Article March 8, 1930 Issue

The Cost of Living

HERBERT H. NORSWORTHY

The cost of living is generally taken to mean the amount that has to be paid or given in exchange for the things believed to be necessary to sustain human life—namely, food, clothing, and shelter. But opinions are so varied in regard to these essentials, some demanding for their comfort what others would consider luxuries, that one may well stop to consider what is true living and what the cost thereof.

Christ Jesus said, "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." Clearly, then, eternal life or true living means knowing the truth about God through the Christ, Truth. When Truth and Love, which are synonymous with God, divine Mind, are expressed in human lives, such living in a measure reflects divine Life.

Our great Master, who through the purity of his human life so faithfully expressed divine Life, proved on many occasions that no material consideration could for a moment obscure his vision of harmonious living. Knowing that joy is of God, he dispelled fear of limitation and brought harmony to the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee. Assured of limitless Mind's inexhaustible supply, with overflowing measure he fed multitudes in the face of human conviction of hopeless insufficiency. On another occasion he satisfied the demand for tribute money in a manner that pointed to Love's infinite resources at hand to save and to bless.

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