Article December 5, 1936 Issue

"Light in their dwellings"

DOROTHY C. GREEN

One of the most interesting of Bible narratives is the account of the departure from Egypt of the children of Israel under the leadership of Moses. This exodus from bondage to the Pharaohs was not accomplished at a single bound. Moses himself spent years of toil and meditation in Midian before he was spiritually ready for the great task of freeing his people, and the people themselves experienced many disappointments and delays before they finally found the way opening through the Red Sea on their pilgrimage toward the promised land.

A depressing period of gloom, during the plague of darkness, lay heavily over the land of Egypt, like an impenetrable blanket. The darkness of mortal mind expresses itself as greed and hatred, fear and ignorance. But the Bible tells us that in the midst of this blinding plague of darkness and fear "all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings."

One who had for several years been enslaved by a series of illnesses, culminating in a period of mental darkness and threatened physical blindness, was persuaded to turn to the study of Christian Science. While she was eagerly reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, this beginner found a Bible passage which to her had formerly been meaningless suddenly and beautifully unfolded to her thought. She rejoiced as she read the Psalmist's words, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." The student indeed began to have light in her dwelling, for, as she continued to read the textbook and ponder the promises of Scripture, the light of understanding flooded her consciousness. Where there had been only the darkness of mental despair and bitterness, now shone the healing rays of Truth.

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