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God's Omnipresence Realized

I was coming home late one evening, and for several blocks it was necessary for me to be on the street alone. As I thought of the late hour and being alone, I became very fearful, and began working to lift that sense of fear. The longer I worked, the more I hesitated to turn on to the street that would bring me within two doors of my home. When I came to the place to turn, I heard a voice say, "Turn." In obedience I turned, and as I did so all sense of fear left me. A moment later I found myself surrounded as if with light, was just enveloped in it, and again I heard the voice of Truth speak and say, "Why are you afraid when you are in the presence of God?" I answered, "I am not," and went on my way home fearlessly. . . . When I am tempted to be afraid, this experience is always remembered with joy, for one cannot be afraid when realizing the omnipresence of God.

Mabel Tuttle
Christian Science Sentinel
September 11, 1926

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healing of Flu

During a severe epidemic of influenza in London, soon after I began to study, I was healed instantaneously of all its symptoms through realizing that "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" had "made me free from the law of sin and death." I used to suffer a great deal from influenza, taking a long time to recover my strength after each attack. On this occasion I woke very early, about two o'clock in the morning, with all the usual symptoms, and my first thought was: Here is my old enemy; I'm in for three weeks of it! Then with a great rush of joy came the recollection: Thank God, I am no longer under the law! I fell peacefully asleep, and awoke at seven o'clock perfectly well. That was the last of those attacks; and it was over nine years ago. Since then I have not had a day in bed, nor been prevented by ill health from doing anything that I needed to do.

Jessie Mothersole
Christian Science Sentinel
November 6, 1926

 

 

 

Articles & Testimonies
Uplifting, Healing, Transfiguring

 

This area contains some of the articles, testimonies, and other items of interest which have been recently added to our Web site.

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Petition "Dear God, / Teach me to pray / understandingly!"


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Love Goes Before "As love is not won by fostering hate, so we gain spirituality by dwelling upon spiritual things, holding thought to spiritual Truth, spiritualizing our aims and desires."


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Introduction to a Lecture "'The time of the end,' prophesied by Daniel, is here and now. Said that prophet, 'Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.'"


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Address to the Concord Church, February, 1899 "Remember, thou canst be brought into no condition, be it ever so severe, where Love has not been before thee and where its tender lesson is not awaiting thee. Therefore despair not nor murmur, for that which seeketh to save, to heal, and to deliver, will guide thee, if thou seekest this guidance."


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"Proof of God's love" "When our third son was two years old, medical science pronounced him useless to the world. He had developed physically, with the exception of walking, but mentally he had made little or no progress."


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Injuries Healed "I was run over by a truck, and error tried to tell me that I was going to die."


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Eyes Straightened ". . . I was under Christian Science treatment, and asked a loving practitioner if she thought my child's eyes could be straightened by Christian Science."


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Questions and Answers "If all that is mortal is a dream or error, is not our capacity for formulating a dream, real; is it not God-made; and if God-made, can it be wrong, sinful, or an error?"


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Beliefs of Old Age Rejected "Not years, but the acceptance of the belief that mortal experiences are real is what bows the form, dims the eye, furrows the cheek and brow."


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Christian Science "Hungering and thirsting after a better life, we shall have it, and become Christian Scientists; learn God aright, and know something of the ideal man, the real man, harmonious and eternal."


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Flu Healed "The doctors and nurses said there was no hope, and that I would grow weaker until the end. My sister, who had been in Science for several years, came in and said, 'Well, if you are through, I'll see what Christian Science can do for her.'"


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Infection Healed "I awoke one morning with a severe case of conjunctivitis. It was a day for which much had been planned, and I was bitterly disappointed when I found that I could not open my eyes."


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Prayer Answered "The burden seemed too heavy to carry longer, so I earnestly prayed all night, asking God for help and guidance to see the Christ-way."


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"The importance of guarding thought constantly" "On several occasions I have had direct proofs of the good results of right thinking and of the ill effects of wrong thinking."


