Article February 10, 1962 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on February 18, 1962.]

Amen (Ps. 72:19)

(a' men'—a as in ace, e as in end; often a' men'—a as in arm, e as in end—always in singing). A word occurring in this form in many languages, including Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon. It is generally construed as meaning, "so is it; so shall it be; so be it"; and is used in solemn ratification of an expression of faith, a creed, prayer, blessing, or the like. The Hebrew root 'aman with which it is connected implies faith, stability, constancy, truth.

Tables of stone (Ex. 21:12)

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