Listening

As mentioned in another column here, I had a note from a reader of last month’s book “Christian Science in Germany”, who felt that the secret of the successful healing work recounted in that book was that the author LISTENED.  

As authority, our book club member sent a remarkable and beautiful poem by Helen R. Quitzow called “In A Christian Science Sunday School” from the May 1966 issue of The Christian Science Journal which readers can find at any Christian Science Reading Room or at the JSH-online website, http://jsh.christianscience.com/.  And we have permission to reproduce a snippet below.

 

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	IN A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUNDAY SCHOOL - The Christian Science Journal Source: journal.christianscience.com After her first visit to the Sunday School,A tiny child said,"I sat still for a very long time."That was all.After a second visit, she said,"I listened."And that too was all.Jesus said to the damsel he called not dead but sleeping:"Talitha cumi; . . . Damsel, I say unto thee,...