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"OCCUPY TILL I COME"
"Occupy till I come." This authoritative command was addressed to his ten selected servants by a nobleman embarking on a distant journey. To each of the ten was given a pound to be developed to the utmost, the proceeds to be handed over on the donor's return.
These words, "Occupy till I come," caught the interest and attention of one who suddenly found himself confronted with heavy family responsibilities. Face to face with this crisis and all the sacrifices it entailed, he recognized immediately that this emergency was, and could only be, a spiritual opportunity.
Turning eagerly to the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, he found himself scanning the parable in which these words occur (Luke 19:12–27). In the opening words of the story he perceived a message, an analogy between himself and the ten servants and their allotted tasks, as narrated by Jesus. The encouraging praise meted out by the returning nobleman to the successful worker, "Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities," was to him very impressive. Like this servant, he knew that he too must be faithful over the very little that was his present human possession.
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October 14, 1950 issue
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ATOMIC ACTION
STANLEY C. MORGAN
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"OCCUPY TILL I COME"
DOROTHY EILEEN HEYWOOD-DOVE
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TAKING STOCK
BEN J. FEWKES
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GIVER OF GIFTS
Leone L. Schulz
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"THE TREE OF LIFE"
KATHERINE S. WHITNEY
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THE LANGUAGE OF SPIRIT
F. RAYMOND BREWSTER
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ABSOLUTE FAITH
ELLA H. HAY
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"O GENTLE PRESENCE"
BETTIE BOONE SALEM
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HOME
Lillian Turner Marks
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OIL FOR THE TORCH OF FREEDOM
Richard J. Davis
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RESPONSE IS NECESSARY
Robert Ellis Key
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Many times after becoming an...
Thomas Benjamin Monson
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Gratitude to God for the joyousness...
Florence E. Hutchins
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"Bring ye all the tithes into the...
Mary L. Straughan
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In humble gratitude for the healings...
Marie Fuhrer-Christen
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I have much cause to be grateful...
Alta Jackson
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I became interested in Christian Science...
Anne Morgan
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My mother became interested in...
Walter T. Railey
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I have gained so much help and...
Margaret Statler Spear
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Some years ago a small boy came...
Loreen A. McCague
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It is with much gratitude that I...
Iva Harris Ozenghar
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My gratitude to God is deep and...
Mary Bather Moore
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from C. O. Rhodes, Julius Koehler, Stephen J. England, John H. Ansberg