Article November 4, 1933 Issue

Healing of Scars

E. HOWARD HOOPER

In the Biblical account of the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego from the burning fiery furnace into which they had been cast, because of their refusal to worship the golden image, it is recorded that not only did God protect them from being consumed by the heat and the flames but when they were released at the king's command it was found that "the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them." As the result of their steadfast faith in and allegiance to God, their deliverance was complete, for not even "the smell of fire" remained on their garments to show that they had been in the furnace. All evidence of their having passed through such an experience was completely destroyed! In refusing to worship the golden image and in praying to the one true God, these men had obeyed the law of God, and so they knew they had a right to expect protection and complete liberation as the result of their fidelity and their trust in God. Envy, jealousy, hatred, and revenge cannot harm, injure, destroy, or mar the identity of him who knows that Love is the only power, cause, and reality.

To one unacquainted with the omnipotence of the divine Mind, as revealed in Christian Science, this experience may seem to have been nothing short of a miracle, something impossible in our day and age; but Christian Science explains logically and conclusively that such experiences are natural and in accord with divine law, which is ever operative to sustain, protect, and bless mankind. In referring to this unerring law of God, Mrs. Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 107), "This apodictical Principle points to the revelation of Immanuel, 'God with us,'—the sovereign ever-presence, delivering the children of men from every ill 'that flesh is heir to.'" Every earnest and sincere student of Christian Science can in increasing measure prove the ability of divine Love to protect, preserve, sustain, guide, guard, and heal him as he goes about his daily tasks.

Mortals believe that accidents can injure them and perhaps cripple them, that certain types of disease can leave scars upon the physical body, and that mental depression, worry, anxiety, fear of lack and unemployment, can leave their mark upon the countenances of individuals; also, that age and time can leave their impression in mankind's experience, whereas Christian Science shows that "each successive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine goodness and love" (ibid., p. 66).

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