Article March 2, 1968 Issue

Are You Claiming Your Birthright?

STANLEY JOHN YORK

Advertisements sometimes appear in the press requesting certain individuals to make contact with the advertisers to learn something to their advantage. Inheritances exist for them to claim. And yet the legatees may remain completely unaware of the inheritances that await them if only they will claim them.

So often we fail to attain good in our human experience by failing to claim good. Mrs. Eddy writes of man: "His birthright is dominion, not subjection. He is lord of the belief in earth and heaven,—himself subordinate alone to his Maker. This is the Science of being." Science and Health, p. 518; This inspired declaration sets forth in unmistakable terms the native rights, or spiritual inheritance, of the God-created man. Elsewhere, Mrs. Eddy says: "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." Miscellaneous Writings, p. 307;

We need to claim as our own the inheritance of Love daily, and we claim it only as we live our God-given nature. Man's inheritance is infinite. It is not available for one individual and unavailable for another; there is ample good to meet every need. Just think of it! No one is left out and no one forgotten in all-inclusive Love's constant provision for its ideas. While Love's priceless heritage is always available, we do have to claim it; there is no point in finding out that we are heirs to a rich legacy unless we set about making it our own.

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