"IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High." So sang the Psalmist long, long ago; and today, as we read his words, filled with vitality, we are inspired to look up and rejoice, and to turn away from anxiety and fear. They recall the many times we have proved that truly "it is a good thing to give thanks" to God, and to praise Him in joyful song.
The Bible abounds in records of the triumph of Truth when song and praise arose in the hearts and on the lips of the faithful ones, sore-pressed by difficulties that beset their progress. How quickly the walls of Jericho fell when the intrepid army commanded by Joshua had encircled them for the seventh time on the seventh day, "and the people shouted with a great shout"!
Do we sometimes look long at what seem to be adamantine barriers to our progress, arguing that the problem is too difficult, that we are not strong enough to overcome the obstacles, that our own store of understanding is too small to make any impression on so large a demand? If success depended solely upon human effort, we might well be dismayed; but power belongs to God, and successful achievement is the sure reward of intelligent and unwavering trust in God's law, unfolding His purpose to our active and awakened consciousness. Our dear Leader, Mrs. Eddy, writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 494), "Jesus demonstrated the inability of corporeality, as well as the infinite ability of Spirit, thus helping erring human sense to flee from its own convictions and seek safety in divine Science."
