Article May 4, 1946 Issue

Good Stewards

MERRILL G. SCHIVELEY

In the parable of the unjust steward, as recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Luke's Gospel, Jesus gave the criterion of good stewardship when he said (verse 10), "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much," and (verse 13), "No servant can serve two masters." The Master knew that many in places of responsibility were serving mammon for personal gain and power rather than for the interests of the people.

If one is entrusted with a position in civil or church government, he must fulfill that trust with all its moral obligations. When members of church executive boards are guided by divine Principle, and "A Rule for Motives and Acts" in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy (Art. VIII, Sect. 1) is faithfully adhered to, many of the pitfalls into which one oftentimes stumbles unwittingly are avoided. If one permits that Mind to guide him which motivated the acts of the master Christian, he will not be mesmerized by mortal mind opinions. Obeying the Golden Rule, he will see his associates as God would have him see them. He will endeavor not to let personal sense or human will govern his conduct and never to be arbitrary in his decisions.

Zeal for leadership is overcome as one turns to the writings of Mrs. Eddy for guidance and realizes the truth which she states on pages 119 and 120 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "As astronomy reverses the human perception of the movement of the solar system, so Christian Science reverses the seeming relation of Soul and body and makes body tributary to Mind. Thus it is with man, who is but the humble servant of the restful Mind, though it seems otherwise to finite sense."

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