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LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS
A Christian Scientist who was having unusual demands made upon her income was led one day to consider what the phrase "to live within one's means" really signifies. Looking up the word "means" in the Concordances to the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, she found the following statement (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 1): "Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God's gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind."
"God's gracious means." These words certainly did not indicate a restricted or limited source of supply, but rather universally available and ever adequate resources. The student at once began a study of these gracious, boundless means, which she found to be continually at her disposal.
In Psalms (102:17) was found this beautiful promise regarding the Almighty: "He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer." The student had been taught in Christian Science that man, God's spiritual reflection or idea, is never destitute, for he expresses all the qualities and attributes of his Maker. However, she had to admit that her finite human sense did indeed seem to be destitute—of practical, spiritual ideas as well as of funds.
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May 8, 1948 issue
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SOUL HEALS ALL YEARNING
PETER J. HENNIKER HEATON
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SLEEP—OR REST?
DONNA C. LAYTON
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LET THEM HAVE DOMINION
Margret B. Freligh
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RIGHT REASONING
WILLIAM ALEXANDER GIBSON MARTIN
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LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS
JEAN E. CAMERON
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BE A LAW UNTO YOURSELF
EMMA H. SAYLES
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CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Mary Stone Wallace
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CONTINUOUS FRIENDSHIP
JENNEVE C. SIEGRIST
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE—THE STUDENT'S FRIEND
WILLIAM FRYE WHITE
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LIKE JOSHUA
Dorothy Godden
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"FOR SHE LOVED MUCH"
Paul Stark Seeley
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SPIRITUAL SELF-COMPLETENESS
L. Ivimy Gwalter
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After four surgical operations I...
Elfriede Martin with contributions from Paul V. Martin
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I am most grateful for this opportunity...
William Anderson Macpherson
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It is with a joyful heart that I tell...
Janet Menke Parrish
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With deep gratitude I give this...
Marie Fuchs with contributions from Cesarine Serchi
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It has long been my desire to...
Florence Louise Stanhope with contributions from Hugh Van Dyke Ruiter
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Daily in the newspapers, over the...
Donald H. Black
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I feel impelled to give written...
Dorothy M. Williamson
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The testimonies given at the...
Barbara Fillbright
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from E. Gilmour Smith, W. O. Calvest, Joseph Fort Newton, Roy L. Smith, W. S. Tindal