Editorial November 7, 1964 Issue

The Practitioner and His Fee

Carl J. Welz

When Christ Jesus sent disciples to do healing work, he implied that they should expect to receive from those who benefited by their labors whatever they needed to sustain them humanly. He said, "The labourer is worthy of his hire" (Luke 10:7).

If a Christian Scientist has entered the practice of Christian healing, it is imperative that he regard it as a holy calling, in a category above that of the ordinary laborer and above the level of commercial enterprise, in which time and wages are computed on a material basis.

The practitioner does more for a patient when he realizes how much the patient benefits by making proper payment in return for work done. The payment is a way of expressing gratitude, but it is also a way of recognizing in a practical manner the simple fact that both practitioner and patient are sustained by divine Love. And this sustenance is demonstrated in the gratitude expressed by those benefited, which enables the practitioner to give his time exclusively to the healing work.

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