Article November 21, 1959 Issue

WE MAY CLAIM OUR HERITAGE NOW

LILLIAN M. GREENE

"What a glorious inheritance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love! More we cannot ask: more we do not want: more we cannot have." These words of Mary Baker Eddy, which appear on page 307 of "Miscellaneous Writings," indicate that the inheritance of man is spiritual. Mankind is inclined to think of an inheritance in terms of money or material possessions only. An inheritance of money is believed to be valuable because it is expected to provide security and happiness.

The Apostle John assured us of a divine inheritance when he wrote (I John 3:1, 2): "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us. ... Beloved, now are we the sons of God." The inheritance belonging to the sons of God is available to all who will receive it through acknowledging the omnipotence and omnipresence of Spirit and of man's inseparability from Spirit, divine Love. The nature of this inheritance is revealed in Paul's letter to the Romans, in which he declared that we are "heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ" (8:17).

Through an honest study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" and Mrs. Eddy's other writings, students of Christian Science are becoming more conscious of their legitimate, present heritage of good. They see that this heritage consists of spiritual ideas, which enrich and bless their daily experience. Anything that can undergo change or fluctuation is no part of man's heritage, for spiritual ideas are necessarily invariable.

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