Article February 1, 1947 Issue

T Formation

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

ELBERT R. SLAUGHTER

A College football coach developed some years ago a style of play which has since proved to be very successful against opposing teams. After receiving the signal from the quarterback, the team assumes a position which forms the letter "T" and which is now designated as the T formation. The thought underlying this T formation is that if every man on the team carries out his assignment, each play will result in a touchdown. There are no plays which call for mere ground gaining.

A lesson may be learned by the student of Christian Science from the fundamental underlying the T formation. Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, never gave a treatment for the mere gaining of ground. He entered a ship, "and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went" (John 6:21). To the impotent man by the pool called Bethesda he said (John 5:8), "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And we are told that "immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked." When confronted with the argument of death at the bedside of the daughter of Jairus, he spoke the words (Mark 5:41), "Damsel, I say unto thee, arise," with the result that "straightway the damsel arose, and walked." In each of these instances the effect of his treatment was immediately made manifest.

Now Jesus said (John 14:12), "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." Herein is evidence that Jesus did not consider that healing work was a supernatural gift confined to himself. As a result of his teaching and demonstrations, his disciples and their students were enabled to do many things which he did. History records, however, that the practical healing efficacy of Jesus' teaching was lost some two hundred years or more after his ascension.

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