THE problem of lack is as old as human history. When Christ Jesus said, "Ye have the poor always with you," was he not recognizing a prevalent and accepted condition of mortal experience? And his words are equally true when their meaning is enlarged to include the sick, the sinful, the sorrowing, the dying. Belief in the finite or limited is, indeed, the seeming cause of all human difficulties. The sick lack health; the poor lack wealth; the sorrowing lack happiness; the dying lack a proper sense of Life. The prevailing systems of religion, medicine, and political economy are so many human attempts to solve the problem of lack.
Whence arises this troublesome belief? Mortal mind, so called, has made lack synonymous with deficiency of supply, and has erected partly upon this basis the science of economics. The present state of the world, however, reveals this basis to be erroneous, for, in spite of the abundance of material commodities, there is still a grievous sense of lack among countless individuals. A noted educator has said, "Half the world is starving to obtain the goods the other half is starving to dispose of." Lack of demand is now seen to be as great an evil as lack of supply; and this is true of every condition in which lack may appear to be manifested. Indeed, lack of balance between supply and demand is one of the great problems facing the world to-day.
In Christian Science may be found the solution for every problem, whether it be individual, national, or world-wide in its scope. Christian Scientists realize that, while the problem may involve material conditions, the remedy is spiritual, and can be applied by mental processes alone. In other words, they know that the application of spiritual truth to discordant material conditions restores harmony.
