DEBT is a world problem. Undoubtedly the right concept of supply can solve this problem. Paul says, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." And our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, indicates certain footsteps toward this fulfillment in the following beautiful and comprehensive words, to be found in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany: (p. 114): "Christian Science teaches: Owe no man; be temperate; abstain from alcohol and tobacco; be honest, just, and pure; cast out evil and heal the sick; in short, Do unto others as ye would have others do to you."
To "owe no man any thing" is to be free from indebtedness to any person for anything. But what, from the standpoint of Truth, do we owe our brother? To love one another, as admonished by Paul; and this requires definite spiritual effort. Are we holding thoughts of gratitude and of appreciation? Are we realizing the fullness of God's supply whereby to meet the mortal belief of poverty, sorrow, sickness, and sin? To love another is to recognize him as in reality God's spiritual child. It is to know that God is his abundant source of supply, even as He is ours. Then, in obedience to the Golden Rule, do we meet all our financial obligations in the same friendly spirit in which we would desire others to meet their obligations to us, lovingly, gratefully, and as promptly as possible?
That debt is no new problem we note in the story of David's escape from Saul's anger and jealousy, when "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them." No doubt a present-day multitude would welcome a way of escape from debt, together with the distress and discontent which usually accompany it. The trouble is that mortals look principally and often solely to personality or materiality for relief, instead of to Principle. A most important lesson for those having much or little in the way of material riches is contained in Paul's instruction to Timothy: "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy."
