Arrcmroitn MATrfrttrnrjNK aiiidkorp, omcnoN, wkiwkhimv, aiakoii w, um.
A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
BY
William R Rathvon, G & R.
On Tiifculnv eu'iiiim. Minch IM.! ,l w," w'Hlen In solltudu by :i
a CliiUlliui Hcilcuce Iceluiu huh ,t..hvoiimn wh- spiritual Inuring was
llu-ie.l In iliu .N'ntutoiliuu. 1W. i, . nemo enough lo raleh llm worilH tlml
H. Collins, Hiipvtiiitrn.huC .f Mn.'t bnn been speaking aloud to dull-
IhiiI NfliiHil.., Introduced thu leiilliur, r'mi mniiKiiiii over since lima im
Win. It. Kiillmm. A oiv liiiKt. ntMli;ftn' r" ",0,,4n,; ,,ml1 ,tt,,l" llur
nttentlvu nudleneo oHllinnluil nt 1301) ,,,r" W"H l,ot f"r h"r n," ' for
people, gave close attention lo tin. "" ,,'' f,,,l,,w '",,M- "vl "'"' "' "v"'
iq.euhtir, who apoko ns followss ,nu " " l0,,m "" mmn '0"",- "
, , . , , . Into sllenco tint it Ihu trees ran liuot
i.riHirc nil iniMinit m'leutc ny
William II. lliitlivon, U. H. II.
Member of tho lloiinl of Lectureship
of Tim Tirol Church of Christ,
Heltmttsl, of Hoilon. Muss,
Tim intelligent Htiiib or any m-i
euro nhoulil proceed by tint orderly
Hint of It tuxt boohs. Ill InwH ami
IIh ntntomeiiU thus lenrned nru to
In proved In the class room. In the
laboratory, or In tho Hold, an thu
tasn mny be..
Chrlstlnu Science, universal In It
llseftllliiw mid In IU availability In
likewise to bn learned from Hit text
book nitd then proved anil demon
strated In nil tho various nvenrTVs
tuicl activities of ovoryduy life, wher
nver in nu mingle with msn nr liU
lutcrt'AtH tench those, of Ills fellows
iicmihhh tiii: 111 itt.i:
(Jlirtstlnn Helunco linn but one text
book, "Hclotico nnd llenlth with Key
to thu Scripture" by .Mnry linker
Itdily, II Is not u lunik lo lm quick
ly rend or hastily thumbuil over as
olio would a shulluw novo). Nor I
It to Ik npproiirbed with bin m
prejudice If on ii would shuru IU
rluliotii bill IU truth muy lm proved
apil In turn Imparted by child or
mi K ti who tutus tin leal us with mi
npuii mind. Only the open flower it
In tlml calcium the. dew mid' yields
IU honey to tho Into.
It.ilnt oud luuer meet mi toiumun
ground, In thu page of thin remark
nblu book and though Its atari itll
iillko nt the Imttotu of the liuldui It
ulvra)n llflri up nud mnur drags
low ii. Tlmo nnd again Ha roierJ
liuvu been rudely torn open by nu
frlmidly hands In HMrah of phrase
to wrench from their context nud
with which to Hiiilto men of strati,
jet neither forcu nor deceit, tin
blundering of the bear ur the cun
ning of tbo fox can uvall to diver'
nr niippress lu tidings of comfort
nnd Joy.
It linn biH'ii assurled that Chris
t In ii SrleiitlnU plnci- their toxt book
nbovo tbo lllblo an the kiiUIo to
rlKlil'OUMicui. No otte can houuHtty
makn till iilli'KUtlon who Ii.ih read
thu book carefully, for ou pkc VJ7
of Hclenre nud lle.ilth nrn printed
tin-Mi wiirdu, tho flmt of n lurlcd I
(limits of our religien:
"Ah udhcreiiU of Truth n tulo
tho lunplriil Won) of tho lllbln nit
our Hiiffloleul guldu to ntcriml life."
What more cinplmtlr nnd explicit
necntluu of miioIi a charKo could bo
deltinuded?
