Editorial July 10, 1948 Issue

HEALING IS THE INEVITABLE EVENT

Robert Ellis Key

Christian Science treatment is prayer. The Christian Science practitioner is prayerful in his life and prayerful in his practice. His approach to the healing work is through unlabored prayer. He might be likened to one watching a wonderful sunrise, looking on, as it were, at a beautiful and inevitable event. From the watchtower of spiritual observation he surveys the horizon. He watches for the appearing of the Christ, or Truth. Mary Baker Eddy writes (Christian Science versus Pantheism, p. 1), "The night is far spent, and day is not distant in the horizon of Truth—even the day when all people shall know and acknowledge one God and one Christianity." Thus he sees "the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings" (Mal. 4:2).

When watching a material sunrise, we first notice a faint, almost imperceptible glow in the eastern sky. This is comparable to the first gleam of spiritual understanding dawning upon the darkened and fear-encompassed thought of a patient who comes for Christian Science help. A shaft of silver light strikes upward through the clouds. A golden glow steals over the scene, and the dawn has commenced. The mountains and hills are bathed in light. A few moments before, they were indistinguishable, but now the beauties of the landscape are revealed. Thus the Christian Science practitioner watches with joy the unfoldment of spiritual ideas in the consciousness of his patient. The light of Spirit becomes clearer. It spans and expands until it compasses the whole horizon with rainbow hues of divinity. The dawn of Christian Science in the thought of the patient is inevitable. The dark clouds which cumbered the horizon when the practitioner climbed up to his watchtower of spiritual observation have disappeared. In the place where the problems were piled up in dark, chaotic confusion, we see the glow of divine Love and man safe therein.

At the dawn of Spirit every aspect of Deity is present to bless and to heal. Life is reflected in spiritual vitality; Truth in consistency and integrity; Spirit in spiritual desires and aspirations; Soul in depth and serenity; Love in joy, inspiration, compassion, kindliness, and strength. We watch the transformation from darkness to dawn. It takes place before our eyes; we see it with our spiritual understanding. The Master said, "Watch and pray." He undoubtedly directed us to watch against sin, but may he not also have meant us to watch for the advent of Truth and Love, and thus be spectators of a spiritual and inevitable event?

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