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"Completely healed" "I do not know why I should have been opposed to Christian Science, as, to my knowledge, I had never heard the two words put together before; but I was immediately prejudiced, and said, 'Oh, that must be faith cure, and I could not have any faith.' My friend replied, 'No, it is not faith cure: for I was healed, and I did not have any faith.'"


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"The allness of God and the nothingness of error" "After spending a holiday with some friends, when getting out of the train on my return I was suddenly seized with violent pains so acute that I almost lost consciousness."


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Foreign Material Removed from Eye "About a year ago, while at my work, a soft spot in the emery wheel with which I was working flew off so quickly and unexpectedly that a great deal of the emery went into my eye, making it impossible for me to see."


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"There is no connection between a lie and Truth"
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rom no possible point of view is it correct to say that a lie is always a lie about something. Hence I repeat that absolutely it is not possible to lie about Truth, and relatively it is not possible to talk about evil at all without telling a lie about a lie."


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Mrs. Eddy's Corrections "In his November 29, 1907 letter to Judge Septimus J. Hanna, Edward A. Kimball insisted that he had never taught that man has spiritual organs. But the following page from Mr. Kimball shows that he did hold to a theosophical notion of spiritual organs."


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Questions and Answers "The 'man of sorrows' knew that the man of joys, his spiritual self, or Christ, was the Son of God; and that the mortal mind, not the immortal Mind, suffered. The human manifestation of the Son of God was called the Son of man, or Mary's son."


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Prayer for Country and Church "Pray that the divine presence may still guide and bless our chief magistrate, those associated with his executive trust, and our national judiciary; give to our congress wisdom, and uphold our nation with the right arm of His righteousness."


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Unfoldment of Love ". . . I analyzed my concept of God before I knew anything of Christian Science. I had thought of Him as being the originator of condemnation, sacrifice, and evil, and had decided that the less I knew about Him the better."


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Chemical Burns Overcome ". . . My little dog apparently drank a solution of caustic potash. He was found some days later, and upon examination it was found that his tongue had entirely gone, and death seemed inevitable."


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Questions and Answers "If mesmerism has the power attributed to it by the gentleman referred to, it should neither be taught nor practised, but should be conscientiously condemned."


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Today "The Psalmist writes, 'This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.' Is not this what we all long to do — rejoice in each new day as it is unfolded to us?"


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Pure Rationality "'. . . [Mrs. Eddy's] message is the most purely rational that has been delivered to man; . . .'"


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Self-Abnegation "There is nothing that the Christian Scientist desires more earnestly to attain than real self-abnegation."


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Message for 1900 "In Revelation St. John refers to what 'the Spirit saith unto the churches.' His allegories are the highest criticism on all human action, type, and system. His symbolic ethics bravely rebuke lawlessness. His types of purity pierce corruption beyond the power of the pen."


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"The power of God" "I can bring many witnesses to vouch for the truth of this wonderful healing; for it attracted a great deal of attention, and is still often spoken of among those who, though not Scientists, were convinced witnesses of the power of God."


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Look Up! "Mrs. Eddy tells us in the Glossary to Science and Health (p. 586) that 'eyes' mean 'spiritual discernment, — not material but mental.' In the light of this definition we can more easily understand the Biblical expression, 'Lift up your eyes, and look.'"


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"Many blessings" "When temptation comes, whether it be sin, sickness, poverty, or what not, we need only to draw closer to God and know that as we replace sense-testimony with spiritual reality there is nothing left to cause anxiety."


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"Well-being and freedom" "During the time of drought and depression which this part of the country went through two years ago, my husband's business seemed in a very bad way indeed, the bank having stopped giving any more credit, and the fear was expressed that the business would have to close down and the work and savings of years be lost."


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Remarks by Clara Barton "'Mrs. Eddy should have the respect, admiration, and love of the whole nation, for she is its greatest woman.'"


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Flesh Wound Healed "One day my little son fell on a foot scraper which had a heavy spring on it, and the spring ran into his mouth between the gums and cheek."


