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It was my privilege to attend the Christian...

From the July 1947 issue of The Christian Science Journal


It was my privilege to attend the Christian Science Sunday School from the time I was a small child. I am glad that my parents saw the wisdom of regular attendance. Although I felt then that I did not understand all that was taught, I realized later that as a result of what I learned there I experienced a great sense of freedom from fear and was never even tempted to smoke or drink. When I was nineteen I began the faithful study of the Lesson-Sermons, and Christian Science soon became clear and logical to me. Happiness replaced unhappiness in my experience. A sense of freshness replaced constant fatigue, so that I was able to carry a heavy university schedule with less than my usual amount of sleep. An inferiority complex vanished when my Sunday School teacher showed me that I must respect myself because I was in reality God's image and likeness. During this time it was also a wonderful experience to take part in the activities of the Christian Science Organization at the university.

The next year. I joined The Mother Church and a branch church, and two years later had the inspiring experience of class instruction from a consecrated teacher, a blessing for which I never cease to be grateful.

At the time my mother passed on, grief was completely destroyed when I sang this passage from one of the hymns in the (Christian Science Hymnal No. 51):

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