Tho truth or Chrlntlan Hcleuro do
not originate lu tho book Holencn
nud Health. Thpy find cxpreNnton
tliern but their oHkIu I In Cod,
Tluiy havo nlwuj nxlitted nnd uill
forever nxUt. Whut effect, then, tt
mny bn nuked, doen the Mudy of thin
book havo upon tliono who hiivirpre
vloiuly liven lllblo Ntudnutn? ' Does
It itrpplnut the lllblo In their raver
enco nud nduilrntliiiiT In tho Hook
of bouku Iimi precious to ilium thnn
biiforo? Tho nnnvtur In, "No." On
the other baud Science nud Health
hnrmoiilxtui miiuy neuiulnK InrouKrii
ttlen In thu lllblo which hnvo.louK
perpluxed Inyiimn nnd thcoloKlam; It
explains apparent contradlctlona; I'.
illttdloM'H iincxpectud rlrheH; It kIvcb
utiw hlKnlflcauro to favorlto pan
hiikco, and brliiKH neglected onud
Into fnvor.
Tim Mtiuly and application of IU
(unuhliiKu by tlui.o Mho hno Ii.iA
little or no familiarity, with tho
Scripture linn mado tliein lllblo ntu
duulH nnd lllblo loveni. Tbo ouo
tlmo nthelut, thu tuuffor nnd tho
blniiphemer uro (IuiIIiik tho tloupol n
t reus u lu Iioiiho of Joy nud comiot:i
Hon whom) mill led doom hud been
burred iiKnlnut thnm until unlocked
by tho Key forKod by llm liiindu of
n uontlo wotimii who loved' nil mu
kind,, No other lumk lu modem
Hmeii Iiuh mado no ninny lllblo rend-
OIH,
Thu tuxt book of Christian Sclonco
wan kIvdii to thu world not to ox
pbilt a (henry, but to rulntu 11 din
co very; pot to uimel rnllKlomi, hut to
oHtnbllkdi Bnlvatlen: not to coufuiiud
iiintuiia mudlcK, but to nlinpllfy hcal
liiKj nut to coiideniii tho Hlnnor, but
to turn him nwny from bin wicked
iii'hh, that ho inlKbt 1 1 vu.
It coimvri brlUKlUK liberty, not
boudtiKul tolovnlton, not hlimtry; It
tulta llttlu of hull, but. much or (lod
nnd love, Kimiii cover to cover it
coiitaliiH not ono threat; not ouo
wonl of domination, dytinctlon or
vlllflcatlou of uuy innn'H modlcluo or
nny ninn'u rellKlnii, Km pntips teum
with love for (lod nnd man.
No man can rend It with nu open
heart, nud not bo n bettor man for
thu rondliiK! no borrowing ono ucud
iiihb U iuoKHa(,'ti pf comfort; nono
torluiod by pain or on f willed by ills
on no need cloito It In deHpnlr. Tho
plmplo may wither from II wlmUim;
llm vlu muy ttalu from It ttlmpllclt)
their enRrr lenven when they havo
the inraraKo of uprltitt to unfold
i;iiieiHou mm lu lila ony on
"Chiirniler." "Thvru wan n tlmu
when Chrlmlunlty ixlutud lu ouo
child," and It cnu be llkewlio aid
tlml there whn n tlmo whmi Clirlntlnu
Science exlnli'd In one devoted worn
nu. Hut she wan fnllhfiil lo hul
triut, and before kIMiik her dlncov
erv to the world aim t - led lnrltl
cnlly Him becamo n Clirlntlnu Kclenco
pnu-lll loner, (lie only otm lu nil tho
wirld, nud put her Science to tbo
toiiolmioiie or IimiIIiik tho clrt(. It
showed tn pure gold.
Then followed tho wrltliiK f her
boolt, Hcleiieif nud llenlth with Key
to tho Scripture." kIvIiik the sub
slnnti' of her discovery to the publlt
lu conctete nud iindemtandiibln form
Men may differ In their under
Rtaudliift of liisplralluu and rcel.
tUn nud mny liUKKle over their belnic
present day poHsinllltlos Thoy mil
en-u deny to woman the Miilrlttiul
pertM'ptton ncceded lo man. but nei
ther wrnriKlliiR nor disputatious nor
di'iiloU havo over hroiiKht to pmir
humanity thu nmrn or health or the
frnumuio of Ki-allluile. Thu book,
Krluurn nnd Health, ban itano both
lu KrnrloiiH profiikloii.
