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The
Atmosphere of Divine
Truth
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Before
I became interested in Christian
Science, I called on some
Christian Science friends in
Denver one day when I was
suffering from a severe cold.
When I left their house I became
suddenly conscious of the fact
that I had no cold —
I had been healed. This
seemed so strange that I did not
forget it. Several years later,
after I had gained some
understanding of Christian
Science, I realized that it was
the true thinking of these
friends which had healed me. It
is my one desire that I, too, may
live consciously in this
atmosphere of divine Truth, so
that wherever my thought may rest
it may carry a
blessing.
Catherine
Hartzell
Christian
Science Sentinel
October 19, 1919
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"Felt
ye the power of the
Word?"
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. . I became very ill suddenly at
noontime, having a hemorrhage
which continued a half hour. I
felt that I could not live many
more minutes, so asked my mother
to telephone for a Christian
Science practitioner — not
to get help for myself, because I
did not expect to live until my
mother reached the place from
which she could telephone, but in
order that the practitioner might
comfort her. About ten or fifteen
minutes after she left the house
I felt very much better and
regretted having asked anyone to
go out on such a hot day. An hour
later, when the practitioner
arrived, he said that as soon as
he left the telephone he sat down
and gave me a treatment. I knew
then why I had felt so much
better in a short time. Mrs. Eddy
asks, "Felt ye the power of the
Word?" (Poems, p. 75.) This was
what I had felt, and I had
been snatched from the edge of
the grave.
Caroline
Kruse
Christian Science Sentinel
October 12, 1918
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"The
headache
disappeared"
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. . I found myself rooming at the
home of a Christian Science
practitioner. One evening
I returned from downtown
suffering with a sick headache,
and on entering the house, had to
lie down. The practitioner asked
if I cared to have her treat me,
and I said if she could help me
any to do so, although I did
not know how Christian Science
worked and did not believe in it.
She told me to go to my room and
I obeyed, and as I reached the
doorway of the room the headache
disappeared; then I knew a change
of thought was necessary about
the efficacy of Christian
Science, so I took up the study
of it.
Thomas
W. Hendricks
Christian Science Sentinel
November 23, 1918
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"A
vast deal of good"
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Many
noted medical men have held
Christian Science in high esteem,
among them being the late Prof.
William James and Dr. Richard C.
Cabot, MD, both of Harvard. It
was the latter who wrote,
"Christian Science is doing a
vast deal of good, not only as a
religion, but as a health
restorer."
Ralph
W. Still
Christian Science Sentinel
December 27, 1924
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"The
'still small voice' of
Truth"
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Our
boy, aged eleven, was coming home
from school on his bicycle. In
telling me afterwards about it he
said, "Something told me to jump;
for I was jumping before I
realized that an automobile was
almost upon me." As the boy
jumped, the automobile struck the
bicycle and passed over it. The
boy landed on the sidewalk
unharmed. That protection, God's
protection, is for each and every
one of us, if we will only listen
and obey.
Ina
W. McIntosh
Christian
Science Sentinel
February 28, 1925
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Healing - Reformation -
Transformation
Christian
Science Testimonies
G - L
". . . The
prayer of faith shall save the sick . . ." St.
James
The following testimonies are from early issues
of The Christian Science Journal and
Sentinel.
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"GOD
IS
LIGHT"
"I had occasion a few months ago
to drive fifty miles in one day
through the Rocky mountains. My
companion and driver was a hardy
native son, familiar with the
roads and accustomed to handling
horses."
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"GOD
IS LIGHT . .
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"A friend had sent me Christian
Science literature, and in my
reading of it I came across this
wonderful declaration of John:
'God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.'"
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"GOD
WAS WITH
ME"
"I was captain of a British
man-of-war, which was torpedoed
by a German submarine in the
southeastern Mediterranean. When
the ship gave her last plunge, I
dived overboard, but was
immediately sucked back again
under the foc'sle awning, some
twenty feet under
water."
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GOITER,
HEALING OF
A
"When Christian Science found me
I was afflicted with what
physicians call a
goiter."
