Editorial July 3, 1937 Issue

Bread, Wine, and Oil

George Shaw Cook

Evidently thinking of the divine provision for human needs, the Psalmist wrote of God, "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart."

Before and since the foregoing words were written, there have been abundant proofs of the heavenly Father's loving provision for mankind. Through the ministration of Moses the children of Israel were fed with manna in the wilderness. It is recorded in the seventeenth chapter of I Kings that ravens brought the prophet Elijah "bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening," while he "dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan." And later, by reason of Elijah's faith, it was demonstrated to the little family at Zarephath that God was able to supply them with sustenance. Jesus proved for the multitude in the desert place the presence and availability of Love's infinite supply, when to human sense there seemed a lack of food. In our own time, Christian Scientists are demonstrating, in numberless instances, the truth of Mrs. Eddy's words (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 307), "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies."

As indicated in the above-quoted words, the primary need of mortals, in every instance, is to gain and to hold the understanding of the infinite, inexhaustible nature of Mind's ideas and of their present availability. Thus it becomes evident that the bread and wine which mortals most need consists of spiritual ideas. Writing of the Eucharist, on page 35 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy says: "Our bread, 'which cometh down from heaven,' is Truth. Our cup is the cross. Our wine the inspiration of Love."

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