It bus fallen to my lot to have
known Its author Intimately lu the
lust few wir of hur oarthly notlvltv
One Novembur day lu nux, Mrs. 1M
dy called mo to hor aide from my
homo lu Colorado to become u mom
ber of this historic household nt
Chestnut Hill which aim once pub
licly denlKlintod ' the happiest group
of Christian Scientists on earth." 1
was privileged to share her dully
counsels for nioro thnn two yenrt.
nnd from tho tlmo of my first half
botir'n henrt-tn-heart talk with her,
down to the afternoon, when stand
ing nt her ldo I saw hor marvelous
hnndn shape hur Inst written words,
"(lod Is my life." I Imvo never wa
vered lu my conviction that she ban
been tho chosen evangel of Truth.
Intrusted with those good tidings of
great Joy Hint havo bevn waiting
man's readiness slnro the daya wh'in
Jesus trod thu dusty fields of Syria,
nud sailed thu blue waters or Onlllee.
Thu establishment ur a grunt re
ligious organltatlou whoso ifbo
growing branches belt the globe, (he
lur.tallatlon of u almplo form of ser
vice whloll fills tliono churches twice
each week with throngs of worship
pers who are drawn uelthur b
miielc, clonueiice. nor smisntlonnl
MTinnnlilug; thu hutldlug up of f
flclciit ngenck'ii nnd Institution for
tho dUscmliinllun and protection of
n radically new system of ethics; nud
Dm launching of u groat metropoli
tan dally In' the lularvstn of clean
Journalism whoso mucccks has set
new mark In the newspaper world
theso tilings or nny of them would
glvn eminence to thu life-work of
tbo most ambitions of men. To a
modest woman, Mary linker Kddv.
bolongH tho credit of thnm nil.
Hut tbusu nulilovomouts, grand .is
they are. webbed little with hr
compared with tho Trulla or bcr con
vccrnlud etulonvors 1o brlnu more
and in ore of in-nrn on earth nnd good
will (o men, nnd to guldn u. to a
itearer nud nmro pructlcal under
standing of tho Knthnrhood or Hod
nnd thu hrothorhood of man Thu
npplausu of men, llko tbolr nbiiao
nud coudumuutlou, she brimlicd nuldo
ur t'obwuliH wlum she wrnt onco nu-
mired of thu npprovut of Cod.
I could by thu hour ivcltu to ou
Incldeutn or Mm. Kddy'n wisdom ami
hiignclty, nud hur rourngo ami slond
rastuesH, of her wit and humor, of
hur lovo for little chlldrcu nud her
dullght lu tho beautiful, of tho In
oxprosalhlo clinrm or her iiinuuer nnd
tho eloquenco or hor voice, but It is
not or tliern) thliiHH that nho would
havu mo upoak.
It wan hur doslm nlmont dully
exprouHml- Hint hur followmu should
disregard her porsounllty nud ill
ih'onH thnlr thoucbt to thu thlngH of
(bid which alio ban dlHclosod to
thum. Slut woujd Imvo im utudy hur
IkiqUh nud not hor perminiillty. Hlio
would luivu nit know hur by What elio
wroto nnd not by how hIio looked.
Vonra ago, shn Instructed bur vtu
doutfl to follow hur only an alio fol
lowed Christ, and though alio wiih n
ruru l.undur ho wmi an Ideal fol
lower of all Hint la truly good.
(100 AH I'ltlNCH'l,!!