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Tumor Healed "On my way home after the treatment, I found that my thought, which had seemed to be so full of fear and hate, was full of a love that I had never experienced before."


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The Lesson-Sermon "Never before has the Bible been studied as it is today by Christian Scientists, and in the clear light of divine Truth we have glimpses of the holy city of Revelation which, despite mortal blindness to spiritual facts, is an ever-present reality."


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Hearing Impairment Healed "For over a year I was noticeably deaf, being unable to hear an ordinary conversation unless it was especially directed to me; neither could I hear many consecutive words from a speaker's platform, although seated in close proximity to the speaker."


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"Thy will be done" "Who would think of fearing that which he knew could bring him only perfect happiness? Yet perfect happiness is what our Father-Mother, Love, has in store for each one of us."


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The Word is with Power "All Christian Scientists are most deeply interested in this power of the Word, and all are longing to understand and demonstrate it perfectly."


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Drinking and Smoking Habits Healed ". . . From my youth, I had been a heavy drinker and smoker. I used to boast that I would never be a teetotaler; and I never went near one if I could avoid it."


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Abnormal Growth Healed ". . . I stood firm in the realization that nothing exists but God and His universe, peopled with His ideas, all governed and controlled by His spiritual law, all as perfect as the Father, now."


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Many Beautiful Healings "Christian Science is indeed the truth which is steadily leading us out of the bondage of sense into the glorious liberty of the sons of God."


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"The true thinker" "Sincerity, mental elasticity, humility, and teachableness are characteristics of the true thinker; consequently the adult who has grown proud of his opinions must regain childlikeness, before he can become a thinker or understand Truth."


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Humility "In 'Miscellaneous Writings' Mrs. Eddy, in speaking of humility, says (p. 356): 'This virtue triumphs over the flesh; it is the genius of Christian Science.'"


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"A better and happier existence" "When a boy in the teens I became very despondent over my prospects in life, and lost all interest in everything, becoming somewhat of a recluse. The despondency grew from year to year until it developed into suicidal melancholia . . ."


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The "pearl of great price" "My loving desire is to help all those I can to realize their blessed heritage as God's dear children; and it is such a joy to know that good is always unfolding and will continue to unfold more and more through all eternity."


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"I love Christian Science." "A few years ago I listened to a testimony on Christian Science by a lady who stated that she had been a student for thirty-three years; and after enumerating some of the blessings she had received, she closed her remarks by saying, 'I love Christian Science.'"


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Signs of the Times "Christianity has in it one idea that makes it quite distinct from the others. Christianity affirms that the main gateway to God is through love."


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Need of the Spirit "We must find the open door to the very heart of divine Love before we can accomplish instantaneous healing. We must possess not only the letter but the spirit as well, before we can reach this great desideratum."


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"The kingdom of his dear Son" "To all who are unhappy, sad, poor, sick, or suffering Christian Science comes with healing from the false belief of separation from God, restoring them to their right place in 'the kingdom of his dear Son.'"


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Reply to a Critic "It is not difficult to note the sharp contrast which the Scriptures point out between a material method of healing and the divine method."


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"Physician, heal thyself" "Occasionally students of Christian Science are called upon for treatment before they have themselves received complete healing."


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Dominion "The place where each one must exercise dominion is in his own thinking. It is there his battles with evil must always be fought; there all his victories must be won."


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Distribution "A number of years ago Mrs. Eddy was asked by a student in one of her classes to what extent Christian Scientists should endeavor to bring this healing truth to the notice of the public by printed articles."


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Science and the Senses "Jesus' personality in the flesh, so far as material sense could discern it, was like that of other men; but Science exchanges this human concept of Jesus for the divine ideal, his spiritual individuality . . ."


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Consecration "Continuous devotion to God is the highway to spiritual attainment."


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Children "The care of young children should always be approached from the standpoint that it is a holy work."


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"Armor on" "In the epistle to the Romans Paul gives this sage counsel: 'Let us put on the armour of light.'"


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Effects of an Accident Healed "Not long ago I was struck by the attached engine head of a falling windmill tower."


