The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-11
lllirnitable Income

problem to many people. In nu-
merous cases, the supply seems to be
insufficient to meet even legitimate
needs, and the ceaseless struggle to
make ends meet and to keep out Of
debt robs human experience of its
rightful measure of harmony and
happiness. Such state Of affairs
ought never to be submitted to UNI
questioningly, whatever the circum-
stances.
Nowhere in the Scriptures do we
find authority for believing that
Gods will for His children is limi-
tation and lack. On the contrary, we
find that whenever men have humbly
and trustfully turned to God for
help, they have triumphantly come
out of their troubles, no matter how
hopeless the situation had appeared
to be. Gods love for His children
has undergone no change. He is eter-
nally our Father, and all may turn
to Him in absolute confidence that
He will answer their call for help,
Cor did not the Master, speaking of
the Christ, Truth, promise John
14:13), Whatsoever We shall ask in
my name, that will / do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.?
Someone may say, have asked
God, most earnestly and for a long
time, to bring me out of my financial
difficulties, and l have received no
answer. The asking which meets
with no response is not prayer based
on the spiritual understanding of
God and of mans relationship to
Him. A state of insufficient income
arises from the mistaken belief that
man is material, and that matter is
substance. -.
Paul declared to the Athenians
(Acts 1929, "In him we live, and
move, and have our being" Refer
ring to Christ Jesus words John
1O:3O), 81 and my Father are one,"
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer
and Founder of Christian Science,
writes on page 361 of her textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" "As drop of water is
one with the ocean, ray of light
one with the sun, even so God and
man, Father and son, are one in be-
ing" Such inseparability of Parent
and child can be truly conceived of
only as that of infinite Mind and in
finite idea. ).
The coming of spiritual ideas to
human consciousness is illimitable,
for God, divine Mind, is ceaselessly
pouring forth His treasures of spirit
ual thought to sustain, support, and
satisfy His children. The real man
possesses true substance by reflec-
ton, for Mind, substance, is eternally
present and knows no limitation or
insuff1ciency. The application Of
these grand spiritual truths in hui
man affairs should not be thought
strange. The strange thing is that
men have so unquestioningly accept
ed evil as powerful, controlling
factor in human experience. -.
Let all those who suffer the strain
and stress of belief in insufficient in
come, lift thought above anxious
human planning and contriving, and
let them turn their thoughts in a new
direction. Let them ask God for
childlike trust and receptivity, for
calmness and courage, for an over
flowing sense of gratitude and love,
for wisdom and the clear spiritual
vision which distinguishes between
the real and the unreal. Then let
them wait with confident expec-
fancy, and the answer will come,
even as it did in the fathers sweet
assurance to the elder brother of the
prodigal son (Luke 15:31), "Son,
thou art ever with me, and all that I
have is thine"
All that God has is ours by reflec-
ton, and He is infinite Mind, divine
Love. When the material income
seems inadequate to meet the daily
demands, let us remember that God
alone is the source of supply. We
must love God, good, above all else,
acknowledge no substance or intelli-
gence but divine Mind, and strive TO
reflect the divine nature and char
acter in every detail of daily living.
When the spiritual fact is seen and
understood, unlimited good flows
into human experience, and the false
beliefs which have seemed to con-
troll as loosen their hold and fall
away.
To the listening ear come spiritual
intuitions, divine aspirations, holy
thoughts of joy and gladness, and the
wisdom to use the new-found good.
The more one uses spiritual ideas,
the more they multiply and abound.
Thus one finds all his human needs
supplied, and so proves the truth of
Mrs. Eddy's words miscellaneous
Writings, p. 307): "God gives you
His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they
give you daily supplies. Never ask
for tomorrow: it is enough that di-
vine Love is an ever-present help;
and if you wait, never doubling, you
will have all you need every mo-
ment. THE Christian Science Mont
tOfs