Article September 14, 1907 Issue

PLENTY

M. BETTIE BELL

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.—St. Paul.

It is a demand of Christian Science that we "work out" our own salvation, and when our work is well done we are rich in mercy, gentleness, peace, honesty, and spiritual plenty. A thought of poverty should never be admitted as a reality, any more than a thought of sickness. The Master said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." The door of plenty is not closed to us if we knock with vigor. Plenty comes through industry, obedience, faithfulness, understanding, and demonstration. Plenty is the hope of spiritual sense, and the fruit of salvation worked out. If we have plenty of wisdom, love, charity, forgiveness, and humility, we are rich in heavenly treasure, equipped for spiritual work, clothed with the garment of salvation, and filled with the ripe fruit of righteousness. God will give us plenty, and more than plenty, if we daily work, watch, and pray for the Mind to be in us "which was also in Christ Jesus."

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