Editorial January 20, 1945 Issue

The Power of God Heals Shock

John Randall Dunn

Was the Psalmist David just an indefatigable optimist, or were his cheering songs born of a settled, proven understanding of the actuality and availability of spiritual power? The Christian Scientist subscribes to the latter concept.

When the giant Goliath was terrorizing the Israelites and calling for a man to meet him in combat, David, as will be remembered, volunteered his services to King Saul. The king, however, endeavored to dissuade him from what could seem only a foolhardy mission. He reminded his enthusiastic young subject that he would be no match for the Philistine, for, he said, "Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth" (I Sam. 17:33). David then proceeded to give his testimony as to the saving power of Spirit over matter. He had demonstrated in two notable instances that God, Truth, can and does deliver the sons of men from fearsome mortal mind experiences, when they turn to Him understandingly. Therefore he faced this new opportunity to prove the supremacy of good over evil with sublime confidence. Like Macbeth, he could say, "I have almost forgot the taste of fears!"

But David's assurance sprang from practical demonstration of God's nearness and power. Thus such statements in the Psalms as the following may be received by the seeker after spiritual facts not as expressions of optimistic, wishful thinking, but as proven truths: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1); "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Ps. 27:1.)

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