TO those who are struggling in the sea of mortal, limited thinking, Christian Science comes with the wonderful news that gratitude is a spiritual power which removes all error, for it brings to consciousness that loving, joyous presence of the power of God which gives the first glimpse of man's dominion.
Gratitude opens wide the door of human consciousness, and our lives become flooded with the light that leads into all good. Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, declares in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 1), "To kindle all minds with a gleam of gratitude, the new idea that comes welling up from infinite Truth needs to be understood." Gratitude must be cultivated. The advancing steps of spiritual growth place the sentinels of gratitude at every portal of thought. These sentinels—inspiration, happiness, and joy—hold guard against the beliefs of mortal mind and guide us into spiritual understanding, from which all blessings eternally flow.
Christian Science establishes the fact that God is All-in-all. It demonstrates the indisputable truth of the infinitude of good. So it is that the Christian Scientist, beginning with gratitude, finds his basis for reasoning, in the midst of all seeming odds, on the side of God, good. It is there that he learns through gratitude the allness of God, and this necessarily includes infinitude. Good, therefore, cannot be personally circumscribed or confined to any one place. It belongs to all of God's children, and the loving Father bestows it impartially on all.
