The bugle call: healing physical sickness

In the Foreword to our book this month, A Century of Christian Science Healing, the then (1966) Christian Science Board of Directors points out an interesting fact: that Mrs Eddy (the Discoverer of Christian Science) considered physical healing to be but the "bugle call to thought and action" - a quote from Eddy's book Rudimental Divine Science p. 2.

How often has a physical need stirred us and caused us to ponder deeply the whys and wherefores of our experience; maybe even caused some to wonder about the things of the Spirit?

I love the call of the bugle: it is a rousing sound. Surely, Eddy's 1866 healing "from serious internal injuries caused by a fall on the ice" (p. 3) was a bugle call to which she responded with selfless dedication and tireless work for mankind's salvation from sin, disease, and death.

Chapter One points out something that might still be misunderstood in any observation of the practice of Christian Science healing: that "a setting right of one's basic spiritual relations may result in physical changes" (p. 4). This is a wake-up call worth responding to. 

Julie Swannell