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GRATEFUL
FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
GOD
"Christian Science freed me from
every vestige of nervousness, and
brought to me a sense of peace,
calm, and harmony, which I had
never before known. Insomnia had
troubled me during all these
years; but this was healed in the
first treatment."
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GRATEFUL
FOR MANY
HEALINGS
"I had been looking for God, it
seems, in every direction but the
right one; and when coming into
Christian Science, I received
such a conception of the true God
that it must and will last me for
all time."
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GRATEFUL
FOR THE
TRUTH
"About twelve years ago I became
interested in Christian Science,
not for physical healing, but out
of curiosity. I had heard it and
Mrs. Eddy ridiculed and condemned
so often from church pulpits that
I began to wonder what its
teachings were, not thinking it
would mean anything to me, as
years ago I had given up all
belief in religion, God
included."
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GRATITUDE
AND
PROGRESS
"When I first came to Christian
Science I was hungry, thirsty,
starving for the Word of
Life."
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GRATITUDE,
EXPRESSION
OF
"Is it, then, dishonoring God to
love and revere the one whom He
has appointed to teach the truth
to this age?"
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A
GREAT HELP IN EVERYDAY
WORK
"Once, while I was walking
through a building which was
being remodeled, a workman
dropped a piece of scantling upon
my head. I was dazed for an
instant, but soon realized the
truth sufficiently so that nearly
all pain disappeared in a short
time."
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HAPPINESS
FOUND
"In March, 1912, it seemed as
though I had reached the end of
all conscious effort to go on
living."
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"HAPPY,
HEALTHY, AND
PROSPEROUS"
"I had no money and seemingly at
the time no human way to get any,
but kept on every minute striving
to work at my Father's
business."
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HARMONY
IN THE
HOME
"After reading the textbook I
knew I had found the truth. I
wrote to a practitioner and asked
for help, and can now say that my
home has been changed from
discord to harmony."
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HEADACHE
AND BLADDER TROUBLE
HEALED
"I had been a sufferer from
headaches for over thirty years.
As I was an atheist, religion was
the last thing I thought of when
a member of my family suggested
Christian Science."
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HEADACHES
HEALED
"I
had suffered with very severe
headaches since childhood, and
was told that they were
inherited, as my mother had
always been troubled with
them."
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HEADACHES
HEALED
"I had not read many pages until
I came to the conclusion that
this was the most marvelous book
I had ever read. It upset my
entire religious
education."
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HEALTH,
PEACE, AND HAPPINESS
FOUND
"Four years ago I first heard of
Christian Science. This was in a
grocery store where one lady said
to another, 'The lady on the
opposite side of the street heals
by Christian
Science.'"
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HEART
DISEASE
HEALED
"I
went to a practitioner for
treatment, began to improve, and
in less than a month I was
well."
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HEART
FILLED WITH
GRATITUDE
"A few years ago the top of my
thumb was cut off through the
middle of the nail and up, not
taking the bone. I declared the
truth at once, and placed it on
again."
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"HELPED,
PROTECTED, AND
UPHELD"
"It is possible here to give only
the merest sketch of the way in
which I have been helped,
protected, and upheld by what I
have been able to practice of
Jesus' teachings through the
illumination of Christian
Science."
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HELP
FOUND IN THE NINETY-FIRST
PSALM
"Before coming to Florida I had
heard much in regard to the
noxious insects and reptiles with
which the region was thought to
abound, and of which I was warned
to beware."
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A
HELPFUL
EDUCATION
"My first experience in the
destruction of discord and the
realization of harmony was a
healing of mumps."
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HEMORRHAGE,
HEALING
OF
"Two months later the doctor
called to see what had become of
me, and frankly admitted he could
not understand a power that could
do such wonderful
work."
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HOPE
AND COMFORT
FOUND
"I thank God that though my need
was so sore when I first began
the study of Christian Science,
the light came instantaneously,
the supply of understanding
coming with such deep conviction
that it was like a glorious flash
of sunlight, which illumined
every cloud with a rainbow of
promise."
