Article November 6, 1937 Issue

Love and Business

[Original article in German]

HANS HERZBERG

We are not accustomed to speak of love and business in the same breath. Deeper reflection, however, makes the combination comprehensible.

In I Corinthians 16:14 we read, "Let all that ye do be done in love." This command may at first seem inapplicable to the business man, for in the pressure of business affairs he is apt to believe he cannot waste any thought on love. Yet although he has many things to consider, and the demands on his time are great, the source and motive power of all right activity must be Love, which, as understood in Christian Science, alone ensures genuine prosperity.

If the business is to be profitable, continuous, steady, the worker must express attention, joy in his work, and tirelessness. From the highest to the humblest employee, and no less in the case of the head or owner of a business, are these desirable qualities in daily and hourly demand. But how is this mental impulsion of business to be constantly renewed? What can keep thought alert and guard it against weariness?

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