Article June 1, 1935 ISSUE

Joy

[Written Especially for Young People]

FLORA A. WATERBURY

In a Christian Science Sunday School class of senior high school girls, the question was asked by one student, "Why is it that whenever I go anywhere thinking I am going to have a good time, I find that I don't?" The teacher, after a prayerful pause, recalled hearing of a family the members of which would say to each other as they left home, "Give a good time," instead of saying, "Have a good time." As she quoted this the student's face lighted up, and she said, "I see." She had realized instantly that one must give in order to receive. Christ Jesus brought this thought clearly to the attention of his disciples when he said to them: "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."

How often joy seems to be taken from us when an expected letter does not come, a friend's visit is delayed, the problem of securing work is unsolved, or the purchase of something has to be postponed! And yet, what untold blessings are awaiting us as we rise above the belief that joy depends upon material things!

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Poem
Out of the Depths
June 1, 1935
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit