Article February 19, 1916 Issue

"Let your light so shine"

BETSEY R. TAYLOR

We are often reminded that if we improve our opportunities, are faithful to the light we have, we shall be prepared to gain clearer views of Truth. This recalls something which was once told me, and which has been a help many times since, when I had a difficult problem to solve and it seemed almost impossible not to outline my future steps.

The story was to the effect that a farmer whose barn was some distance from his house was accustomed to start out each night after dark to go there with a dimly lighted lantern. A motorist who was staying at the house thought he was very foolish to try to find the barn door with so small a light, and offered to loan him the search-light from his automobile. The farmer said to him: "I do not need to see the barn door. I use the little light I have, which is just enough to show me that I am in the path. I put one foot where the light shines and then find the place for my next step. I continue this, and before I know it I have reached the barn door."

Here was practical wisdom, and just the kind we need to use in working out our problems. With the understanding gained in Christian Science it is not necessary for us to see the end of our mental journey; all we have to do is to live day by day in the highest understanding of Truth we have. Then we can rest calm in the assurance Mrs. Eddy has given us (Science and Health, p. 254), that "when we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path," and that no good thing will be withheld "from them that walk uprightly."

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