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A spiritual lesson from arithmetic
As he grows up, a child learns to recognize numbers. A little later he learns to combine them; eight and four make twelve. Perhaps simultaneously he learns that twelve less four leaves eight. One day he is confronted by eight take away twelve. A bright child may say, "I can't do it. Eight isn't big enough."
About this time the teacher may explain that if the thermometer reads 8 degrees and the temperature goes down 12 degrees the thermometer will then read 4 degrees below zero, or minus 4 degrees. Or if you buy an article that costs ten dollars and you find you only have eight dollars, you will owe two dollars. In this way the child begins to grasp the concept of negative numbers.
But negative quantity is not confined to arithmetic. For example, if one manifests abundant health, but begins to lose it, he may end up with minus health, called sickness. Again, if one possesses great wealth but is subject to misfortune or indulges carelessness or extravagance, he may eventually arrive at negative wealth, which is called poverty.
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June 11, 1979 issue
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A spiritual lesson from arithmetic
PERCIVAL ROBERTSON
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Lose Mind? Impossible!
HELEN B. CHILDS
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Home protection
LAURA E. LOVETT MURPHY
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Have a good vacation
BARBARA-JEAN STINSON
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On the alert!
FEROL AUSTEN
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Repelling mental invasion
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Consistent healing
Nathan A. Talbot
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Graduation party
Joanne Mazna Garinger
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Through Christian Science I am beginning to gain an understanding...
Richard C. Bergenheim
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For over sixty years I have been an enthusiastic student of...
Marie M. Fitzgerald with contributions from Guadalupe T. de Camacho