Miiu'h comprohuublou of thu prob
lems of life la to bo moiiHiirod by his
iimlerHlnudlng of Hod. lie holiln t.
contrary nnd widely divergent bo
llefH about (lod nud hence bin Inter
prutatlonH or llfo io conflicting and
discordant, If ho concedes to Hod,
tho primal cuimo of all being, llllnv
Itnblo power Omnipotence- -mid II
lluiltnblu knowledge Omnluclouc',
mid lu tho next breath ntlrlbules loiof mjcrotloii, of circulation nnd of
Him tho uffllulloos nud dlmistfint of fipeech. And If of tli'.xo why not of
human vxperlaiico. ho Is scltlng up a
god or good nud evil, or bcunvolouc"
nnd crunliy, whom ho mny try lu
love but Is bound to fear.
TIih niithropomorphlc Idea of (lod
(is. u iniiii-llke bolnii of human at
trlbutvs nud iiualltles enormously
magnified, n horltngo of mythology,
handed down to ns through genera-
tloiis of orthodoxy, In repudiated lu
Christian Science. I'or Its definition
of Hod, Christian Silence, consistent
ly turns to tho Scriptures,
In our rontetnplntion of Deity, wo
nru thus led lo lift our thought from
effect to Cause; from tho thing cre
ated to tho creator, from Idea to
Principle. Thus wn come to under
stand Hod' to bo the Infinite person
ality without corporeality, llm Prin
ciple of all trim being, thu supreme
good, the sotnu yesterday, today nnd
"forever, "In whom Hutu Is no vari
ableness nultber shadow of turning,"
lu contemplating Hod as Infinite
Principle, we find our life problems
must bo worked out according to this
unerring Principle, of lining, or they
will be failures, precisely as failure
follows tho work of thu student lu
algobrn, who Ignores the principled
of miithcmntlcN. Thu mistake wo
make lu llfo nnd their afflictive re
sult nru duu to our Ignorance of
Principle, or to our disregard of thu
laws ex pricing Principle, and lu till
cnseii ure nsslguablo to our own
shortcomings and never In Principle
ItMiIf. Tho duplornblo mistake In
UMU's history wtiich he ileslgiuiUs as
sink net and niifforlug nml failure
and disaster will diminish In frc
liiency and virulence us lie applies
himself to gntu n butler understand
ing of divine Principle, and persists
In using that understanding lu the
affairs or his everyday llfo. Ho must
give It exprcwil m to thu limit or hla
lognltlon, for n principle tiuexprcH
ml lit n fiitHu ns n theory untried.
Christian Science Htunds beforo tbo
world ns n demonstrable religion.
ouo Hint la to be lived, nut merely
believed. Thu stnndnrtl or profic
iency for the Clirlntlnu .Scientist la
not how much he bolleies. but how
much or Hint belief he Is using In hi
dull) llfo. In bis dealings with hi
fellow men nud In thu sanctity or tils
Innermost thoughts.
Hunco It Ik Hint thcro I no suoli
thing as n puruly tlieorutlcul Chris
tian Scientist. No man ran become a
Christian Scientist by merely believ
ing lu the teaching of IU text-book
without practising thorn. Wo arc
Christian Sclcntlsu only as wo put
Into constant practise our knowledge
nr our religion, bn that knowlcdgo
great or tumil. Wu niv Christian
BolentUU only ns wu nru kind nnd
helpful lu thought nnd deed; only nit
wu think health nnd tnllc health In
stead of dlsensn vtnd dUaster. Wo
nru Christian SclontUts only n wo
say to evil meiitnl suggestion, "Peace,
be still!" Only uh wo nro loving nud
roiirageoim and resoluta and un
swerving In our warfare against sin,
slckncff nnd death.
IIOUV'S ItlvSPONSi: TO MIXIl
It In often charged against Chris
tian Scientists because they rely
wholly upon Mind that they do not
"do anything" for thu nick. When
thu uvurugu mnii considers thu nreda
of a sick ponton, his thought at once
turns to tho medicine linttlo nud ho
believe there In nothing being done
lor the sick mnu utiles ho Is mndo to
swallow Homethlug. According to
iIiIh pttrumptory opinions, the sick
man should bo treated with some
thing that he cnu tneto or smell
or feel, bomotlilng tlml seizes
can porcolvu, OtherwlBo ".No t Ii
Iiik Is being done for him.'
