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Feeling the effects of Christian Science
I began to feel the effects of Christian Science less than half an hour after finding it in 1993, which brings to mind a statement by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy: “The effects of Christian Science are not so much seen as felt. It is the ‘still, small voice’ of Truth uttering itself” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 323).
Here’s how it happened. I was enjoying a book of my wife’s about metaphysical healing (she was not a Christian Scientist), and I asked her if she knew if the book was affiliated with any organization. She said, “Maybe Christian Science,” which I’d never heard of before. A few weeks later I noticed a sign reading “Christian Science Practitioner” in front of a nearby office, so I brought the book in to ask the practitioner if it was about Christian Science.
After examining the book, the practitioner said, “No.” We then spent half an hour chatting, and by the end of that time, I felt impressed by his qualities of both humility and spiritual strength—my first taste of feeling the effects of Christian Science.
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May 29, 2017 issue
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From the readers
Moriah Early-Manchester, Linda Bargmann
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Campus safety and ‘Truth’s motto’
Stephen Senge
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Spiritual innocence brings freedom
H. M. Wyeth
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You can never be obsolete
Martha Sarvis
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Meeting needs of all kinds
Jeff Shepard
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Feeling the effects of Christian Science
Dan Ziskind
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In perfect focus
Mark Swinney
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Freed from aggressive flu symptoms
Pauline D. Brew
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Foot difficulty healed
Consuela Allen
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Desire to know God answered
Frederick James Campbell
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My angel*
Jill Ferrie
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The Big Apple’s big drop in crime
The <i>Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board
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Be an Ananias
Rosalie E. Dunbar
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Satisfying worship
Barbara Vining
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Living waters
Barbara Highton Williams