The Bible Speaks to You July 28, 1962 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the weekend of July 20–22 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You," heard internationally over more than 800 stations. This is one of the weekly programs produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 16 - The True Hunger and Thirst

HOST: We've been hearing a lot lately about "compulsive" habits. We hear of compulsive gambling and compulsive drinking, and other kinds of compulsive behavior too. A large number of individuals have reached the point where they feel they can't get along without tranquilizers or stimulants, sleeping pills or some other kind of drug. Alcoholism now ranks as the third most serious health problem, while an estimated forty thousand people in the United States alone are considered to be incurably addicted to dope.

Specialists in human behavior have long felt that these enslaving habits are merely symptoms of a more deep-seated condition, such as a profound yearning for something which the individual feels is lacking in his life.

SPEAKER: A military Chaplain said some time ago that his experience with servicemen convinced him that the desire for liquor, tobacco, habit-forming drugs can be traced to spiritual hunger. He said the desire to find satisfaction in material pleasures is but inverted prayer. He told of the joy he had in supplying the spiritual food that the human mind is really calling for. This spiritual food compensates for the feeling of loneliness, the exactions of efficiency, the depleting activities of routine, the imposed dullness and boredom. What these men were actually seeking to fill the void in their lives only God could give them.

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