Article December 2, 1967 Issue

Words of Current Interest

The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY designated to be read in Christian Science churches on December 10, 1967.

I cannot speak: for I am a child (Jer.1:6)

This clearly should not be understood as implying that the prophet was a child in the literal sense of the word. His words seem rather to have been expressive of humility. The Hebrew word rendered "child" in this verse is na'ar, which can mean a youth or a young man.

A land . . . out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass (Deut. 8:9)

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