Article June 5, 1926 Issue

Gratitude

VIRA GEORGE WOLPERT

THE word "gratitude" is very common among Christian Scientists. And, indeed, the Christian Scientist has great reason to be grateful, because he has found the answer to the greatest of all questions, "What is truth?" He, however, fails sometimes to be grateful at a time when such an attitude would be most helpful to him; that is, at the moment a problem first presents itself. The general tendency is to be grateful when the work is completed, rather than when it is just beginning.

The worker would find his work much lightened if he began with a heart full of gratitude. If he expressed gratitude for the experience, instead of asking himself why a certain calamity had befallen him, the discord would more quickly disappear. The words of Jesus, "Seek, and ye shall find," are true. Having found cause to rejoice, he will find that the error will soon vanish into its native nothingness. The cause for rejoicing is that the experience will force him closer to God. What should give him more joy than that?

A Christian Scientist daily discerns that material pleasures are fleeting. He realizes the truth of Mrs. Eddy's words (Poems, p. 13):—

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