Article November 20, 1976 ISSUE

Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermon for November 28, 1976, in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY Subject: Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet...like unto me (Deut. 18:15)

"Me" refers to Moses, the narrator. It is significant that whereas magicians and diviners were a class apart, regarded as possessing special secret knowledge, which they guarded jealously, the prophet would share divine revelation openly and for the common benefit.

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