Article June 19, 1943 Issue

Sure Defense Work

MARY EDNA HAWKES

Radio and press continue to keep stirring pictures of defense work before public thought. Now we are urged to meet further defense needs, cheered by heartening accomplishments. More and more men and women are enlisting in defense industries; more and more citizens, both leaders and men in the street, are turning their attention to ways of furthering the cause of freedom.

One well-known news commentator has recommended the reading of the Bible for an understanding of how to win the war. Our President, other statesmen, and some military leaders are urging prayer as a helpful contribution to a righteous victory; and Christian clergymen everywhere are counseling their followers to turn earnestly and expectantly to God in this time of the world's need. All these are right steps, not to be minimized. Yet with all that is being said and written about the part each of us should play in this all-out conflict, still too little thought is being directed to the spiritual defense work which must guide the planning, support the production, and direct the use of supplies and armaments if the United Nations are to wage victorious warfare.

Many centuries ago the Psalmist, praying with the conviction of spiritual understanding confirmed in practical experience, gratefully affirmed, "The Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge." Mary Baker Eddy writes (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 131), "The central fact of the Bible is the superiority of spiritual over physical power." One need have little more than a cursory knowledge of the Bible to recognize the truth of this statement.

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
Our Textbook
June 19, 1943
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit