Editorial March 23, 1963 Issue

Miracle or Demonstration?

Ralph E. Wagers

When Mrs. Eddy discovered Christian Science in 1866, she proved God's government of man and the universe to be scientific, that is, demonstrable in human experience. Up to that time the spiritual realm was generally presumed to be supernatural and so beyond human comprehension. As a consequence, the healing works which were divinely natural to Christ Jesus and his disciples were looked upon as miracles, as inexplicable signs and wonders, wrought by men who possessed supernatural gifts or qualities.

The American College Dictionary defines "miracle" as "an effect in the physical world which surpasses all known human or natural powers and is therefore ascribed to supernatural agency." The laws of nature are of foremost concern to human thought not yet acquainted with the spiritual laws by which God, immortal Mind, brings into being all that really exists.

It is not surprising, then, that those who predicate human life upon natural processes should think of healing in Christian Science as miraculous rather than as the scientific application of divine law, ruling out of human experience whatever would stand in opposition to God's spiritual government of man. For this reason, it is not only helpful but necessary for one who is seeking to be healed of some difficulty in Christian Science to realize that he is seeking a demonstration of divine power rather than a miracle, as that term is customarily used.

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