"Everyone today is seeking for a place of refuge or safety. The fear of destruction seems to have touched the whole world, and people the world over are crying, "None of us are safe anywhere."
As a Christian Scientist, the writer had felt very secure in her realization of the power of the truth contained in the ninety-first Psalm and had often turned to it and to the inspired writings of Mary Baker Eddy, and had found refuge therein. All went well with this feeling of security until the first declaration of war abroad. The inhumanity of this new warfare struck a note of terror in her thought, and all the truths she had known about safety seemed to leave her. Then came the questions: "What has happened to your peace? What has happened to your sense of security?" With all her heart she turned to God for an answer.
The story of Noah came to her thought. She remembered that Noah had heard the voice of Truth telling him to build an ark and take with him into the ark a certain number of people and animals. The writer knew the story well, but she turned to the Glossary in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy for the spiritual interpretation of key words in the narrative.
