Editorial June 1, 1929 Issue

Mind's Infinite Resources

Albert F. Gilmore

As the student of Christian Science progresses in the study and practice of Mrs. Eddy's teachings, he becomes convinced that he has found a remedy not only for all kinds of diseases, but for lack in every form, whatever its name or nature. Through demonstration he learns to place implicit faith in the Biblical promises that God, divine Love, does meet every need of mankind, supplies every lack, provides for every want. He learns to place complete reliance upon God, in the firm conviction that such trustfulness is the necessity, if human experience is to be purposive and successful. The broad scope of this whole-hearted trust in God may not be grasped at once, for consecration, obedience, humility, and careful thought-taking are necessary in order to encompass even a modicum of its vast possibilities.

To meet every need of mankind, humanly considered, seems an impossible task. Yet how completely does divine Love meet our needs, even though there be little recognition of the source of the good made manifest. The sick may habitually ask for spiritual aid in overcoming the belief of suffering; those in want may seek supply through invoking the divine power; the sinning, weary of their course, may ask God for forgiveness and freedom; the sorrowing, likewise, may look to infinite Love to comfort them in their afflictions; and the unemployed may seek to find their rightful place through spiritual understanding, their own as well as that of another. For all these and for many other forms of lack, relief is sought through righteous prayer.

But full reliance upon God is not exemplified unless we turn to God in every need. A need that is often experienced, especially among students and those commonly known as brain-workers, is for the demonstration of greater intelligence, more mental acuteness, better memory. This, too, is a practical problem the solution of which, if sought in Christian Science, may be looked for with a lively expectancy. On page 128 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," while defining Science as pertaining only to the laws of God, Mrs. Eddy says, "From this it follows that business men and cultured scholars have found that Christian Science enhances their endurance and mental powers, enlarges their perception of character, gives them acuteness and comprehensiveness and an ability to exceed their ordinary capacity." Thus we learn that divine aid is to be invoked in demonstrating enhanced mental capacity, alertness, and greater intelligence, as well as in any other human experience.

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