To all who would advance the Cause of Christian Science, the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, has this arousing declaration (p. 570): "Millions of unprejudiced minds—simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in the desert—are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Give them a cup of cold water in Christ's name, and never fear the consequences." Further, we read, "Those ready for the blessing you impart will give thanks."
How to give "a cup of cold water in Christ's name" has been dramatically portrayed in Matthew's account of Jesus' healing of the daughter of the Syrophenician woman. This woman was a Greek. The stage is set in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. The actors are the world's greatest character, Christ Jesus, with blessings for all; a woman of Canaan, a pagan eager for the blessing; the disciples, urging the Master to send the woman away: and, unseen in the background, the young sufferer, a so-called incurable demoniac, sadly needing a blessing.
The curtain rises on this woman of Canaan crying out to the Christian practitioner of Judea, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."
