Article April 8, 1933 Issue

"Where are the nine?"

LEAH KING KENNEDY

In the seventh chapter of Luke's Gospel we read that John the Baptist sent two of his disciples to Jesus saying, "Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?" John was seeking proof of Jesus' Messiahship. Jesus' reply was preceded by proofs of healing. Then he said, "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard." In this practical way Jesus sought to convince the inquiring thought that Truth heals and restores harmony.

Again, in the seventeenth chapter of the same Gospel, we read that after Jesus had healed the ten lepers he observed that only one returned to give thanks or to acknowledge that he was healed. "Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?" was his inquiry.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has shown us the necessity of expressing gratitude for healing and blessings received through the study and application of this teaching. In the Manual of The Mother Church (Art. VIII, Sect. 24) she incorporated a By-Law protecting and encouraging the giving of testimonies, saying in part, "Testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important." We are assured that each provision included in the Manual is needed.

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