Article January 1, 1938 Issue

"The fever left her"

JESSIE LOUISE SALLS

We read in the simple language of the Bible that when Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever they told Jesus about her. "And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them."

In the light of Christian Science many of the Bible stories become clearer to us. On page 586 of "Science andHealth with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy defines "fear" as "heat; inflammation; anxiety; ignorance; error; desire; caution." We can readily see then how the fevered or anxious thought of one suffering from disease was calmed and quieted by Christ Jesus, and instantly healed.

A Christian Scientist understands that when the false mental condition is healed by spiritual means, the physical symptoms disappear. On pages 476 and 477 of the textbook we read: "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick."

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