He may lull you Hint attempt
ing to cimngo tuu couuitiou or n
innu'a body through mind alone 'a
foolishness. And yet this sumo In
telligent citizen will readily admit
that u mnu'n body commonly and fre
quently undergoes muldcu nud very
marked clmngen dun entirely to men
ial causcH. lie will admit that mill
unler will flow from hht eyes If ho Is
subjected to grunt grief. That autl
dun fenr will produce cold perspiration-
That auger wilt cnusu tho race
to flush or pnlu, tho henrt to thump,
tho volco to change.
Now grief, anger nnd tho llko uro
obviously mental, but because their
effect ou tho body la at ovcry-dny oc
currence, na commonplnco aa eating
nnd drinking, tho livssou thoy disclose
la lost upon tho man who hastens to
ceuauro Christian Science for nchtuw
lug what ho atylca tho Impossible,
yet which bna been n part of him
slum tho day when uh a crying Infant
hu on bin mother'a arm shod his first
team.
If then It Is conceded that tho state
or mind may disturb thu Bt'cretlnus,
canning tho (oars .to flow; or that tho
statu of mind mny quicken tho action
of the heart, tunmlng the blood to
rush to tho face, or nwny from tt; or
If thu statu of mind can utfoct thu
qrgmiu of tho throat, causing huskl
ness, then It la plain that the state of
mind nmv ho ilield acrounlnhlu for
other organs of the body7 If chang
ing grlor'lnlo Joy will stop tho flow
of I cars, ur In other words If -a
change of thought will change the
flow of fluid to the eyes, why will
not a chnugH or thought change the
flow or fluid to Hie stomach? Is It
not moro rational then to treat
dyspepsia with mind than with tab
loids and powder?
And so It Is with nil othur bodily
dlseascA and derangements, they Imvo
one nnd all responded tu the curative
Influence of Mind, administered lu
ChrUHnu Science,
Jesus proved for all tlmo nud foi
all Christendom that the origin of
disease was mental and ho healed It
with mental medicine. Hu gavo
himself no concern about physi
cal symptoms, but hu destroyed what
caused thnm. He cared little about
what thu nick man had been eating,
but much about what ho had been
thinking. Hu said tn m many words,
"It Im not that which goeth Into n
man which defllcth him." When be
healed tho sick ho gate no parting
directions about diet and rest, but on
nt least ono occasion said, "Sin uo
morn lest n worse thing come unto
thee," thus Indicating thu mental
origin of tho disease. The sick wero
healed by him through spiritual un
derstanding, not by human will.
Christian Science, similarly relying
wholly upon illilno Principle, Iiuh no
relationship with will power, mentnl
science, hypnotism, mesmerism, auto
suggestion, thought transference,
spiritualism or uuy of thu other cult
or schools which rely wholly or In
pnrt upon thu Influcnco of ono human
mind or human will upon another.
These aru essentially adverse to the
teachings of OhrUtlan Science where
in thu human mind and thu human
will nru mndo wholly subordinate
and aubsorvlent to tho divine Mind,
thu will f God. Success In Christian
Science Is only attained as fallible
human mentality In eliminated. This
Implies self-denial, tho denial of the
human sense of Bolf, and thu affir
mation or nil kckhI, nud Ik n condi
tion to which nil jnust come sooner
or Inter. "A I llvo, salth tho Lord,
every knee shall bow, nnd every
tonguu shall confe-su to Hod."
iiKiti:.rn:it
Jn considering tho Immortality of
man ono is confronted, by tho iuok
tlons, "What of tho hereafter? How
mil I to regard tho change callad
death? What and where la heaven?
Christian Science makes direct an
swer to theiKi very natural questions.
That which Im called death, though
ulwayH an enemy and finally tobo
overcome, na tho lllblo declare, Is uo
moro to bo feared than la sleep. In
tbo present atato of our development
both nro Incidental to tho experience
of mankind; both Interfere for tho
time with man a activities; and tho
awakening alike In. both cases
will, wn believe, show nu substantial
chango In Individuality or advance
ment, Tho gates of heaven do not
awltiK open at thu (ouch ot death,
but aru to be entered by right think
ing and rlsht living, hero nud here
after.
