Do
you think the child Samuel's experience in hearing the voice of the Lord is too remote from life today to afford help in meeting your needs—in healing your sickness, in improving your business situation, in reconciling some estranged one?
Much
has been written regarding the present possibility of heaven on earth, of the living presence of Life, Truth, and Love, and of the present perfection of God's creation.
Sometimes
it is necessary to eliminate from human consciousness the false belief that healing comes only after a long period of time during which mortal man has been busily reaching out for trust in God and then laboriously building up that trust.