Article September 26, 1931 Issue

Safe from the Storm

PETER B. BIGGINS

The water was fairly calm, and but a slight breeze was blowing when a few friends pushed off from the village pier to row across the lake to the home beach about one mile away. When they had rowed a little more than half the distance, the clouds which had been gathering lowered threateningly, the breeze became a violent wind, rain began falling, and soon the waves were rocking the little boat. More vigor was applied to the rowing, but before long the little craft was being tossed like a feather on the waves, and the rowing seemed almost ineffectual.

The first temptation to be afraid was quickly lessened by the assurance, voiced by those on board, of God's loving and protecting care. Then the little party began to sing well-known hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal, lifting their voices above the storm with a clear sense of the efficacy of rejoicing in times of need. The hymn "Christ My Refuge" (Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 396, 397; pp. 12, 13), written by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, proved to be especially reassuring and helpful. As the party sang the stanza,

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