A Christian Science period in the "Columbia West Coast Church of the Air" series was conducted from Station KNX, Hollywood, California, on Sunday morning, November 5, 1939, at eight o'clock, by Albert Russell Killgore, a former First Reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Glendale, California. This program was radiocast under the auspices of the Committee on Publication for Southern California and had the approval of The Christian Science Board of Directors. Harvey Harding, the soloist, was assisted by Mrs. Alice Ripley, organist.

The program opened with Hymn No. 253 in the Christian Science Hymnal. The words of this hymn were written by Mary Baker Eddy. Then Mr. Killgore read an address substantially as follows:

Throughout human history the possession of material things has largely been deemed an essential to success and a protection against lack. Men and nations have toiled and struggled to lay hold of material possessions. Yet the attainment, ownership, or use of merely material things has never brought enduring or lasting satisfaction to human experience. Happiness, joy, and freedom cannot be bought at a price, for they are mentally and spiritually attained and experienced.

Knowing the futility of acquiring merely material wealth, Jesus warned against laying up treasures on earth, where rust corrupts and thieves break through and steal. The struggle for personal possessions and the laying up of material trasures are based upon a sense of limitation—the belief that there is not enough good for all and that possession by one robs another. From this outlook, some may appear to be fortunate and some unfortunate, some rich and some poor, some have and some have not. This, of course, may apply to nations and peoples as well as to individuals. And by the same line of reasoning, one may conclude that if material possessions make men happy, the lack of such possessions makes men unhappy.

In recent years faith in material ownership has been severely shaken, and individual economic security, once thought to be assured by the possession of material wealth, has come to be questioned. What then is the conclusion? Is it wrong to be rich and a virtue to be poor? Or is there a different point of view that offers a satisfactory explanation based on a new standard of values? There is; and it is in the realm of spiritual thinking and living. Surely the redemption of mankind from the bondage of lack and fear must come from spiritual understanding, wherein the measure is infinite good and eternal Life.

Jesus gave a satisfying and scientific recipe for business success and for the solution of all economic problems when he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33). And on another occasion he stated that "the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21). With a correct understanding of the nature of God one can readily see how the kingdom of God is within, and that it must be spiritually discerned. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, defines "creator" as "Spirit; Mind; intelligence; the animating divine Principle of all that is real and good" (p. 583). Hence, to attain the kingdom of heaven one must understand God and man's God-given dominion. This dominion obviously can be attained only through spiritually mental means. "Divine Science," Mrs. Eddy declares, "rising above physical theories, excludes matter, resolves things into thoughts, and replaces the objects of material sense with spiritual ideas" (Science and Health, p. 123). Hence the possession of that which is truly satisfying and enduring is not a question of the ownership of material things, but is a question of apprehending and utilizing God's spiritual ideas.

The Biblical statement, "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine" (Luke 15:31), takes on a higher meaning when we understand God to be Mind, for divine Mind is ever present, and man, as the image and likeness of God, or Mind, has, by reflection, all that the Father has. He is complete, satisfied, and eternal. He reflects God. He needs nothing else, and can have nothing else, for God is All. Man, as God's image or expression, is joyous, harmonious, and free.

Our true riches, treasures, and possessions are spiritual ideas, eternal and indestructible. They cannot be lost, depleted, or restricted. They are substantial because they exist in divine Mind. The possession of a spiritual idea by one, or a few, or many, in no way prevents, limits, or impairs the utilization or enjoyment by each individual of good, for every one of God's children lives at the standpoint of comprehension, recognition, and understanding of that which infinite Mind includes, or is. Mankind is endowed with the ability to think, and by spiritualization of thought one may dissolve and dissipate belief in limitations, inhibitions, and condemnations, thereby expressing his glorious liberty as a child of God.

In driving along the wooded shores of a lake we may stop frequently to enjoy the beautiful views and vistas that continually appear. It is the same lake, but differently viewed. And so, with supply. Its various and manifold expressions all manifest different views of divine Mind, or infinite Love, which is the only substance.

If one's supply should seem to disappear through failure of position or otherwise, one can recover the sense of supply by conceiving of it spiritually.

One's need is not primarily for material things, but for spiritual understanding; for if one has spiritual understanding he will lack nothing. In "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 307) Mrs. Eddy says: "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies. Never ask for to-morrow: it is enough that divine Love is an ever-present help; and if you wait, never doubting, you will have all you need every moment. 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. This sweet assurance is the 'Peace, be still' to all human fears, to suffering of every sort."

The program continued with Hymn No. 224 in the Christian Science Hymnal. Mr. Killgore then read from the Bible as follows: I Kings 3:5-7, 9-12; Proverbs 3:1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10; Matthew 6:19-21, 31-33; and from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: 268:1-11; 269:3-8, 14-20; 494:10-14; 530:5-12; 60:29-31; 275:10-19.

Hymn No. 58 in the Christian Science Hymnal was then sung, after which Mr. Killgore closed the program by reading the tenth and thirteenth verses of the forty-first chapter of Isaiah: "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.... For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."