Article October 19, 1918 Issue

Our Supply

MARGUERITE DYER PRIESMEYER

The question of supply looms large to-day in the thoughts of a troubled world. In all our experience we have not known so many demands upon our heartstrings and purse strings. Our daily expenses must be met; it is not only our duty, but our desire, to support our Government; and we long to help our fellow men. But we cannot stop there. The Christian Scientist knows that only as he meets his obligations to God, infinite good, in gratitude for benefits received, can he expect to prosper. Now the willingness to give is conceded, but how to give, unless we have sufficient means, is the question. We are fast learning through our study of Christian Science to turn to divine Love for deliverance from bodily aches and ills, but we are not always so wide awake to the fact that the same power supplies our daily needs; yet the application of Principle is exactly the same in both cases. What causes our distress in any direction? We may say it is lack of health, of strength, of material possessions, or lack of happiness; but when it is all summed up, we find that all our dis-ease is caused by ignorance of God and of His laws—lack of understanding.

Our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, tells us in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 307), "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies." It should not be difficult to recognize the power of Mind to supply our needs, whether they be spiritual or any one of the legitimate demands of mundane existence, for the promise given in Malachi is, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." As we bring all our thoughts into Love's storehouse, the consciousness of Love, to have them examined and corrected, truly the windows of harmony open to us and flood us with the light of understanding beyond measure.

Jesus of Nazareth said, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." Yet such was his absolute faith in the exhaustless supply of his Father's storehouse that his every need was satisfied as the demand arose. He fed the multitudes, directed Peter where to find the tax money in the fish's mouth, knew where the nets should be cast to be filled, and left for our guidance such promises as these: "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst;" "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

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