From UNITY MAGAZINE,  May, 1906,  pg. 296

“ON THE NEW BUILDING”

  We expect to be holding our meetings in the new building in about two weeks.

  The corner-stone dedication is to be held off until everyone has a chance to get in.  Some people think we are using this corner-stone proposition as an inducement to people to contribute.  Well, what if we are?  Is it not a good proposition?  Whoever contributes gets a place in the corner-stone of the first exclusively New Thought structure in the country.  It identifies you with the most powerful spiritual centre on this planet, and you are constantly in touch with higher planes of consciousness through us.

  We make this possible through our eternal spiritual vigilance.  Night and day  mighty mental and spiritual forces are being generated and sent forth into the race mind from this centre.  And those who identify themselves with us are enveloped in a great life-giving aura that perpetually imparts health, protection and prosperity.  Thus we are doing all people good, and our efforts in having many persons own the building are for their benefit.  The new Unity building will not be the property of any individual, but it will be owned by those who are contributing for it’s construction.

  Send your contributions to:

  Name and address of their building Fund Chairperson…... 

From WEEKLY UNITY,  May 19, 1910

  If we would put our emphasis on circulation rather than accumulation, we would find that much of our difficulty concerning supply would vanish.  If we would recognize the value of the principle of giving in place of the constant thought of getting, we would not so often find ourselves in poverty.  We need to make more frequent use of the extensor muscle, to open and reach out to one another, instead of constantly desiring to draw into ourselves.  We talk of being just, and fail of being generous.

      - C. B. Newcomb 

From WEEKLY UNITY,  April 28, 1910

ABOUT THE INCIDENTAL EXPENSES:

  Every Society has a few incidental expenses to meet even though it owns the building in which services are held.  Unity Society of Practical Christianity is in like necessity.  Light, heat, janitor service, music and repair bills must be met.  The janitor alone must have $5.00 per week.  Envelope collections are not quite up to the mark.  For the past three weeks they have averaged but about $5.00 a Sunday.  Let us take this matter up individually with ourselves and remedy the shortage. 

GOD’S ABUNDANCE

From “Keep a True Lent”  by Charles Fillmore

  God, being the giver of inexhaustible ideas of plenty, loves those who abandon themselves to a cheerful state of mind so that He may pour more abundance into their thoughts.  Then Paul says, “God is able to make all grace abound unto you: that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto good work.”

   The thought behind a gift is the real measure of it’s value and efficiency.  Jesus illustrated this when He called the attention of His disciples to the poor widow who cast two mites into the treasury, which was large in her estimation because it represented all her living.  It is what we think about our gift that gives it spiritual value and not the stamp on the coin.  This is illustrated by the story about the careless Scot who tossed a crown, thinking it a penny, into the collection plate.  He saw his mistake and asked to have it back.  The deacon refused and the Scot grunted, “Aweel, aweel, I’ll get credit for it in heaven.”  “Na, na,” responded the deacon, “ye’ll get credit for the penny.”….

 By the act of tithing, men make God their partner in financial transactions and thus keep the channel open from the source in the ideal to the manifestation in the realm of things.  Whoever thinks that he is helping to keep God’s work going in the earth cannot help but believe that God will help him.  This virtually makes God not only a silent partner but also active in producing capital from unseen and unknown sources, in opening up avenues for commercial gain, and in various other ways making the individual prosperous.  

A LETTER FROM MYRTLE FILLMORE

                                                      February 4, 1931

 Our dear….:

   We are glad that you are taking a firm, positive stand and refusing to admit that there is lack.  When you look with your all-seeing, all-discerning eye of faith, you see God’s abundance manifesting to meet every need of yours.  So practice seeing with this inner eye that beholds the eternal verities of being.  The more you exercise this eye, the better you will see with it.

   Of course, you know what to do!  Affirm and realize that God’s wisdom and good judgment, that were implanted in you from the beginning, are making your way illuminated and prosperous.

   You would not think of closing your eyes and walking around saying that you can’t see and don’t know where you’re going.  So why close your eye of omniscience by saying, “I do not know what to do”?  Repeatedly affirm that YOU DO KNOW!  That is the way to make your wisdom work for you and guide you in paths of plenty.

   You have some talent and capability, that, used to the glory of God and the honor of man, will bring you a rich reward.  There is something that you can do better than any one else can do it, and through the loving, efficient service you can render, you will fulfill a need in the world.  As you develop your inner resources and capabilities, the way is bound to open in the outer for you to “cash in” on your talents.

   When the way seems dark, pray for spiritual illumination and guidance, and bring all of your thought people into the light.  You will become a radiant center of light, joy, optimism, and people will want to have you serve them.  You will inspire success, for others will have confidence in you.

   Through the understanding of spiritual laws you have a potential “gold mine” to develop.

   God helps those who put forth the effort to use their faculties and abilities righteously.  We are God’s executives, and He needs man to make His good things manifest:  so each one of us is an avenue through which the Father works.

   We are praying with you and for you.

   “Great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt.”

                           Lovingly,

                                       Myrtle