The work ot regeneration and ref
ormation left unrinlshed hern wilt
havo to bo done hereafter. Tho stir
ring coniiuutid, "Work out your own
salvation," follows us whorever wo
may bo and through whatever
changes we pass. Death doea not
alloucu It nor modify Its demands.
Lovo of lire, not rear of death, is lu
Christian Science tho great incentive
to action and achievement.
Tho Isles or tho blest ot thu an
cients, thu Klyslan fields of (ireek
ami Latin mythology, thu seven heav
ciiK or Hebrew caballum, thu battle
plains of tho belligerent Norsemen,
thu happy hunting grounds or thu
American Indian all express belief lu
u placo of happluobs after death por
trayed lu a wldelv differing Imagery.
All of them, Pagan nnd Jew, Greek
nnd barbarian, Norsemun and Indian,
Mohammedan and Hindu, unite in
lualiitalului; thai heaven btuuds for
futurity, thai Its portal Is death, Its
threshold la mystery. And now cornea
Clirlntlnu Science proclaiming lu thu
worda of Jesuit that thu kingdom or
heaven la at hand lu hero mid now
attutuable. It declurea that wo do
not gain heaven by dying, but by
right living; that doath Is nut thu
gntu to n far-off paradise, but Hint
heaven la within our reach todaj
mid Hint wo get little or much ot tt
us wo conform our Jtvvs, our
thoughts mid deeds, to Hod's otorunl
liiwa.
Christian Sclonco puts mldo tho
mythologlc Idea ot heaven ns a place.
and shows It to bo n state or condi
tion of mind. It follows, therefore,
that Its attainment depends upon thu
mental procoMtcs or tho Individual,
lu other words, It affirms that light
thinking leading to right living Is
tho suro passport to houvou. Turn
lug to tho life of tho great "exemplar,
Jesus the Christ, wo find In him tho
tdonl thinker whoso thoughts nnd nc-
other dcningomenta of thu organs t'"'18 conformed Invariably to the
law or (Jod -Spirit touching light
ly upon mnttiif und things material
only ns tolerated concomitants or hla
dwelling on earth among men.
Ilul his henvcuward thoughts were
not those ot the Inert mystic, or tho
cell-bound monk. They ripened
quickly Into action nnd touched his
fellow men with tho nrdor or regen
crutlOn. Hla thought wro about
(lod, hence they brought lasting good
to mnu. They were of heavenly law,
nnd so brought order out of earthly
chaos. They wero or holiness,
wholeness and hence health nttended
his footsteps. No surer rond to
hoaven can bo found than thu trail
he blazed for us In the wilderness ot
human boilers, for though narrow tt
Is straight nud (hero Is shelter all
along the way.
Most men have found tney can get
ull they want of heaven's antithesis,
hell, right here on earth, and there
nro many who believe they have a!
ready had moro than their share of
It, nud perhaps they have. Hut they
should know that It does not come
from tho hand of Hod. Sin brings
Its own punishment. It has been
truly said that man Is not punished
for his sins, but by his sins. Hy sin
Is meant what Paul defines as trans
gression of the Inw, whether duo to
man's Ignorance or Hod's law or to
his willful disobedience or It. The
child who, through Ignorance or dis
obedience, picks up n plcco or hot
Iron surfers because of his Ignorance
or disobedience. His loving father
hns had nothing to do with his suf
fering, und "Our Father which art
in heaving," loving every ouo of His
children, t-endn upon them neither
pain nor penalty. Prom Him com
eth only tho "good and perfect
girt."
How necessary, then, It Is for our
salvutlon, for our health, for our
safety and our well-being to under
stand HoiI'h spiritual laws that we
may obey them. Many of us for
years sought this understanding In
tho churches and out ot them, seek
ing peace of mind nud health or
body nnd rinding neither until we
turned to Christian Science, where
wo found them both nnd with them
gatued a measure of tho understand
ing ot God that has transformed our
lives.
I.OVK vs. ki:. II
Thcro Is a short nnd cheering
mesingo that Christian Sclcnco has
to deliver to all who havo cars to
hear. It Is not a now message. It
has reassured tho children of men
ever elnco they first felt tho chill of
rear. Tho loving -mother encourag
ing her toddling Infant, tho gallant
captain cheering his men to greater
ynlor. the gentlo Savior quieting his
affrighted disciples, all u.o it. That
nicssngo is, "Do not afraid."
