Life Lost ~ A life of taking ~ Subtracts & Divides ~ Material & 
Fidelity 
No Excellence without Labor
There is no excellence without labor; and the time
6 to work, is now. Only by persistent, unremitting, straight-forward toil; by turning neither to the right nor to the left, seeking no other pursuit or pleasure than that which
9 cometh from God, can you win and wear the crown of the faithful.
That law-school is not at fault which sends forth a
12 barrister who never brings out a brief. Why? Because he followed agriculture instead of litigation, forsook Blackstone for gray stone, dug into soils instead of delv-
15 ing into suits, raised potatoes instead of pleas, and drew up logs instead of leases. He has not been faithful over a few things.
18 Is a musician made by his teacher? He makes himself a musician by practising what he was taught. The conscientious are successful. They follow faithfully;
21 through evil or through good report, they work on to the achievement of good; by patience, they inherit the promise. Be active, and, however slow, thy success is sure:
24 toil is triumph; and — thou hast been faithful over a few things.
The lives of great men and women are miracles of pa-
27 tience and perseverance. Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
Mis Writings 340: 5-29 ~ Mary Baker Eddy
Work – Work – Work – Watch & Play
The Song of Christian Science
The song of Christian Science is, "Work — work — work — watch and pray." The close observer reports
9 three types of human nature — the right thinker and worker, the idler, and the intermediate.
The right thinker works; he gives little time to society
12 manners or matters, and benefits society by his example and usefulness. He takes no time for amusement, ease, frivolity; he earns his money and gives it wisely to the
15 world.
The wicked idler earns little and is stingy; he has plenty of means, but he uses them evilly. Ask how he
18 gets his money, and his satanic majesty is supposed to answer smilingly: "By cheating, lying, and crime; his dupes are his capital; his stock in trade, the wages of sin;
21 your idlers are my busiest workers; they will leave a lucrative business to work for me." Here we add: The doom of such workers will come, and it will be more sudden,
24 severe, and lasting than the adversary can hope.
The intermediate worker works at times. He says:
"It is my duty to take some time for myself; however, I
27 believe in working when it is convenient." Well, all that is good. But what of the fruits of your labors? And he answers: "I am not so successful as I could wish, but I
30 work hard enough to be so."
1 Now, what saith Christian Science? "When a man is right, his thoughts are right, active, and they are fruitful;
3 he loses self in love, and cannot hear himself, unless he loses the chord. The right thinker and worker does his best, and does the thinking for the ages. No hand that
6 feels not his help, no heart his comfort. He improves moments; to him time is money, and he hoards this capital to distribute gain."
Mess. 1900:2:7-3:8 ~ Mary Baker Eddy 