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Whooping cough quickly healed
When I was around eight, I was sent home from school with whooping cough. Large quarantine signs were posted on our house, and I wasn’t allowed to go outside or play with any of the neighborhood kids. I really didn’t understand the seriousness of the quarantine until I was confined indoors for many days.
I had learned in Christian Science Sunday School that God is Love and cares tenderly for His children. I knew that my parents loved me, too, and that they were doing everything possible to make me comfortable while also obeying the health laws of the school and the state.
A favorite prayer written for little children by Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science, says,
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October 10, 2022 issue
View IssueEditorial
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Out of helplessness into hope
Ethel A. Baker
Keeping Watch
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From obsessive hatred to a healing love
José de Dios Mata
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From dyslexia to freedom as a church Reader
Alice Chedister Ellis
Image and Inspiration
Keeping Watch
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The benefits of metaphysical healing
Evan Mehlenbacher
Teens
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You belong here
Jenny Sawyer
Healings
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Whooping cough quickly healed
Nancy Robison
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From sickness to health in an instant
Andrea McCormick
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Hearing restored
Laura Remmerde
Bible Lens
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Doctrine of Atonement
October 10–16, 2022
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
John McCaskie, Dawn Rehnstrom, Carole Long