Article February 15, 1958 Issue

"ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED"

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

WILLIAM AUBERT LUCE

The constant fluctuation of human affairs between periods of unstable calm and eruptive turbulence points to the failure of materiality and its temporal attractions to bring true satisfaction to mankind. Whether the picture is one of international unrest or simply of variable human relationships, it is apparent that lasting satisfaction and permanent happiness find their source and perpetuity elsewhere than in mortal existence.

The following two quotations are most significant and helpful in the consideration of true satisfaction. The first is from the Bible. The Psalmist, declaring the ability of the children of men to place unfaltering trust in God, concludes (Ps. 36:8), "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures."

The second is a cogent statement by Mary Baker Eddy, in which she indicates the real origin and nature of satisfaction. She says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 60, 61): "Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, and happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul. Higher enjoyments alone can satisfy the cravings of immortal man. We cannot circumscribe happiness within the limits of personal sense. The senses confer no real enjoyment."

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