Article January 25, 1936 Issue

"Laid daily at the gate"

IDA G. EVERSON

In the account given in Acts of the healing of "a certain man lame from his mother's womb," students of Christian Science find inspiration and guidance in the pursuit of their daily mental work.

The Scriptural account tells very little about the man who experienced this remarkable healing except that he "was carried" and was "laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple." It may readily be asked how it came about that this man, asking only that a coin be dropped into his hand, received so much more than he asked, even the strength to rise and enter into the temple, healed.

In order to gain a clearer glimpse of the spiritual facts involved in such a healing, one may be helped by studying the following definition of "temple" as given on page 595 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science: "Temple. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and intelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of Love; a material superstructure, where mortals congregate for worship."

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