Inspiration brings light everywhere it comes. When inspiration is present, everything springs into life, and everyone is conscious of a lifting up—a transformation from dullness and heaviness to the joy and enthusiasm that are essential elements of all church work. When ushering is performed inspirationally and unselfishly, it becomes an integral part of our churches' healing mission.
Do we always realize that what we permit in consciousness forms part of the mental atmosphere in church—either contributing by the spiritual quality of our thoughts to its healing efficacy or detracting from and materializing it with our worries, inattentiveness, and so on?
In the Glossary of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy defines "oil" as follows: "Consecration; charity; gentleness; prayer; heavenly inspiration." Science and Health, p. 592; When the lamps of our inspiration are filled with this pure oil, we individually express these qualities in our work as ushers.
