzner Trammell
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Linda Barnett, Phil Bearsley, Mary Louise Harris
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items of interest
with contributions from Lisa Miller, Jacques Steinberg
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The search for Justice
By John W. Williams
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JUSTICE SERVED
Margaret G. Griffin
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What to look for if something's missing
By David A. Greene
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WHEN MY CAR WAS STOLEN
Alice Jean Small
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When my father turned me over to our Father
By Shirley Files Schwaller
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LOOKING FOR GOD IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES
Olga Cossi
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Journey toward closeness
By Kim Shippey
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Last Year The Sentinel invited...
The Editors
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Millennial expectations
with contributions from David Critchley, Marilyn Kay Bland, David D. Kropf, Angela Leeds, Sareda Milosz, Deborah Watson
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It's what's inside that counts
By Kay Ramsdell Olson
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Dear Sentinel
with contributions from Asher Severini, Jacqueline Severini
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Foot ailment healed
Dorothy Burton Hubbard
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Injured arm and wrist healed
Robert C. Lewis
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Healing following an accident with a horse
Anna C. Vaughan
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Physical and emotional healing after a fall
Joye C. Broughton
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Prayer brings peace and protection during wartime
Melford James Roe
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Migraine headaches healed
By Beverly Goldsmith
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People who do, not people who don't
Heloísa Gelber Rivas