Article April 1, 1939 Issue

Exchangers of Service

KATHLEEN O'CONNOR

There is perhaps no sphere where there is more scope for the healing activities of Christian Science than in the business world.

When it is realized that probably more than half the world is directly or indirectly engaged in some branch of commerce, and practically every adult is engaged in some form of buying, if not selling, it will be seen how necessary it is for Christian Scientists to have the right concept of business, if Christian Science is to deliver its full message of healing to humanity.

It is perhaps a fault, due to the upbringing of many of us, that we feel, or may at some time have felt, a distinct aversion to associating any business activity with spiritual things, feeling that between religion and business there must of necessity be "a great gulf fixed." This is because business has, alas, too often been associated in our thoughts with greed, self-interest, and even with sharp practice or dishonesty; at any rate, with a certain amount of relentless competition, or aggressive material methods, which leave little or no room for the kinder relationships of human life. We have, moreover, held to the concept of business as the exchanging of money rather than as the exchanging of service. There is some evidence, however, that the thought of service is beginning to gain a foothold in the business world; and that this results in good business, from the human standpoint, is borne out in the experience of many successful business men and women today.

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