To paraphrase an old saw, one could say that mankind work from sun to sun but their work for God is never done. Does one in his golden years dare to sit down, fold his hands, withdraw from active living with the rationalization, "My work is done; I now live on borrowed time"? To whom would he be listening—to God, divine Mind, or to mortal mind? It is error that whispers such insidious thoughts.
Is man's unfoldment directed toward a terminus? Is man's life-span like the apple that appears first as a bud, then as a blossom, and finally as the seed-bearing fruit that falls to the ground to decay? If man's development is directed toward such an end, then the Scriptures, which tell us, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them,"Gen. 1:27; cannot be true.
The fact is that man does not grow according to a chronological sequence; he is not organic. Man is spiritual, complete. Studying the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings shows that man exists at the permanent point of perfection, no matter what mortal mind hears, sees, or says.
