Article September 20, 1930 Issue

"Living water"

CLYDE D. SAMSON

Possibly no metaphor has been more beautifully and effectively used by spiritually-minded teachers in all ages than that of water. "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters," cried Isaiah. John beheld the "river of water of life." Jesus said to the Samaritan woman that, had she asked, he would have given her "living water."

Let us picture a traveler athirst in the desert who suddenly finds standing beside him one offering a cup of cold, pure water. Would not his first thought be one of great gratitude both for the water and to the bearer? Then, it is reasonable to assume, he would question: What is the source of this water? Can I get it for myself? Is it free to all? These and many more questions the pilgrim might press upon his benefactor.

Similarly, the Christian Scientist humbly and lovingly offers to the seeker after Truth the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. He takes him by the hand and supports his first faltering footsteps along the way leading out of the desert of mortal beliefs, offering him more of this pure "water of life." He strives to lift the thought of the thirsting one to the divine source of all good, until he finds that "waters break out" in the wilderness "and streams in the desert," and is himself able to give succor to weary and fainting pilgrims.

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