After I had taken Christian Science class instruction, I felt the need of studying the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy in depth. I wanted to be obedient to the Manual by applying its By-Laws in my everyday activities. One By-Law from the section "Discipline," titled "Church Periodicals," arrested my attention. It reads: "It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church". Man., Art. VIII, Sect. 14.
Somehow I had always thought of this as only meaning if I could afford it. But now it came clearly to my thought, I can afford to subscribe. It seemed clear to me that it wasn't enough for my husband to subscribe to the periodicals for us both. Although I was no longer employed outside the home, I determined that, as an active, privileged, and dutiful member of The Mother Church, I could make the demonstration to pay for my own subscriptions.
I studied references from the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings on supply, abundance, amplitude, and economy. This study made me feel closer to God as the real source of supply.
