Editorial May 14, 1960 Issue

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

Ralph E. Wagers

The translation of the Bible into many tongues has greatly enhanced the lives of men, but its greatest value is in the spiritual interpretation of its inspired teachings. In fact, it is in such interpretation that the Bible is fulfilling its divine purpose. Its message is so potent that the transforming power of the Word is evident wherever it is sought and heeded.

Christian Scientists are, of course, enthusiastic students of the Bible. And they are finding that familiar terms and passages take on new meaning when understood in the light thrown upon them by Science and Health.

Consider the term "children of Israel," for example. Perhaps most of us have assumed that the beneficiaries of some unusual promises in the Bible were a certain people who shared a common ancestry. But that is not the case. Such promises are for people who share a common spiritual experience, that of overcoming a false mortal sense of life through the power of Spirit.

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