Article May 16, 1925 Issue

Spiritual Alertness

ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG

An appealing story is told of a little boy who was troubled with an annoying physical difficulty and who asked his mother to read to him from the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, that little book that has brought comfort and healing to so many sufferers. The mother read many pages before the fever left the little lad, and then he dropped off into a peaceful sleep, to awaken the next morning quite his happy, healthy self. Several days later this mother received a letter couched in crude English, written in a large, unformed hand, asking her to send the writer of the letter the name of the book out of which she had read to her son on the night before mentioned, and going on to explain that the writer, a professional robber, had at the time been concealed under the little boy's bed, having entered the house a short time previous with the definite plan to rob. Hearing the beautiful message of hope and love that the mother read to her little son, he had been healed of his criminal desire and was eager to know more of the truth contained in the book and to learn, if possible, to apply it to his daily life.

This incident is highly illustrative of the great good that can come about when only healing, healthful thoughts are given out. We do not know, as Matthew tells us, "the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh;" but in this case the Son was revealed to one who was apparently far from the kingdom of heaven, and the coming of the Son, the Christ, revolutionized his life.

"The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought," Mrs. Eddy tells us (Science and Health, p. 559), "reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound;" and because this voice is becoming more and more insistent, it behooves all those who are trying to live in accordance with their highest understanding of good to be constantly alert to the necessity of reflecting true goodness in every thought and deed. We can never know just when some word or action of ours will influence our fellow-men; and to be about our Father's business is to be faithful sentinels, guarding against error of thought and deed every moment.

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