Poem October 2, 1978 ISSUE

A friend said

Mary Elizabeth G. Baker

You're a Christian Scientist. Tell me something.At your testimony meeting last Wednesday night I heard someone say,"I applied truth to the problem, and it went away." Is that likeputting on a bandage to cover up a real bad thing?

No, it isn't. Applying is denying—that there can ever be a real bad thing,because God is good, and God is All. It's likewashing a window, singing through tears,pulling up weeds, dispelling one's fears.Then, too, applying is supplying—the truth that God is good, and God is here,right where the bad things seem to be. It's likefilling a hole, threading a loom,finding a chord, lighting a room.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

Lessons from the spotted flycatcher