The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-09-10
The Source Of Life Abundant.
~ oRIsoN SWEET Maiden.

There is surely something wrong when multi
tudes OF the sons and daughters of the King OF
Kings who have inherited all the good things of
the universe starve the very shores of the
stream of plenty of opuence unspeakable, which
flows past their very doors and which carries
infinite supply
Gods children were not made to grovel but to
aspire; to look up, not down. They were not
made to pinch along in poverty, but for larger,
grander things, Nothing is too good for the
children of our Heavenly Father; nothing too
beautiful for human beings; nothing too magnih-
cent for US to enjoy. 1t is the narrowness OF
our thought that has limited US. If we had
larger and grander conceptions of life, we should
attain grander things. We are made in Gods
image and His children and as His chill
dren we are heirs of all that is His, all that is
beautiful and useful in the universe. The very
holding of the mind open toward all the good
things of the world, expecting and approaching
them, will have everything to do with our OBJ
tanning them.
There is nothing which the human race lacks
so much as unquestioned implicit confidence in
the divine source of all supply We ought to
stand in the same relation to this Infinite Source
of things as the child does to its parents. The
child does not say, 81 do not dare eat this
food for fear that l may not get any more. "
II taxes everything with absolute commence ana
assurance that all its needs will be supplied that
there is plenty more where these things come
from.
We do not have half good enough opinions OF
our possibilities; do not expect half enough OF
ourselves; do not demand half enough. Hence
the meagerness, the stinginess of what we actual
ly get We do not demand the abundance which
belongs to u.s. Hence the leanness, the lack OF
fullness, the incompleteness of lives. We do
not demand royalty enough. We content
with too little of the things worth while. 1t was
intended that we should live the abundant life,
that we should have plenty of everything that
is good for us No one meant to live in
poverty and wretchedness
The man who is bound to win believes he is
going to be prosperous; he starts out with the
understanding with himself that he is going to
be successful man, winner, and not loser.
He does not say to himself all the time, Whats
the use? The great business combinations are
swallowing up the chances. Before long the
multitude will have to work for the few. | do
not believe l shall do anything more than
make just a plain living in a very humble way.
shall never have a home and the things that
other people have | am destined to be poor
any a nobody" man will never make progress
with such ideals
Many people keep themselves poor by the
slavish fear of poverty, allowing themselves to
dwell upon the possibility of coming to want, Of
not having enough to live upon. The minds Of
the children in such families are saturated with
the fear of poverty; they hear OF it from morning
till night. They see poverty-stricken conditions
everywhere. They hear everybody talking about
limitation lack. Everything around them sug.
gests poverty. =
Is it any wonder that children, brought up in
such an atmosphere, should repeat the poverty
stricken conditions OF their parents and environ
ment?
Did you think that the terror Of poverty,
the constant worry about making ends meet the
fear Of that awful rainy day." not only make you
unhappy, but actually tends to bring about the
conditions that disqualify you from making real
progress?
Everybody ought to stand erect with face to-
ward the sun of hope and prosperity. Success
and happiness the nalicnablc rig hts OF every
human being Let your ideals be those Of plenty,
of abundance. Let US hold the thought that God
is our great supply; that if can keep in tune,
in close touch with Him, that we can feel our
st-one-ness with Him, the great Source Of all
supply abundance, will flow to US and we shall
never again know want.
Copyright 1876