Article October 15, 1904 Issue

"All that I have is thine."

CATHERINE MAY.

The elder son was in the field; he had been working throughout the heat of the day. No doubt he was weary, hungry, thirsty, and needed rest. As the night drew near, he sought his home for the needed refreshment. Hearing music and dancing, he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. He was told that his brother was come, that his father had "killed the fatted calf," and that his friends were making merry.

A sense of error entered his thought and he was angry and impatient. He had been working for his father many years, and no evidence of appreciation had been bestowed upon him. He would not go into the house, but chose to stay outside, and put on the garment of self-righteousness. His "incorrect reasoning" led to practical error. "The wrong thought should be arrested, before it has a chance to manifest itself" (Science and Health, p. 452).

Did the father leave him in his error, in this story? No. He came out to meet him, and "intreated him." Then error called louder than ever. "Lo, these many years do I serve thee, . . . and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends."

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