Article April 7, 1997 Issue

A book that reveals your divine light

Nancy Ellett Staal

There is a story about a man who asks some friends to help him remove the darkness from a hole. To his friend Wind he says, "Blow in the hole and blow out the darkness." Wind blows, but nothing happens. Then the man says to his friend Rain, "Pour your water in the hole and flood out the darkness." Rain tries and nothing happens. He tells Thunder, "Make your loud noise and blast the darkness out." Thunder tries and, again, nothing happens. Then the man goes to Light and says, "Go shine the darkness out of the hole." Light goes into the hole and returns declaring, "There is no darkness there."

This story shows the impact that light—especially spiritual light—can have on our lives. Sometimes we try to solve problems without success. We may call on friends like Wind, Rain, and Thunder in the story above, to help us find the answer we need. But friends like these are not sufficient, because they are focusing on material conditions. What we need is a friend who succeeds in bringing us spiritual light alone. And we have one! It is a book called Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. It gives each of us full access to the light of Christ, Truth. It shows us God, good. And this light will always drive out darkness.

Christ Jesus promised, "He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12). More advanced than infrared or laser lights, divine light not only destroys darkness but also shines through everything good that you think, say, and do. Whether life has been dark for one moment or one hundred years, when you turn on the light of Truth the darkness disappears (just as turning on a light in a room has this effect). God's inextinguishable light can always be let in to remove the darkness.

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