"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."

Now note the father's kind reply, "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." What do these words mean in the light of Christian Science? All life, all truth, all love. The idea is almost too great to comprehend! Of whom is it said, "Thou art ever with me"? Those "who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. . . . The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ."

"God combines all-power, or potency, all-science, or true knowledge, all-presence" (Science and Health, p. 466). Son, daughter, "All that I have is thine."

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