Editorial July 13, 1940 Issue

Safety and Victory

Alfred Pittman

Do the great statements about safety in the ninety-first Psalm point to something that is definitely dependable in an hour of need? "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day," the Psalmist declares. And he continues, "Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling." Is there what can justly be called a scientific basis for these assurances, and a scientific procedure for proving them?

Many Christian Scientists can testify to experiences which show that the answer to these questions is an unqualified "Yes." When danger has seemed to threaten, or loss to occur, they have seen the truths indicated in these statements demonstrated. They have seen the help that was needed appear; and they have seen, by the very nature of the appearing, that similar help is available to all, under all conditions.

How, then, is one who seems to be endangered to attain the safety he longs for? Not merely by material arrangements, although the needful development of these will certainly come to human sense as he follows the right procedure in Christian Science. The needed safety, moreover, does not have to be sought at a distance, or in the future, or in numbers, as a popular saying has it. It is to be found now in the understanding of God and of one's true selfhood, as revealed in Christian Science.

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