HEAVY financial obligations to meet in a few days, and only five cents in view with which to meet them — this was the situation suddenly confronting a student of Christian Science. How was this erroneous condition to be corrected?
A similar position, as recorded in II Kings, was remembered. A widow was being summoned for debt. She appealed to Elisha, the man of God. He called the woman's attention to that which she already possessed and commanded her to make use of it. In reply to Elisha 's question, "Tell me. what hast thou in the house?" she said, "Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil." The prophet then bade her borrow her neighbors' empty vessels, and pour into them the oil which she already had.
In the Christian Science textbook. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy makes this arresting statement (p. 54): "All must sooner or later plant themselves in Christ, the true idea of God. That he might liberally pour his dear-bought treasures into empty or sin-filled human storehouses, was the inspiration of Jesus' intense human sacrifice."
