It is granted that young people of today, on the whole, are well prepared to serve, and that they possess versatility and eager enthusiasm; but some may believe that, in spite of this, there is no place for them. Because of the trying economic conditions, many business men think it best to employ experienced assistants, and error, consistently limiting, claims that there are not enough positions even for these.

What comfort there is for the youth of today who have been led to search in Christian Science for the actual truth of position—what constitutes it, by what power it is governed, how it is available! This search leads thought away from fear, confusion, and the depressing atmosphere of mortal mind, into the confidence, clarity, and fullness of thoughts which reflect God, divine Mind, in whom man's life exists and unfolds.

In the eighty-fourth Psalm we read: "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! ... Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee." The Bible is full of declarations concerning man's dwelling place as being in God, showing the harmony of that abode, its riches, its security, and man's joyous realization of the Father's love, guidance, power, and provision. It was after the prodigal son had left his father's house, in ignorance of its perfect provision and complete satisfaction, that he began to experience the loss of these things.

No erroneous beliefs about any spiritual fact can change the fact. Ignorance is all that can be destroyed as thought conforms to reality. No present-day beliefs have ever changed the nature of God, and the availability of Mind's influence and affluence in our affairs. We must persistently deny that out thoughts and experiences are born of any phase of material history, and as persistently declare that we are the sons of God, dwelling now and always in the Father's house, true consciousness, where there are hosts of right ideas, ad Jesus indicated when he said, "In my Father's house are many mansions."

On page 13 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy says, "Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals." Then can one of a certain age have less of good than one of another age? In Christian Science youth is not a question of years, but of spontaneity of interest in the multitudinous aspects of life as spiritual. It symbolizes the ever-present opportunity for the renewal and refreshment of hope, faith, and demonstration. Then, too, the wisdom that is of God is available to all, regardless of the number of their years. All ideas needful for self-completeness are present, and can be recognized and realized, else there could not be universal harmony in the only Mind, God, our Father.

When his experience of poverty opened the eyes of the prodigal son to his wretchedness, his thoughts began to dwell upon the blessed comforts of his home, and he declared, "I will arise and go to my father." The parable tells us that not only did he find his inheritance of blessings intact, "but when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." So, just the turning of thought to the Father's house begins to let in a sense of the faithfulness and tenderness of that love which eternally dwells there. If we will lift our thought from the obviously empty husks of material thinking to contemplate and claim and faithfully demonstrate our divine sonship with the loving and all-powerful Father, we too shall begin to find the evidences of that love, the riches of our equipment, and the joys of security awaiting us. The Father loves us!

One young student of Christian Science, after graduating from college, found himself without employment, and constantly confronted with the arguments of lack both of opportunity and of experience in his chosen work. No proper human footstep was overlooked, and the effort was made to hold thought steadfastly to the unchanging relation of God to man, as His son. Gradually the student gave up the cherished outline, and began to do the little things at hand, as evidence of a real desire to serve. Many occupations of a civic nature gradually filled his days, though they were only slightly remunerative. However, no beliefs of inadequate compensation, nor other difficulties, were allowed to interfere with any aspect of this service. The beliefs of limitation peculiar to the type of small village in which the student lived were denied, and the truth declared persistently that spiritual man lives in the kingdom of heaven, with unlimited opportunities.

Finally there came a day when the prospects looked drearier than ever before, and a sense of defeat and despair presented itself for acceptance. This despair seemed very real and very reasonable; but for the entire duration of the false argument, the truth was vehemently declared—the truth of God's love for His child, the truth that there was a place for him where joy of service and compensation went hand in hand. There was no peering ahead in thought, however, to see the rewards of such thinking. There was only the deep conviction that despair could have no legitimate dwelling place where God is known to be Love and All. The very next morning an appointment was received which had been the desire of the student's heart for years. The rejoicing and gratitude which followed could not have been so great had not God been praised and thanked before the demonstration took place.

That which has been proved true for one can be realized by all. Jesus left us the perfect pattern of love in precept and parable; he declared it, demonstrated it, and said that all those who would believe could do the same. God's laws govern all. Love is the only executor. We need not be afraid of the arguments of error. The only result of the prodigal's "riotous living" was to turn the son again to his father. We can always turn to our Father, insist upon the facts of our divine sonship, and consciously dwell in our Father's house. There is plenty for each one—plenty of the robes of righteousness, plenty of insignia to mark a beloved son, plenty of opportunity to receive and give of our Father's treasure. And demonstrating this, we are helping to establish the feast prepared for all of God's children. May we declare, "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations."

"The greatest thing," says someone, "a man can do for his heavenly Father is to be kind to some of His other children." I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder than we are; how much the world needs it!—Henry Drummond.