Article March 16, 1929 Issue

Listening for the "still small voice"

JULIUS MORITZEN

All through the Bible are accounts of how the prophets and other holy men communed with God, heard His voice, and obediently did as they were bidden. Among the many passages, perhaps none makes a more spiritual appeal, when read to-day, than that of the boy Samuel, who, after hearing his name called repeatedly, replied, "Speak; for thy servant heareth."

It is recorded, however, that before this great event in the career of Samuel took place, he "grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men." His ministering to the Lord before Eli undoubtedly attuned him to receive the divine message; and his receptivity was such that when the call came, he was ready to receive the spiritual gift of God.

That the "still small voice" can be heard to-day as of yore is illustrated in the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and the author of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." On page 8 of "Retrospection and Introspection," in the chapter "Voices Not Our Own," she writes, "For some twelve months, when I was about eight years old, I repeatedly heard a voice, calling me distinctly by name, three times, in an ascending scale." Like the young Samuel, our Leader was called repeatedly before realizing that there was a message awaiting her from on high. And it is significant that it was in her childhood that she also was enabled to come into such close relationship with God that His voice could reach her listening ear.

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