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Back Pain Healed "I do not know how long I worked, but for a time I was not conscious of a material body, — I just knew that man is spiritual, 'neither in nor of matter.'"


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Divine Protection and Healing "I began the study of Christian Science nine years ago after attending church a few times with a sister who was interested."


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"Be ye thankful" "No one in the world today responds to Paul's exhortation, 'Be ye thankful,' more readily than does he who has experienced some measure of the marvelous blessings which accrue to the beneficiary of Christian Science."


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Overcoming Sympathetic Mesmerism "Not by knowing error — sorrow, sickness, misery — can one comfort and heal it; rather is aid given by knowing its nothingness, its utter unreality, for God knows of man only his perfection; and nothing is true of man which God does not know about him."


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Taking the Long Look at Life "We can find harmony or heaven only by living love and cultivating the graces of Spirit. Happiness can come to us only as our understanding of Life is improved."


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"Transformed in thought and deed" ". . . I was suffering from several so-called incurable diseases, and three of the best medical doctors refused to prescribe, knowing that they could do nothing for me."


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The Secret "Though mists of mortal sense may seem to hide / The light of Truth, yet Love will break the spell, / Reveal the glorious fact that none beside / Our Father reigns; within His house we dwell."


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Depression Healed "With deepest gratitude I offer my testimony of Christian Science healing, hoping that it may lend encouragement to another."


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Respiratory Disease Healed "Since Christian Science has been revealed to me I am striving daily to have that Mind in me 'which was also in Christ Jesus' and our revered Leader, and I am most humbly grateful."


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Signs of the Times "'If physical disease is God's will and desire, why did Christ, who came to do His will, fight against it and heal the sick?'"


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Signs of the Times "In a recent sermon prelude, the Rev. George Laughton dealt with the question: 'Should the law compel Christian Scientists and others, who do not believe in academic medicine, to employ a physician or to use antitoxin?'"


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Changing Our Standpoint "Many a prayer, many an honest struggle, many a deep experience often appears to be needed before one learns the lesson of approaching all Christian Science demonstration from the unchangeable standpoint of Spirit and spirituality."


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Seeing and Acknowledging "So long as we accept the material evidence, whether willingly or unwillingly, we fail to see the spiritual evidence, which to the spiritual sense is never absent, namely, God expressed in His idea, man, in His own image and likeness."


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"God's healing and protecting power" "I was instantaneously healed of the result of two accidents, through the realization that man is a spiritual idea and does not live in a material body."


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Freed from Discords ". . . I know that only by living this truth and letting my light shine can I hope to prove the deep gratitude I feel."


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"Come and dine" "In the twenty-first chapter of John's gospel is the story of the appearance of Jesus to some of his disciples after his resurrection, a story which is radiant with the glory of spiritual understanding."


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God Satisfies the Desires ". . . Since God includes all good, nothing truly satisfying can be found outside of that good."


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Well Doinge is the Fruite of Doinge Well "The Scriptural metaphors, — of the woman in travail, the great red dragon that stood ready to devour the child as soon as it was born, and the husbandmen that said, 'This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours,' — are type and shadow of this hour."


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Signs of the Times "The secret of living happily and effectively is not in externals; it is not in possessions and environment, in clothes and furnishings and the tools of living. It is in the attitude of the mind toward life. It is in what we think."


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"The healing effects of Truth" "About eight years ago Christian Science was presented to me, and I feel so grateful and happy about it. Many times have I been able to see the healing effects of Truth."


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The Second Bishop of Kensington ". . . In my invitation I drew your attention to the challenge which the action of that body of Christians called Christian Scientists makes. It is to me indisputable that they do heal the sick both in body and mind."


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Reply to a Critic ". . . The chronic critics of Mrs. Eddy and of Christian Science are often found quoting isolated statements, or even parts of sentences from Science and Health and holding them up to ridicule."


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Healing of Fatigue "Before this great light came to me, life was simply one heavy burden and weariness laid on top of another."


