Article October 17, 1959 Issue

HEALING THROUGH SPIRITUAL SENSE

FLINT LEWIS TOWNSEND

Christ Jesus , our Way-shower, was so conscious of God's omnipresence and omnipotence that the Bible records, "They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them" (Matt. 4:24). In his healing work, Jesus was aware of the supremacy of Spirit, and this immediately annulled the arguments of hopelessness.

Speaking of his healing activity, Mary Baker Eddy says in "Unity of Good" (p. 11): "Jesus stooped not to human consciousness, nor to the evidence of the senses. He heeded not the taunt, 'That withered hand looks very real and feels very real;' but he cut off this vain boasting and destroyed human pride by taking away the material evidence." And a few lines farther on we read, "Jesus required neither cycles of time nor thought in order to mature fitness for perfection and its possibilities."

Today, through the study of Christian Science, one can learn how the Master healed the sick and the sinning. One will also learn why this Science is the Comforter which Christ Jesus promised would appear in due time. Anyone who desires to know more about the Christian way of healing through spiritual means alone will find it explained in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. The study of this book will teach one how to live a more Christly life, based on prayer and spiritual understanding.

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