The Bible Speaks to You July 18, 1964 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of July 10-16 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You," heard internationally over nearly 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. 119 - Overcoming Loneliness

INTERVIEWER: Loneliness is a familiar problem. In his book, "Love and Conflict," Gibson Winter spoke of the excessive loneliness created by industrial society. He said: "It is one thing to be alone in order to be quiet and recollect oneself. This is creative aloneness. ... On the other hand, there is a kind of loneliness which comes from being isolated. ... It is the estrangement of the isolated person who moves anonymously in the midst of crowds." (© 1958, by Gibson Winter, Doubleday and Company, Incorporated, New York, N. Y.)

What about this? What about the separation people feel from family and friends?

SPEAKER: Well, loneliness is not just a matter of loss of personal contact with friends or loved ones. It is caused by a feeling of separation that runs much deeper than that. Loneliness can be attributed to the feeling that man is a mortal, that he is virtually separated from God and His purpose for man. When an individual feels lonely or homesick, what he really longs for actually has its source in God. I am speaking of such qualities as happiness and satisfaction, security and contentment. They come from God, and we experience them in our everyday living as the evidence of His presence and goodness. Speaking of God's goodness, the Psalmist wrote (Ps. 107:9), "He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness."

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