Editorial August 8, 1925 Issue

Mine and Thine

Albert F. Gilmore

Christian Science so thoroughly revolutionizes thinking that it tends to change entirely one's outlook upon life: it furnishes an entirely new basis for endeavor, offers a new purpose for living, supplies new aims and desires to motivate the daily round of affairs. It accomplishes this extraordinary transformation through revealing the truth about all things,—God, man, and the universe; it supplants selfishness with selfessness, greed with generosity, envy and resentment with loving-kindness, gentleness, and forgiveness. All this results from consecrated study and application of Christian Science based upon a deep desire to follow in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, the master Christian.

Christian Scientists are very grateful for Mrs. Eddy's words in "Scientists are Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 206), "In the scientific relation of God to man, we find that whatever blesses one blesses all;" and, conversely, we may conclude that whatever blesses all likewise blesses each one individually. A lesson that is not always gained in the story of the prodigal son is directly pertinent. The elder son, conscious of having served with true filial devotion and loyalty, was resentful of the festivities prepared for his erring brother. In this troubled state, he bitterly complained, but the loving father, compassionate, tender, and merciful, soothed him. "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." Comforting words! "All that I have is thine." How could God's child, possessed of all the Father has, be jealous that another, too, even his brother, should partake of these blessings? The supply being infinite, is not depleted. however many share in the Father's munificence. The fountains of infinite Love never run dry, and the waters are never bitter.

The gracious assurance, "All that I have is thine," comes to every true seeker who gains understanding of God's character as the infinite Father, and of His attributes and relation to His offspring, spiritual man. It is this understanding which heals the human heart of greed and envy, of selfishness and jealousy. As man's true status appears, with all the immeasurable possibilities of blessedness, it inevitably follows that these carnal qualities are laid down, abandoned. What seems to be loss is found to be gain, gain which is commensurate with the degree to which the false is abandoned. To him who loves much, much is forgiven. In the light of this revelation, what becomes of the selfishness which seeks gain for its own ends?

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