Article June 4, 1927 Issue

Position and Supply

CUSHING SMITH

IN "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 442) appears this illuminating statement by Mrs. Eddy: "Truth cannot be reversed, but the reverse of error is true." Perhaps there is no simpler method of finding out the spiritual truth concerning anything than that indicated in this interesting statement. Applying it to the problems of position and supply, we see that the first necessity is to reverse the false belief that if one has a position he will thereby necessarily acquire supply. Scientifically understood, one has only to recognize supply in order to be in his right position. The human concept places position or business first and supply second, while in Science supply is first and position or business or right activity is second.

The right apprehension of this depends, of course, on the correct understanding of man and his relationship to God; and for this understanding a clear picture is presented in the words of Mrs. Eddy in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 344): "If we say that the sun stands for God, then all his rays collectively stand for Christ, and each separate ray for men and women." It would be impossible for the sun's rays to perform their function of shining without the supply from the sun to accomplish this result; so man, the expression of God, must have supply as a primary, not as a secondary condition of his relationship to his Maker.

Then, what really constitutes supply? For the correct answer we need the definition of God as given on page 465 of Science and Health: "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love." And God may be said to be expressed in such qualities as wisdom, judgment, knowledge, faith, understanding, inspiration, purity, harmony, intuition, confidence, loyalty, steadfastness, activity, progress, honesty, freedom, kindness, unselfishness, courage. These qualities are the heritage, by reflection, of every child of God. Thus man can never be without supply; and, perceiving that, spiritually understood, position or business is secondary to this supply, instead of primary, the business-man can realize the fact that he need never be out of a position, because his position is determined by the using of these wonderful and munificent qualities of God.

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