Article December 1, 1956 Issue

IMMUNITY FROM ACCIDENTS

MAURICE W. KEMPTHORNE

Much publicity is given to the prevalence of accidents, and we are all constantly cautioned to exercise the utmost care to prevent them. The endeavor of everyone should be to obey rules and regulations that have been adopted by constituted authority for the common good. But it is obvious that human regulations, precautions, and safety devices alone are not enough. We must recognize that for true safety one's thinking, and consequently one's affairs and actions, must be controlled by a higher authority, namely the law of God.

How reassuring is the Bible declaration (Ex. 23:20), "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared."

Occasionally one hears it said that misfortunes are attributable to God. This, however, could not possibly be true, because calamities are contrary to God's nature. God is good, and He bestows on His creation only goodness. God does not make use of or permit evil of any kind, at any time, for any purpose. In the Bible we read of God (Hab. 1:13), "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." Christian Science not only explains these helpful statements concerning God, but shows how they can be proved in terms of individual experience.

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