Editorial May 29, 1971 Issue

Solving Chronic Problems

Naomi Price

Surely the news must have spread around Jerusalem like wildfire: a man was suddenly able to walk after thirty-eight years of infirmity. It happened by the pool of Bethesda, where so many chronically diseased, blind, and lame people gathered daily. Christ Jesus came and asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And then continued, saying, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."^{John 5:6, 8;} And immediately he was well.

Centuries later another crippled man was quickly healed and enabled to walk. He was well known in the city of Boston. His legs were withered and rigid, his arms useless, and on fine days a policeman took him in a wheelchair to the Common to enjoy the sun. Then Mrs. Eddy came and talked to him of the healing Christ, explaining to him that man is the perfect child of God, and he was healed. Thereafter he walked and lived a normal, active life.^{See Historical Sketches by Clifford P. Smith, p. 78;}

These two cases alone should be enough to convince humanity that no one need continue to suffer year after year from disease and discord, and many more well-documented healings could be cited to support this conclusion. The chronic problem, whether it is physical disease, loneliness, homelessness, lack of supply, or anything else, can be expected to yield to the clear, faithful, insistent declaration of the Christ, Truth—the understanding of man's perfection as the son of God.

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