Article June 25, 1966 Issue

"Comfort ye my people"

ARTHUR S. KNIGHT

In the book of Isaiah we read, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."  Isa. 40:1; Students of Christian Science have a unique opportunity to respond to this command through the medium of their periodicals and the Wednesday testimony meetings held in many parts of the world.

We learn from Matthew's Gospel that when John the Baptist was in prison he sent two of his disciples to Jesus to ask him, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" Matt. 11:3; Now John must have felt quite certain in the earlier days of his ministry that Jesus was "he that should come," for with great zeal he was able to point to him and say, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."  John 1:29; Yet here he was, plagued with doubts.

Luke records that in the very hour that John's disciples arrived to make the inquiry, Jesus cured many people of their diseases. The healing of physical ills, however, was not the primary function of our Master's earthly mission. Healings similar to these are being repeated in some measure in this present age through the application of Christian Science and are the signs following, giving evidence of Immanuel—or "God with us"—resulting naturally from a dear realization of man's perfect relationship with God.

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