Article June 5, 1948 Issue

THE HEALING WELCOME

NELL AMNA SHELTON

Certain countries are generally believed to be more hospitable than others. But true welcome is not geographical, as is seen when the vivacious Frenchman is welcomed by the more reserved Britisher or in the United States when the conservative New Englander extends a genuine welcome to the gracious Southerner or the breezy Westerner. Many servicemen who found hospitality among the native tribes in the heart of Africa can testify that welcome is not determined by race. A welcome springs from a loving heart and is understood by all. Divine Love banishes loneliness.

In Jesus' parable of the prodigal son is a classic example of true welcome. Here the father, seeing his son approaching, says to the servants (Luke 15:22), "Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet."

Mary Baker Eddy gives the spiritual sense of welcome in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," where she writes (p. 254), "Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the guest of God." What a heart-warming welcome this assures us as we become increasingly aware of God's ever-presence and of our true individuality as the child of God.

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