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"I
FOUND GOD . .
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"Brought up in an orthodox
church, at an early age I
rebelled at its inconsistencies,
and believing that truth was not
to be found in religion I turned
to the study of the physical
sciences, philosophy, biology,
and medical research."
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"I
HAVE BEEN
NEWBORN"
"I could not walk without the aid
of two canes. This healing did
not take place all at once. It
was the result of persevering and
persistent study and application
of the truth, as I understood it,
to the daily
problems."
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ILLNESS
HEALED
"I would like to testify to the
beautiful healing of my mother,
who was very ill last summer and
seemed about to pass
on."
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ILLNESS
HEALED
"A young piano pupil of mine was
taken ill several days before I
arrived at his home to give a
lesson. On my arrival his mother
met me saying he was in
bed."
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"THE
ILLUMINATED
PATHWAY"
"Who would have dared to broach
Christian Science to me if I had
not been as helpless and hopeless
as I then believed myself to be?
But our Father sent a messenger
to me that day."
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INFECTION
HEALED
"This demonstration was most
remarkable to me, for I had seen
cases where the material symptoms
manifested were no worse than in
his case and the patient was laid
up for weeks."
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INFLAMMATION,
HEALING
OF
"I was in a hospital ten weeks
suffering from inflammation of
the kidneys, and no doctor could
help me."
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INFLUENZA,
HEALING
OF
"Every day I am becoming more
grateful for the life of Jesus
the Christ, and feel deeper
gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for her
unselfish, loving work for
humanity."
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INJURED
FOOT
HEALED
"Through the understanding of God
as taught in Christian Science I
have been lifted out of the
practice of material methods of
healing into a work which is much
more helpful, both to myself and
to those with whom I come in
contact."
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INJURED
NOSE
HEALED
"The great verities about the
nature of God and divine healing
are to be found in the Bible, but
Mrs. Eddy gave me the insight by
which I learned to understand
those texts in their
all-important actuality and
practicability."
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INJURIES
HEALED
"Through this experience there
has come to me a wonderful
spiritual uplift from the
realization of the ever presence
of the loving Father-Mother God
and of the immediate protection
given to each and all of His
children."
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INJURIES
HEALED
"I should like to tell first of a
healing my little girl had five
years ago. She was running across
the road in pursuit of her
brother when she was knocked down
and run over by a
car."
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INJURIES,
HEALING OF
SEVERE
"The
gas burst out, ignited, and
caused a terrific explosion,
which broke all the windows in
the building, and some across the
street, and shook buildings
several blocks away."
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INTENSE
SUFFERING
HEALED
"I was never free from pain
unless asleep or under an opiate,
and at times the pain was so
excruciating that I contemplated
suicide."
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INTERNAL
GROWTH
HEALED
"I am particularly grateful for
the removal of fear, which up to
the time I commenced reading
'Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures' by Mrs. Eddy,
seemed to possess my whole life."
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KIDNEY
STONE AND OTHER AILMENTS
HEALED
"The attack referred to as kidney
stone had the characteristic
symptoms of that disease in a
violent form. The healing was
most remarkable and
convincing."
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LEG
INJURY
HEALED
"There are probably few people
who have more reason to be
grateful for Christian Science
than I have."
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LIFTED
OUT OF
MISERY
"I had no near relatives, was
lonely, poor, scarcely able to
work; and I was so unhappy that
it hardly seemed worthwhile to
struggle against such seemingly
overwhelming odds."
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LIP,
HEALING OF A
LACERATED
". . . Oh! the joy and spiritual
uplift of knowing that our own
right understanding of God and
man — the true man being
perfect and spiritual, even as
the Father is perfect — does
heal instantaneously and
permanently, certainly is a
blessing that one can never
describe or know until he has
realized that truth for
himself."
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"THE
LORD LOOSETH THE
PRISONERS"
"I am very interested in
Christian Science and realize
more and more each day that there
is nothing that replaces with
hope and a true faith the
self-pity and condemnation in a
sore heart as do the teachings of
Mary Baker Eddy."
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