Article October 23, 1943 Issue

Christian Science and the War Worker

NEIL MARTIN

The thought of the world is occupied to a great extent with the news from the distant combat areas. Men of good will, irrespective of race and creed, are praying and working for the protection of the men in uniform fighting the good fight for freedom.

But the news from the home fronts of our own country and those of our allies tells of the casualties sustained by men and women who are laboring to supply the armed forces with materials and weapons. The figures soar despite the efforts of industrial experts to reduce them. Do not these men and women on the home front need our prayers and our thoughtful support?

Many Christian Scientists are doing unaccustomed work in the war industries. The noise, the confusion, the risk are not always easy to nullify in consciousness. It requires sustained effort while at work, and often the help of consecrated practitioners on the outside. It has been the writer's experience that with such effort and with such help one can remain relatively free from fatigue, improve the quality of one's work, and be protected from the fear of accident and occupational disease. Even in the event of accident, the sure remedy of the all-presence and all-power of God, which Christian Science offers, is at hand, and healing is assured with less than ordinary delay, often, indeed, instantaneously.

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