The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-11-05
Christian Scientist Saved Of Tornado
MOT IN THE wHIRLwIND"

MOT IN The WhkLWINO"
How quickly little ehiId's fear is dispeIIed wh.s
takes his hand Past experiences have taught him &
therein lies his safety His appears very much
than his little world Of things that he often believes the
capable Of all power The child confident too that hi, ma
emf, who represents fhs way Of all little difficulties
never far removed when he calls for help.
When the child becomes adult. outward appearance,
he sesveienf He longer needs the hand Of his
He is now master Of his destiny II But Is he,
unexpected turn Of events takes away his power He nd
one TO turn TO for help with his problems He is told .
up TO him. And yet he knows that must be up to som
or something bigger than himself TO meet the need.
He questions the logic Of things there God who esr,
Is there sembance of plan TO the universe? there any,
thing in that plan for him? As adult he the Bb
because others have done They have found within
It's pages and maybe he He reads about Elijah ,h
prophet who did great things because Of his understanding
Of Cod He discovers that Elijah told TO upon N.
mountain and watch fhe Lord pass by
He reads in Kings u9:ll, I2 that Elijah obeyed and
that "a great and strong wind rent the mountains .
pieces the rocks before the Lord; BUT THE LORD WAS
NOT IN THE WIND: AND AFTER THE WIND AN EARTH
QUAKE; BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE
AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A FIRE; BUT THE LORD
WAS NOT IN THE FIRE: AND AFTER THE FIRE A STILL
SMALL VOICE. WHEN ELIJAH HEARD 1T. THERE
CAME A VOICE UNTO HIM. AND SAID. WHAT DoErH
THOU HERE, ELIJAH?"
THE WRITER ONE sULTRY SUMMER AFTERNOON
SAW AN OMNIBUS TWISTING CLOUD HANGING ovEpA
POPULATED VALLEY A TORNADO SEEMED IMMINENT
IHE WAS STUDENT or CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A RE-
lLIcIoN WHICH IS BASED UPON THE INSPIRED TEACH
INGS OF THE BIBLE His study Of this religion had TAUGHT
him face situations rather than TO fear Them AS he realized
that his hand truly in that Of his heavenly Father he
remembered the definition Of God given by Mary Baker
Eddy the Dseoverer and Founder Of Christian Science
the textbook Science and Health with Key TO the Scriptures
II reads (p 5s7 THE great AM the aIlknowing seeng
asefing sILwse. ALLOWING, and eterna Principle; Mind
Soul Spirit Life; Truth; Love- all aubsfanee intelligence
Then the writer reasoned Scientifically What the SUBJ
Of that cloud? Good certainly not part Of H. Hence
God is not part Of it, For Christian Science teaches that
God good part Of IT, for students Of Christian
Science know that Mrs. Eddy says Science and Health
22e There power apart from God omnpofenee has
apower and TO acknowledge any other TO dshonor
Cod Wouldn't he be dishonorng God TO believe that He
in the whrwnd that He planning TO bring death and
destruction to His perfect creation?
in the cloud and power not in the cloud there was
nothing confronting him but suggestion OF tear And tear
cannot control Gods image and likeness, for man
controlled by Cod With the recognition of these truths the
writer experienced peace The fear vanished and the CLOUD
too dispersed itself into thin air.
When take heavenly Fathers hand understand
insy we find did Elijah that God is not in the whwind
that His is the still small voice assuring US OF His aPo"e
and sllpresence.