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ECONOMY
A good many persons fail to distinguish between economy and parsimony, the former being admittedly a virtue which stands for the prudent and orderly management of a household or state, the regulation of expenditure in such a way as to avoid loss or waste. It has been observed that in the upbuilding of a nation economy has been much in evidence, along with other virtues, such as self-denial, temperance, moderation, etc., while the decadence of a state has been marked by self-indulgence, luxuriousness, and excess. It should however be noted that economy and extravagance both represent mental states; that a very poor person may be wasteful and a very rich person economical, and that each is in great measure due to early training or the lack of it. It is true that Christian Scientists have a broader and more spiritual sense of economy as they advance in understanding, but from the very start they should keep in mind their Leader's words in the Manual of The Mother Church (Art. XXIV, Sect. 5): "God requires wisdom, economy, and brotherly love to characterize all the proceedings of the members of The Mother Church." This evidently means that economy shall not be divorced from wisdom or brotherly love, else it were not true economy.
In Proverbs we read, "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich." In many passages, however, both in the Old and New Testament, the diligence inculcated and commended is that which seeks after truth and holds it as the only real treasure. The Scriptures also show that the true understanding of God, infinite Mind, illumines human consciousness and destroys the improvident tendencies which lead to poverty. Thus we read that "the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." On the other hand we read that the men who loved God and kept His law reflected the bounty of infinite Mind, as in the case of Abraham and that of Job, especially after Job gained a truer concept of God, which brought him healing and then the multiplication of all his possessions.

April 20, 1912 issue
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THE ALLNESS OF GOOD
ROBERT NALL.
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MENTAL WORK
GRACE SQUIRES.
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OVERCOMING FEAR
EDWARD EVERETT NORWOOD.
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THE WIDER VISION
MARTHA BURR BANKS.
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THE UNIVERSAL POEM
CASSIUS M. LOOMIS.
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"BLESSED ARE THE MEEK"
KATHARINE T. PORTER.
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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
PETER B. BIGGINS.
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ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
John V. Dittemore
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In my recent letter, in reply to Mr.—, I promised to...
Frederick Dixon
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What does "the higher tribunal of public opinion" have...
M. I. Whitcroft
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In a recent issue of the News it was stated that a clergyman...
De Witt McMurray
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Christian Science conceives of God as infinite personality,...
R. Stanhope Easterday
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"What shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Willis D. McKinstry
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BUILDING ARIGHT
Archibald McLellan
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LIFE
John B. Willis
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ECONOMY
Annie M. Knott
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Geoffrey Wilkinson, Edwin Swinford, Albert R. Vail
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"Why, it is a practical religion!" These were the words...
Newton C. Gillham
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I have long wished to express my gratitude for what...
Mary Boisseau Phillips
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I have been an adherent of Christian Science....
A. Maria Becker
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I feel it a duty to express my gratitude for what Christian Science...
Edward B. Fitzgearl
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I wish to express my gratitude for the healing which has...
Alena A. MacKenzie
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I wish to add my testimony for the many practical....
James J. MacKenzie
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I wish to express my gratitude for the blessing that has...
Olive D. Irwin
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I am a believer in Christian Science, although I....
Rex S. Roudebush
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I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to God for the perfect...
B. F. Pritchard
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It is with gratitude to God that I give the following testimony
S. A. Walsh with contributions from Paul Walsh
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I am profoundly grateful for Christian Science
Cordelia A. Johnston
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I have often wanted to send my testimony, since benefits...
Gardner Manning Gale
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I sought the truth for a long time, and finally found it in...
Magdalene Stavenhagen with contributions from G. T. Springer
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Unlike many others, I had had Christian Science....
G. T. Springer
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THE NEW YEAR
JOHN STEEN.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Rollin A. Sawyer, Theodore G. Soares, R. J. Campbell