The miraculous—what is it? Some say it is the wonderful or extraordinary. Some say it is the super-natural or extra-natural. Some say it is a special Providence. Some say it is a temporary suspension of the laws of nature by God to accomplish a specific purpose. These, indeed, are yet among the standard lexicographical definitions of the word Miracle.
There are many who yet associate the miraculous with curing sickness by extraordinary or extra-natural means. To heal disease without drugs or the use of some material agency is, by some, said to be working a miracle. We yet hear people say, "I don't believe in miracles; the day of miracles is past; therefore I don't believe the sick can be cured by other than natural or material agencies."
Is this a correct conception of the miraculous? Again we ask, What is the miraculous?
