The
need wherever there is a need, Christian Scientists know, is for spiritualization of thought and life—for clearer recognition that being is Spirit, not touched by matter or material concepts.
There
is perhaps no incident in the Bible where the immediate spiritual needs of the individual were seen to be more quickly and satisfactorily met than in the case of the Ethiopian eunuch, as recorded in the eighth chapter of Acts.
Mary Baker Eddy
says on page 3 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks;" and she continues, "Action expresses more gratitude than speech.
A man
widely known for his work in industrial research pointed out recently that in the development of better products, the primary necessity commonly is to enlarge one's thought as to what is possible.
In
those intimate revelations of himself and his relation to the Father which Jesus shared with his disciples, he made it clear that there were steps in spiritual progress which he was about to make that would bring blessings to his followers as well as to himself.
The
tendency of the human mind to submit to influences, conscious or unconscious, to form judgments and to make decisions, in subservience to materiality, is recorded in its history.
ONE
of the most persistent beliefs of mortal mind is that of having to wait for something desirable rather than of being at once in the enjoyment of it.