Article January 9, 1960 Issue

LET US BE HAPPY

RUTH FAGUNDUS

If we want to be happy, why not start now to claim our happiness? How shall we do this? By accepting God, Spirit, and Spirit's ideas as the only realities. The Bible gives us definite instructions for finding happiness. Zephaniah said (3:14), "Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem."

Happiness demands expression. It increases as it is shared. Does mortal mind argue that we have nothing to rejoice over or sing about? Then let us ask ourselves whether we are looking to matter or to Spirit for our happiness.

Spirit, or God, is the opposite of matter. The allness and oneness of Spirit leave no room for matter. To know this brings one joy and peace and dominion. In that thought-provoking declaration, "the scientific statement of being," Mary Baker Eddy says (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 468): "Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal."

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