Article June 11, 1910 Issue

THE HUMAN PROBLEM.

MARGARET H. MAYNARD.

The problem of supply is one which has to be met by each of us in some of its various forms and phases, and its correct solution proves the possibility of solving all other problems. If scientifically demonstrated, it proves that God is the only creator, the only Mind, the only real source of good. It therefore follows that want, sickness, and sin, which are not good, are no part of God's creation, and should not be so considered or recognized.

On page 8 of "Unity of Good" Mrs. Eddy says: "Everything is as real as you make it, and no more so. What you see, hear, feel, is a mode of consciousness, and can have no other reality than the sense you entertain of it." A friend to whom the question of supply was proving a very trying experience, was asked why she did not use the interest on a small sum which she had invested. She said, "Yes, I could use the interest; but it is such a little bit." The widow to whom Elijah was sent had indeed a "little bit,"—only "an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse,"—but, in obedience to the divine command given through Elijah, she used what she had, and it lasted "many days,"—as the marginal reading has it, "a full year."

This question of supply presented itself to Jesus after a long day of teaching and healing in the desert, where the multitude had followed him. When his compassion expressed itself in the desire to feed the people, the disciples remonstrated that they had only a few loaves and fishes, and how could they feed such a multitude there in the wilderness; in other words, that the supply was entirely inadequate to meet the demand. But Jesus denied the material evidence, destroyed the false witness of the senses, for, looking away from matter into spiritual consciousness, realizing the perfect law of God and the abundance of the unlimited resources of Spirit, he knew there was plenty. We read that he "gave thanks,"—he did not wait to see the outward manifestation of the supply before he expressed his gratitude. He knew that in the spiritual realization was the possession; and if that same Mind he in us "which was also in Christ Jesus," there can be no fear of limitation.

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