Article March 7, 1959 Issue

GRATITUDE IS A SHINING LIGHT

HARRY E. DE LASAUX

IN Christian Science, gratitude is the heart's overflow of appreciation for the understanding of God. It is the blossoming of the ideas of Soul, the irrepressible song of thanksgiving of the heart for healing. But above all else, gratitude is deep appreciation.

Ingratitude is lack of appreciation. Let us, then, always express gratitude; let us always express gratitude; let us always realize the value of Christian Science.

On page 57 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy says, "Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love." We may say the same of gratitude, for happiness and gratitude go together. And concerning happiness, Mrs. Eddy adds in the next sentence, "It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it." As it is with happiness, so is it with gratitude.

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