Article September 24, 1904 Issue

After returning from Capernaum, where he did not...

Richard P. Verrall

New York Globe

After returning from Capernaum, where he did not many mighty works because of their unbelief, Jesus stood up in the synagogue at Nazareth and read that memorable and dramatic passage from Isaiah's prophecy which foretold the very incident which he was then bringing about. After closing the book, as if to anticipate the criticism of his audience, he said, "Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country."

Does not this passage plainly indicate our Saviour's recognition of the need of a proper condition of receptivity in the minds of the people before he could demonstrate the spiritual power with which he was endowed without measure? To the woman who was healed of an issue of blood, he said, "Thy faith hath made thee whole."

The majority of cases healed in Christian Science have come from the large class who had previously suffered many things of many physicians, and were nothing better. but rather grew worse. The writer has now before him a letter from a lady who testifies that she was restored to health in Christian Science after an invalidism of more than ten years, resulting from an accident which had injured the spine. This case had been under the treatment of wellknown specialists in New York City, and had been pronounced beyond the scope of material aid. The patient was under Christian Science treatment for some months prior to her recovery, which shows that patience and perseverance may be demanded in dealing with tenacious cases.

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