Letters & Conversations

I lack the words to qualify this great gift, Science and Health . Frankly, I shed tears as I write you this letter, tears of joy and not of sadness, because reading Science and Health to the last page of the cover has already answered my most important questions, which I've had since the age of six.

To the dear ones who are associated with the [periodicals] assistance fund: Since losing our house to the belief of bad economy at the beginning of March [1994], I have been receiving assistance for the Christian Science Sentinel * and [ The Christian Science] Journal . Without the support of these periodicals I do not think I would be here today.

A letter from a teacher of Christian Science : Could I mention one thing about the shortwave broadcasting? I receive, as you do, letters from shortwave listeners all over the world. And they are so inspiring.

I am writing concerning the article on Mrs. Eddy ("Mary Baker Eddy: a lifetime of healing") in the January [1995] issue of The Christian Science Journal.

The August 15, 1994, issue of the [ Christian Science ] Sentinel,* was focused on school, with an especially compelling interview with a Christian Scientist who is the superintendent of schools for Decatur, Georgia. It told of how years of prayer and working together have raised the students' test scores to a consistently high level in this low-income area.

Recently , I was asked to talk with a group of inmates [at a correctional facility in Honolulu, Hawaii,] about my testimony published in the Christian Science Sentinel . The Christian Science Sentinel is a weekly magazine.

New voices on Bible Lesson audio cassette Since last month, listeners to the Christian Science Quarterly—Bible Lessons on audio cassette will have noticed some new voices. For many years, Talking Book Publishers of Colorado recorded the master tapes for us to reproduce and distribute.

Bravo to the Global Outreach and Healing Ministry Department in the Clerk's Office. Its sharing (as set forth in the September 1994 Journal, p.

I am writing to thank you for the wonderful job you are doing with our periodicals. I was visiting my mother [recently], and we both remarked how excellent the editorials were in the July 1994 Journal.

My gratitude for the articles in The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel * is ever expanding. I have been inspired and blessed so many times by just the right phrase in an article that has awakened me to my need at a particular time or when faced with a specific challenge.