THE observance of Labor Day in the United States serves to remind us of the debt we owe to those individuals whose efforts contribute to our necessities and comforts. All who labor for the good of others occupy an important place in a progressing social order and share in a genuine appreciation of all that is implied in the observance of Labor Day.
Men direct their efforts largely to caring for the temporary, physical needs of the people, but of even more importance are the moral and spiritual needs. Christ Jesus brought this out clearly when he counseled (John 6:27), "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you."
It is toward making this latter sustenance available to the people that Christian Scientists devote their prayerful efforts. They utilize the power of spiritual understanding to rule out of human thought the attitudes and fears that are responsible for the difficulties that confront all men, difficulties that must be met and overcome if they are to lay hold of "that meat which endureth unto everlasting life."
