Article August 28, 1909 Issue

THE HARVEST AND THE LABORERS

LILLIAN EDEN.

Idleness is impossible to the earnest student of Christian Science. To those who are working in the truth and for the truth, there is no hurrying nor lack of time, neither is there any time to waste in dreaming. There is work for us all. In the ninth chapter of Matthew we read that Jesus said to his disciples: "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; "and so it is today. The harvest is unlimited; the laborers realize this, and work on; but we must all realize it.

We cannot be content to sit back and say. "Christian Science has healed me; I am so glad I have found the truth; it is very beautiful;" nor to be satisfied to attend church regularly, recommend Christian Science to sick friends, and declare ourselves Scientists. We are not Christian Scientists merely because we believe Christian Science. It is necessary for us to understand it, and to be followers of Christ. We do not follow Christ by merely believing on him, nor can we truly love God without expressing that love, not alone by words, but by works. It is not fair to the laborers that we should reap the harvest without doing our share of the work, and it is not fair to the Cause of Christian Science that we should seek the truth merely for the help and protection which it offers.

Moreover, it is not fair to ourselves that we should continue to depend upon others to help us, instead of learning to do our own work and meet our own problems. When we have learned to do this, we are prepared to help others, and may follow Christ by joining the band of laborers in the Father's vineyard. So long as we work faithfully, always realizing that divine Love is the only power, we cannot fail, for we have the Master's assurance: "The harvest truly is plenteous."

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