THE efficacy of gratitude in solving the problem of supply was demonstrated in the following experience.
A young student of Christian Science had become a member of a Christian Science branch church and, convinced that the organization in its every function was sacredly dedicated to healing, formed the habit of listening attentively to every word spoken from the desk in order to miss none of the message and thus to participate, each Sunday and Wednesday, in what was conceived of as a divine service to mankind of consecrated thought and desire.
Attention was particularly arrested one Sunday morning by the First Reader's announcement, "The collection today will be devoted to retiring the indebtedness of this church." As the collection baskets were passed by the ushers, a colloquy went on in the student's consciousness between doubt and desire: I have a coin and a bill in my purse. I desire greatly to contribute the bill to this collection against the church debt, but I have so many pressing personal debts it does not seem wise. I had better contribute the coin!
