Article January 22, 1938 Issue

The Sign of Healing

GLADYS B. DIXON

In the fourth chapter of Exodus we read how Moses, when he received God's command to lead the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, felt doubtful of his ability to impress them with the divine authority of his mission. In answer to God's command he said, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee." A yearning desire to obey God's command brought him a further unfoldment of the operation of divine law in the handling of the serpent. Thereupon Moses' fear was conquered, and he received a sign or proof of his understanding of the allpower and presence of God, and the nothingness of any power opposed to or apart from God.

There must have remained some doubt, however, in Moses' thought as to this sign being adequate to prove to the people his understanding of God, because a further sign, the sign of healing, was given when his hand was instantaneously healed of leprosy. On page 321 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we read, "God had lessened Moses' fear by this proof in divine Science, and the inward voice became to him the voice of God, which said: 'It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.'" And so throughout Moses' experiences in leading the children of Israel out of Egypt toward the promised land, many proofs or signs of God's guidance were manifested in healing and in protection.

When Jesus came to establish the understanding of God more fully in the hearts of the people, he said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." The signs which he referred to were the signs of healing that would establish the authenticity of their understanding of God's omnipresence or, in other words, prove that healing is included in salvation.

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