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out the past century, and underlies legislatures’ willingness over the decades to accommodate the practice of spiritual healing in state and federal law. Public policy regarding healing, he said, always needs to be approached with fairness and thoughtfulness on all sides. But it isn’t sound policy, he added, “to unthinkingly rule out a responsible, Christian approach to spiritual healing” - one which has meant so much and has brought so much healing to the lives of thousands of Christian Scientist and their families.
Virginia Harris, Clerk of the Mother Church, also reported the continuing evidence of healing in members’ lives. Among the recent testimonies of healing received by the church were those of heart problems, impaired hearing, cancer, drug addiction, arthritis and stroke. She spoke of the ongoing importance of effective healing in light of the church’s outreach to the world. She also announced that a series of meetings for college-age people will be held in several locations around the United States and overseas during the coming year.
Committee on Publication Manager Nathan Talbot noted that several Christian Science parents are currently facing prosecution “for having relied upon Christian Science care and treatment” for their children. “Perhaps the irony of these prosecutions,” said Mr. Talbot, “lies in the fact that one of the most significant contributions Christian Science has made to society has been its
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