In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes, "Christian Science presents unfoldment, not accretion; it manifests no material growth from molecule to mind, but an impartation of the divine Mind to man and the universe."
Science and Health, p. 68
Today we hear much about growth. Traditionally, certainly in a business and economic sense, this growth has been expressed in terms of accretion: the aggregation of material wealth, expanded production, and an increase in the gross national product. Today, however, a new assessment of the meaning of growth is becoming apparent. The quality of what is being achieved is beginning to be reckoned against mere quantity.
In a certain sense, the phases of attitude toward economic growth correspond to degrees of how individual students of Christian Science understand supply. At first the concept of growth is physical. There is a desire to satisfy certain basic human needs, and growth is measured in terms of increased material well-being. The pursuit of this goal often carries with it the expression of some of mankind's more depraved qualities, even though, in itself, the satisfaction of needs is not arguable.
