Article February 1, 1930 Issue

"What doth the Lord require?"

ALICE CORTRIGHT

The problem of debt looms large upon the horizon of many a troubled worker, sometimes seeming to shut out all joy and spontaneity. Such a one needs to watch carefully lest the sense of anxiety and personal responsibility crush out humility, unselfish love, and the expectancy of good, which is man's God-given heritage. God is our loving Father, and, as the prophet asked, "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"

Humility is often the keynote of the solution of a problem. Pride is an archenemy, and one needs to be as humble in his receiving as in his giving. The Christian Scientist soon learns that the spirit of giving and the spirit of receiving are much the same, for he is endeavoring always to give all the glory to God; and in this way, whether he is giving or receiving, he sees both as the activity of divine good made manifest through him. Nothing more effectively shuts out the expectancy of good than does worry, since it always indicates more faith in a mistaken government of affairs than in God's power; hence he who worries cannot receive freely of the goodness of God.

In considering the question of demand and supply, a student often pondered the practical interpretation of the admonition, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." It seemed a beautiful sentiment, but so impossible of fulfillment. Yet he knew it would not recur to him so frequently unless it had a special lesson for him. Then one day he realized that its meaning was much the same as that of the Master's admonition to his followers in his Sermon on the Mount, when he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." He saw he had been approaching the problem from the wrong end, for he had sought peace of mind through the application of money, and had reaped the material harvest of more demands for money, instead of seeking first to understand God, divine Love, and its harmonious government, which must obviously act with impartial justice toward all.

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