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"The greatest blessing" "However indifferent my attitude toward Christian Science when first it was brought to my attention, I could no longer ignore it when it healed me instantaneously of a sickness of which medical aid had failed to relieve me."


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Divine Theology ". . . As Christian Scientists let us all protect, adhere to, love, and revere that holy theology which is part and parcel of God's own Science, which includes the understanding of Christ's Christianity, and which is absolutely necessary to the scientific healing of the sick and the sinner."


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"Profoundly grateful" "One day SOS calls repeatedly came to us from a freighter which had been torpedoed and was sinking with eighty-four men on board."


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The Voice of God "Since God is Mind and Mind is good, we can only know God through His good thoughts; we therefore hear His voice when we discern His thoughts."


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The Child and the Teacher "What a blessed spot is a Christian Science Sunday School! Here the child and the teacher, in heaven-born gladness, meet to hear, to see, to understand the living presence of the Christ."


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Healing of Burns "While cooking on the top of the gas stove, I lighted the oven and left it for a few minutes. When I opened the oven door there was a loud explosion, and I was bathed in flame."


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Love's Demands "The devoted disciple in the laboratory of his own life gains the power which enables him to destroy the claims of error."


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"As an eagle stirreth up her nest" "The observant may learn many useful lessons from nature, and the Bible abounds with similes and metaphors taken from the daily lives of plants and animals."


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"Our Father-Mother God" "One Sunday morning last spring, while the juvenile Sunday school class was assembled in our little circle, the thought was expressed that it was 'Mother's Day.'"


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Healing of Sorrow "One day my husband came to me with beaming face, saying that he had heard of Christian Science and that it healed."


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"God's loving care" "Each day brings a new proof of God's loving care."


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One Holy Purpose "Nothing can truly prosper which is not in and of the infinitude of God, good. Then to find a right purpose we must certainly look to God for it, since He is the one and only originator of all good."


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"Filled with gratitude" "To make the story short, I underwent six operations, with the result that I had to give up my position and go home to Denmark with an almost stiff and useless arm."


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Skull Fracture Healed "The doctor, a prominent surgeon, told me that with a fracture of that nature my husband could live but a few hours."


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"Thought governs the body" "I should like to share an experience which was a further proof to me that thought governs the body, reflecting on it harmony or disorder."


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Questions and Answers "What did Jesus mean when he said to the dying thief, 'To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise'?"


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"Ask, and it shall be given you" "In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus not only said, 'Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you,' but also, 'Ask, and it shall be given you.'"


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Courage "There is, perhaps, no quality more necessary to successful endeavor than courage."


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Grateful for Healings ". . . As a girl in high school I realized I was losing the hearing in one of my ears. At the end of several months the hearing had entirely gone."


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Reverence "Reverence is a holy quality and has to do with holy things. It is that which honors and reveres all that is true and valuable and noble and good."


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Restored to Health "Christian Science has taught me to know that it is the darkened thought that produces fear and discordant conditions, and that just in proportion as the light of this glorious truth dawns on one's consciousness can fear be overcome."


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Depression and Paranoia Healed "The faithful doctor, who very earnestly and honestly tried to cure me, finally said that another month would find me in an insane asylum, for every known remedy had been exhausted."


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Signs of the Times "Most medical men are agreed that seventy-five percent of the cases of influenza they have recently attended have been directly induced by fear."


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Demonstration "It is the truth the words stand for which is the power, and it takes more than a mere repetition of words to bring their substance into realization."


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Introduction to a Lecture "I am glad of this opportunity for a foreword to the lecture to be delivered this evening, that I may speak of Christian Science, the cause and subject nearest my heart, . . ."


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"For Which Works Do Ye Stone Me?" "The carnal mind was enraged because of the truth which declared that the flesh profiteth nothing. Enraged at learning that material man is not God's image and likeness, and that the pains and pleasures of the senses are unreal, it vented itself upon the Teacher. But it failed in its attempt to free the world of troublesome truth."


