Editorial September 1, 1923 Issue

The One Talent

Editor

There is no Christian who does not hope and expect sometime to merit the "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." To the Christian world at large, the how and the when of the way this is to be brought about has, however, always seemed to be more or less uncertain and problematical.

On the contrary, those who accept the teachings of Christian Science, and start out on their demonstration of them, often expect that rewards will be quickly and easily won. With the new vision of the availability of good, dawning so gloriously upon their mental horizon, the "well done" often seems very close at hand. Some of them confidently believe that they have had many times five talents given them and that it will be a comparatively simple thing to use them so industriously and well that they will be able to have them multiply rapidly to more than a hundredfold.

While this mental attitude may quickly meet with disappointment,—since talents are not used and multiplied without effort,—still the fact remains that the earnest, honest worker does find a reward more than commensurate with his faithful endeavor. To be sure, this may not appear to him immediately or in just the manner he may have hoped and expected. Before he has labored long he is, therefore, very apt to humbly pray that he may receive and use even one talent properly.

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