The Bible Speaks to You October 31, 1964 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of October 23-29 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." hand internationally over more than 900 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 134 - The Power of Humility

INTERVIEWER: In his hook "Human Nature and the Human Condition" Joseph Wood Krutch says, "When Christianity proclaimed that not pride but humility was the source of all virtue, it asked the civilized world to accept what was perhaps the most drastic revision it was ever called upon to make in its ethical code." (© 1959. by Joseph Wood Krutch, Random House, Incorporated. New York, N. Y.) What does humility mean to you as a Christian Scientist?

SPEAKER: Well, I think I'd agree with a dictionary definition of "humility" as "freedom from pride or arrogance": but more than that, spiritually understood, humility is a recognition in our human affairs that man is governed and controlled by God. You see, humility is not weakness but power, and to the extent that we yield to this power, or divine control, we can overcome friction and resentment —all that would rob us of harmony. To understand humility, we must understand the scientific, or true, relationship that exists between God and man.

Do you recall that when the disciples asked who was greatest, Christ Jesus answered them, saving (Matt. 18:3, 4): "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." And the Master also said (Matt. 5:5), "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." This illustrates the power and force which come with meekness. They are tremendous.

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