Article January 20, 1968 Issue

Economic Stability

RALPH CASTLE

One meaning of "economy" is "the structure of economic life in a country or area." There is also a theological meaning of "economy," namely, "God's plan or system for the government of the world."

The student of Christian Science needs to draw careful conclusions regarding economy, always mindful of Mrs. Eddy's words, "To the physical senses, the strict demands of Christian Science seem peremptory; but mortals are hastening to learn that Life is God, good, and that evil has in reality neither place nor power in the human or the divine economy."^{Science and Health, p. 327;}

In applying the truths of Christian Science to human living conditions—for example, to a business or domestic difficulty or to a case of mismanagement in home, community, or national affairs— one finds it helpful to understand what is involved in the economy of the situation. Human economy invites research into the advances and recessions characteristic of a material world, into quantities and prices, into the study of charts and graphs which have been prepared to illustrate the ebbing and flowing currents of material operations, and even into trends in human relationships. From humanly prepared data individuals, communities, and even nations form opinions and draw conclusions which influence their thoughts and actions.

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