by BLANCHE HERSEY HOGUE – an article originally published in the December 1937 issue of the Christian Science Journal.
In this article Blanche describes how two Christian Scientists prayed during a devastating fire storm. She relates in detail the spiritual truths that she and her husband held to even when rescue seemed impossible. She describes how their prayers resulted in them and others being led to safety.
Click here to read, or listen to, the full article.
Wednesday Testimony Meeting Readings.
This recording is of the readings on the topic: The Lord Was Not in the Fire.
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Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand;
When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
From hymn 123 in the Christian Science Hymnal.
These readings are from the Bible (KJV) and from the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and are on the topic of Overcoming Evil with Good.
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The only power of evil is to destroy itself. It can never destroy one iota of good. Every attempt of evil to destroy good is a failure, and only aids in peremptorily punishing the evil-doer. If we concede the same reality to discord as to harmony, discord has as lasting a claim upon us as has harmony.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy 186:19)
A member of the Christian Science community in Canberra was interviewed by Jenny Sawyer for a Sentinel Watch podcast titled Prayer: What’s It All About? In this she explains how she prayed when faced with difficult situations.
Prayer: What’s It All About? (Part 2) Click here to listen.
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If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
(The Bible KJV – I John 4: 12)
Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed love, receives directly the divine power.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy)
These readings are from the Bible (KJV) and from the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and are on the topic of Overcoming Fear.
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I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
(The Bible KJV – Psalm 91: 2-11)
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And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
(The Bible KJV – Isaiah 54: 13)
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The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
(The Bible (KJV) – Proverbs 10:22)
To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
(The Bible KJV – Romans 8: 6)
Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace which comes from an all-absorbing spiritual love.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p264: 24)
These readings, from the Bible and the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, are on the topic: With God All Things are Possible.
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When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p180: 25)
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