Article January 3, 1914 Issue

"Such as I have give I thee"

JESSE GHENT WAITE

Peter said to the lame man who was waiting for alms at the "Beautiful" gate of the temple, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee," and then he healed him in the name of Christ. It is a great and glorious privilege to give, yea, "more blessed to give than to receive." Indeed, to give such as one has, is the only true way to receive. First, one must give up to its native nothingness the old Adam belief, that he may attain unto the new man. This is our great task, as it is our great gain, for it brings unspeakable joy, and peace flowing as a river and watering the desert where selfishness once reigned. This, however, is only the beginning of unnumbered gains. It is but preliminary to that Science which is the divine law of being. God gives all-harmonious life to every man in Christ.

Christian Science reveals the divine order in which life abounds unto more life continually, even as Christ Jesus said,

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." How many thousands are there today doing just what Peter and John did for the impotent man who was "laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms"? Poor? Yes, as the world counts poverty, they were poor, yet rich, and making many rich by a process that is to some a stumbling-block, while to others it is foolishness; but to them that believe (understand) it is the Science of giving such as one has, the Science of the wisdom, the compassion, and the power of God, revealed anew today through Mrs. Eddy's inspired teachings, with "signs following."

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