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The Couple Who Created A Debt-Free Spiritual Empire　

 

I want to end this book of mine with another story or two, and then a call to action.

The success of Unity Church is another case in point.

Founded in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, by Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Unity School of Christianity is the world headquarters of the Unity movement. After Mrs. Fillmore's remarkable healing using prayer and affirmations, many friends became interested in how she accomplished her healing miracle. From those small prayer circles in living rooms, Unity grew.

Charles and Myrtle Fillmore managed to raise all the money they needed to build and expand their new business. Today Unity Church is a community of people interested in the practical and prosperous messages of the divine. Today their reach expands the globe. They've done it with nothing, and remain debt-free.

It wasn't until 1942 that the real secret of the Fillmore's financial support was revealed. According to Charles Braden's book, Spirits In Rebellion, the Fillmores had created a now-famous "Dedication and Covenant" on December 7, 1892, that reads as follows:

We, Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore, husband and wife, hereby dedicate our selves, our time, our money, all we have and all we expect to have, to the Spirit of Truth, and through it, to the Society of Silent Unity.

It being understood and agreed that the said Spirit of Truth shall render unto us an equivalent for this dedication, in peace of mind, health of body, wisdom, understanding, love, life and an abundant supply of all things necessary to meet every want without our making any of these things the object of our existence.

In the presence of the Conscious Mind of Christ Jesus, this 7th day of December, 1892 A.D.

As Charles Braden goes on to explain in his book, "Unity has never put a price upon its services other than a nominal one, because of legal necessity, on its publications...Unity has given freely, and yet there seems always to be money available to meet any obvious need."

What greater proof do you need that trusting in the spiritual laws will provide all you will ever need?

And the greatest of these laws is giving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

创建无负债精神王国的夫妇

　

再有一两个故事以后，我就要结束这本书的写作，然后是一个“行动号召”。

“联合教堂”的成功就是我们要说的一个案例。

“基督教联合学院”成立于1889年，在密苏里州堪萨斯城，由 Fillmore 夫妇创建，是世界（基督教）联合运动的中心。由于 Fillmore 夫人使用祈祷和正向的慰言来医治疾病的神奇效果，很多朋友开始对她的治疗奇迹发生兴趣。从起居室里几个人组成的小小祈祷圈开始，“联合运动”创生了。

Fillmore 夫妇想办法筹集到足够的资金来建立和扩充他们的新业务。现在，联合教堂已成为一个对神性的实用性和财富性的信息感兴趣的人们的全球性社团。从白手起家发展到今天， 联合教堂一直没有任何债务。

直到1942年，Fillmore 的财经秘密才被披露。根据 Charles Braden 的著作《反叛中的灵魂》，Fillmore 夫妇在1892年12月7日，创立了一个现在已经众所周知的“奉献与承诺”，它是这样宣言的：

我们，Fillmore 夫妇，丈夫和妻子，特将我们自身、我们的时间、我们的金钱、我们的所有和我们将要拥有的一切，奉献给真理的圣灵，并通过祂，奉献给“寂静联合”社团。

如下是我们共通的认可：真理的圣灵，将因我们的奉献，佑护我们，给与我们心灵的宁静，健康的体魄，智慧、理解、爱、生命，以及所需要的一切，而无需我们将 彼中的任何事物作为我们生命存在的目标。

在耶稣基督的圣灵面前，公元后1892年，12月的第7天。

正如 Charles Braden 在书中解释的那样，“除了象征性的收取一些用于出版发布所必需的合法的费用外，联合教堂从来没有因它的服务要求过其他的费用。联合教堂总是无条件的给与，但它又总是能够得到足够的资金来满足各方面的需要。”

难道你还需要什么其他更为强力的证据，才能相信，那神圣的精神定律将会供给你所需要的一切？

而其中最伟大的定律就是布施。

 
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