Article August 26, 1944 Issue

"The battle is the Lord's"

JUNE BARR

Many hearts are uplifted today in thanksgiving for the turning tide of the war. Such thanksgiving is an element of righteous prayer. Gratitude for progress against the forces of evil is a necessary, definite, and potent weapon with which to open the way to further progress in the establishment of the kingdom of good upon earth.

Such gratitude on the part of the mass of people is approved by those in command of our armed forces in this war, and yet we are warned continually not to lose sight of the fact that many bitter trials still lie before us. We are informed that the future holds in store for us heavier, more destructive battles than the world has ever witnessed; that devastating casualties are inevitable. We are told frankly not to be too optimistic, not to become hopeful of quick and easy victory, not to expect miracles.

Why not expect what the world calls miracles? "The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear," declared the prophet Isaiah. Our Leader. Mary Baker Eddy, says in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 494), "The miracle of grace is no miracle to Love." And again, on page 134, under the marginal heading "Basis of miracles," we read, "There is divine authority for believing in the superiority of spiritual power over material resistance." Spiritually-minded men in all ages have expected "miracles." They have expected salvation. Why shouldn't we?

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