We are told that when the apostle John attained a great age he talked little; however, he frequently repeated the words: "Little children, love one another." When asked why he clung to this one thought tradition says he replied: Because it is the command of the Lord and if this is done, it is enough. In studying Christian Science it becomes more clearly apparent that, as Mrs. Eddy tells us in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 113): "The vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science, is Love. Without this, the letter is but the dead body of Science,—pulseless, cold, inanimate;" and on page 494 in the words so well known to every Christian Scientist she says, "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."
To one who, at the time of beginning this study, believed in many human needs, these words conveyed a vague sense of a kind Father who removed the unpleasant things from one's pathway and supplied the needful or desirable material things in a peculiar and unknown way; the person to be benefited having little to do except to trust.
The larger significance of these words was not discerned until a fuller understanding of Christian Science disclosed the fact that our experiences, circumstances, and conditions are determined by our own thinking and that our "needs" are always spiritual, not material. The removal from our thinking of the falsities of mortal mind, which would keep us from the realization of the allness of Love, is a great need, and as this is done, our other real needs are met.