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"Life is real, and death is the illusion." "It has been my custom to read from Science and Health or some of our literature before going to sleep, and one night soon after calling upon the practitioner to treat me, I was awakened with a sense of having been close to the shadow of death."


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The Right Place ". . . There are times in human experience when one apparently finds himself in very unpleasant and discordant surroundings from which he longs to escape. What is he to do then?"


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Spiritual Vision "In so far as the student of Christian Science understands that man as God's idea is coexistent with God, the divine Principle of all, and obeys God's loving behests, just so far can he prove the omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence of the divine Mind."


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Dream and the Awakening "Who has not had the experience of realizing, in the midst of a disturbing dream, that it was, indeed, 'only a dream,' and would pass away when he awakened from sleep."


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Injuries Healed "While standing near a trapdoor, it was opened without my noticing it, and on stepping backward I fell, striking my spine on a cement floor about eight feet below."


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Smoking Habit Healed "Christian Science was brought to my notice about four years ago by my sister, who had been healed of a disease which doctors stated was incurable."


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The Law of Supply "When Mrs. Eddy gained the spiritual understanding of the Bible, she knew at once that her own healing had been brought about through the natural operation of divine law; that this law had not through some special dispensation operated in her behalf, but, as law, was always present and always in operation."


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Ailments Healed "About five years ago I was indeed at man's extremity, but it proved to be God's opportunity; for an understanding of man's relationship to God came to me through the reading of the Christian Science literature."


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"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him." "Today, after several years of study and more beautiful demonstrations than I could enumerate, one, the healing of a disease of over twenty years' standing, I thank God for the most practical, purifying, and elevating influence that ever came into my life."


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Mastery ". . . It is well to ponder Paul's words to the Corinthians, his conclusion being reached from watching those engaged in the Roman games. He says, 'Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.'"


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God's Ideas "God is unchangeable, eternal, including all that is good; and to learn what God is, unfolds what creation is; . . ."


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Complete Restoration to Health "I was afflicted with defective sight and defective hearing from birth, had worn glasses from childhood, but even with the aid of glasses at times it was difficult for me to see to read."


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Grateful for Healing "Having been healed by mental surgery, I wish to give my experience, believing that it will help those who still cling to the belief that human hands are necessary to adjust displaced organs and dislocated vertebrae."


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Something for a Beginner "The truth about God and man, intelligently brought to bear upon any situation, is what constitutes a Christian Science treatment."


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God's Man "When Jesus sent out his twelve disciples 'to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease,' he commanded them to declare the kingdom of heaven at hand, and among the instructions he gave was this: 'I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.'"


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Spiritual Discernment "No student of Christian Science would deny that in order to attain the best results in healing, the clearest spiritual discernment is needed."


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Fidelity "Seeking is not sufficient whereby to arrive at the results of Science: you must strive; and the glory of the strife comes of honesty and humility."


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Restored to Perfect Health "I am a veteran of the Civil War, and while in the service sustained injuries which culminated in a severe rupture."


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Angels "When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts."


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Exact Expression of Truth "Mrs. Eddy did not find it easy, as she frankly admits, to express metaphysics in physical terms, but she gave the world an exposition of Scriptural truth that has no equal; and there is no religious literature which excels in high spiritual teaching and power that which is the outcome of her prophetic insight and foresight."


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Signs of the Times "The firm confidence of the Christian is well illustrated by a conversation that occurred a short time ago between a young man whose father had just died and an acquaintance who was endeavoring to comfort his sorrowing heart."


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Heaven "According to the Scriptures there are different planes of spiritual existence which are called heaven. Paul speaks of someone who was 'caught up to the third heaven,' and he says, 'Of such an one will I glory.'"


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From Drugs to Christian Science "In advertising I described diseases and their symptoms according to the prevailing methods of medical practice, . . . As time went on I began to observe that in every town and city where this advertising was introduced, an epidemic of diseases followed."


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Divine Guidance and Protection "Just a little over a year ago I was able to demonstrate the guiding and guarding power of divine Mind in the third battle of Ypres."



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