"Thus Saith the Lord" to Me. Let God be Truth and every man a liar. What is not Truth is nothing; for Truth is all and there is none besides Him. On the question "Is it right to have a fixed charge for treatments," I submit the following, "Letting every man be happy in that which he alloweth." Are we not laboring to realize that "there is none beside Him"? "Servants we are to whom we yield ourselves servants to obey." Of course we all claim, as Scientists, to be the servants of God (Truth). Is it consistent then, as servants of Truth, to tax man for doing the "will of the Father"? Is it not showing a great lack of faith in the resources of Truth, to say to a patient: "I am laboring for Truth, and am a servant of God; but I want you to pay me for what has seemingly been done." I say seemingly, because "that which hath been is now and that which is to be hath already been." Having had experience in "trust," I would say that where a patient has seemingly owed me, and it seemed doubtful (according to sense) if I would ever be "rewarded" I held the thought: "Truth must take care of that." In every case where it was left fully with Truth, I was never disappointed. In other cases, that I felt sure would give, and so did not trust Truth to handle, I was invariably disappointed.
It seems in some cases (according to appearances by the which we are forbidden to judge) that it would be casting pearls before swine; but there are no such things in Truth. If it seemed so to me, it was my own picture.
Judas, a would be follower of Truth, said: "for so much, I will take you to Truth"; sold the Master for thirty pieces of silver, and afterwards went and hanged himself. Fit closing scene to such bargaining!
