As the writer was walking along a familiar track recently, and reasoning upon certain matters, his thought was diverted to notice that his eyes were, most of the time, directed to the ground a few yards in front of him. Consequently, what a limited view was his! But as he raised his eyes, his gaze first took in a distant range of hills, and then the bold sweep of the sky. Here, indeed, a mighty vista unfolded. A sight familiar to everyone is the great arch of the blue sky. To the so-called material senses it is a canopy, vast indeed, but appearing to have definite limitations. We know that this is an illusion, which, however, is accepted as fact until thought is liberated to pierce and shatter it. Our knowledge of what actually is, takes thought beyond the range of physical sight, and so our mental outlook is immensely increased. In this case it was realized afresh that we shall always do well to look up in order that we may get a broader view.

The Psalmist said, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." Surely he was saying that an elevation of thought is needed when problems appear to press heavily. The student of the Bible is aware of a number of instances in which is brought out the significance of hills and mountains: Moses' receiving of the Commandments on Mount Sinai; Jesus with Peter, James, and John on the mount of transfiguration; Jesus' preaching of the Sermon on the Mount, and his going up into a mountain apart to pray. And so, just as one by lifting the eyes gains a less limited view of the surroundings, one may by an elevation of thought likewise obtain a better comprehension of infinity.

It may be said that all human problems are primarily concerned with a belief of lack. With one it may be a question of supply, with another, of health or morals; and yet another may feel limited in education and opportunity. But whatever form it may assume, it is nothing more than a belief of lack of good.

Many and diverse are the ways in which mankind reaches out for more of good and more of happiness. Generally speaking, these ways are materialistic, ranging from barren philosophies to blatant sensualism. One and all prove themselves entirely unsatisfactory in the end, simply because they are materialistic, and consequently limited. Anything with limitations must eventually be found unprofitable and incapable of satisfying.

The Psalmist said, "I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." Commenting on these words, our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, says, "All men shall be satisfied when they 'awake in His likeness,' and they never should be until then" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 358). The likeness of God could never be less than an infinite idea; but it would certainly seem no little thing to ask one's self to think infinitely, and the question may be raised as to how this may be done. It will be recognized that "infinite" and "infinitely" are words which are commonly used without much regard for their true scientific meaning. For instance, we hear the remark that today is infinitely colder than it was yesterday. In Christian Science we learn that these words cannot be made to apply to any material concept.

We have seen how even the immensity of the sky suggests limitations, and though thought has been helped mathematically and philosophically to pierce the ether, the material outlook is inevitably hedged in. No system of physics, no theory, no religion or philosophy, had been able to measure the infinite or adequately to define it. This remained to be done in Christian Science by Mrs. Eddy in her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." There we read (p. 336), "Allness is the measure of the infinite." How perfectly does this statement convey the idea to us, as, indeed, it was designed to do! Simply allness! No astronomical calculation, no involved reasoning, no striving after fine phrasing—just a plain expression of fact which all may understand and use! If we keep this definition of the infinite well to the fore in our thought, we begin to see how to think in terms of the absolute truth, which is infinite and ever applicable.

The study of Christian Science reveals the fact that God is good, is Love, is Life, is Mind, and that He is infinite. The measure of good, then, is allness; the measure of Love is allness; the measure of Life is allness; the measure of Mind is allness. It is not difficult to see that there can be and is nothing outside or beyond allness. Nothing can be taken from it or added to it. It can never be diminished or lessened by the least fraction. There never could be room for anything the opposite of or unlike itself. Allness must be forever complete, and there can be and is no other presence. And it is this allness which God's man expresses by reason of his relation to the Godhead, that is, by reason of his sonship, by reflection. It is his inalienable possession, by reflection.

To apply this truth we must lay claim to our sonship daily in our thinking. When we affirm the allness of God, good, we are beginning to think in terms of the infinite truth, and as this is done unwaveringly, we shall be destroying the beliefs of lack in all directions.

All students of Christian Science should accustom themselves to thinking from the standpoint of infinite Mind, and should never be satisfied to rest on one demonstration. The temptation to be content with a measure of progress must be handled. We can and should be extremely grateful for every good and perfect gift, knowing whence it comes; but conquest of one error should not lull us into the belief that there is nothing more to be done. For instance, Christian Scientists the world over have been rightly and mightily rejoicing over the completion of the new Publishing House, seeing in this a veritable triumph over a belief of depressed economic conditions. But we know that under the law of progress there will be still other and ever greater works to be accomplished. Always there will be fresh fields to conquer, and always the true concept of infinity wherewith to meet and defeat the claims of limited sense-testimony.

Now that a beautiful and adequate house for the publishing of the works of our Leader and of our periodicals has been provided, each branch church will be able to devote itself afresh to local needs, inspired by the example thus set. And, individually, each student of Christian Science will be aiming to set and keep his own house in order; to arrange his thinking to conform more and more with divine Principle—with infinity.