Article April 18, 2016 Issue

Healing light for the world

David Robertson

A glorious day is dawning,
And o’er the waking earth
The heralds of the morning
Are springing into birth.
In dark and hidden places
There shines the blessed light;
The beam of Truth displaces
The darkness of the night.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 2)

Many days, especially when one is reading the news, the shining of “blessed light” into dark places of human behavior seems a long way off. It can seem instead that a picture of the worst of human behavior is constantly bombarding us, presenting a general sense of hopelessness and helplessness.

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