Christian Scleuce emphasizes tho
fact that when fear Is eliminated
from tho comclousuess ot tho sick
mau no matter what the nature of
his Illness he hns taken a long step
toward recovery. It declares also
that pcoplo who arc habitually tree
from fear, worry, anxiety, apprehen
sion and the like, nil ot which are
tho children ot fear, are far less sus
ceptlblo to Illness and mlsfortuno'
than others. It has uncovered In
fear au agency ot evil, an enemy or
lteulth, u destroyer ot peace and a
bar to man's progress heavenward.
It Is nut to bo wondered, then, that
tho elimination ot fear from human
V'onscloubness Is au Important feat
ure ot the mlbslon ot Christian
Scleuce.
Frequent!) It is said, "It is all well
enough to buy do not bo afraid,' but
how am I to gut rid ot fear and worry
nnd anxiety? I use nil tho will
power nud determination I can com
mand, jet I do not get rid ot worry.
It comes lu about us fast as I drive
It out."
Attempting to get tho mnstory ot
fear and worry by will-power nlone
Is llko trying tn bout back thu oceuu
with u baseball but, or trying to
ehnsu clouds away with u broom.
You cannot get rid of them by fight
ing them, but you can readily gut out
of their reach by rlnlug higher. Tho
waves of fear and tho mUta ot worry
do not extend upwards ami if you
will but climb to tho hllltup or suU
le.snoss where Lovo stands waiting
to welcome you with outstretched
bauds, you will no longor bo buffet
ed by fear or befogged by worry. For
centurlcH St. John has been telling
this to tho world tn theso words,
"Perfect lovo cubtoth out fear."
In that perfect lovo muy rear-tor-mouted
man find u panacea that Is
trou as thu nlr, as animating as thu
aunrlso and ns dependable, as tho
tldos ot tho sea. Perhaps tho near
est simllltudu to perfect lovo is an
unspoiled child, and when you find
such a Jewel you may uoto such an
ibsencu of fenr lu thu llttlu onu that
Is both a delight and robuko to those
of Us "grown-up" who havo so much
to unlearn beforo wo can "bocomo as
Httlo children.' Our human Bense
ot love, fluu though It bo, must bo
broadened, purified, unsolfed nnd
Just In proportion as this Is dono It
In to bo relied upon ns tho complete
nntldoto of fear.
As tear, thnn Is seen to bo tho cause
of so many or tho afflictions of mor
tals, so lovo Is to bo known ns tholr
remedy. It we would havo less ot
worry, anxiety, apprehension and tho
Ills they Invito wo must bo more lov
ing; Hint Is tu say, the moro of God,
perfect Love, we bring Into con
sciousness and mnke manifest In our
dally lives, the less ot fnr can enter.
I.OV0 for God and man Is tho ono
Indlspenslbln element of all true nnd
lasting success. Tho world of today
Is stow to rise to tho appreciation of
this great truth. Tbo world ot com
merce, ot Industry, of the profes
sions Is stilt constructing It various
undertakings out ot tho raw materi
als ot cnercy. determination, skill
nnd enterprise, each of which is
measurably useful (n lu particular
channel, but all arc lacking In the
one essential needed to make them
enduring and truly beneficent. That
ono thing needful Is love for Cod
and man.
Did you over consider how our
great cities are mado up of buildings,
largo nud small, each constructed by
laying ono brick on top of another
until their walls tower upward nnd
tho streets stretch out for miles?
And did you ever consider how all
this Is iKisslblo only through the uni
versal usu of that commonplace and
homely material known as mortar?
How tbeso miles ot walls would tot
ter nud crash to tho ground If tho
countlesu millions of pieces which
composo them wero not cemented to
gether hy tho mortar that binds ev
ery brick and stono
So It Is with our thoughU, our ac
tions, our endeavors. They aro brick
nnd stones out of which our lives arc
constructed, llowovcr well shaped.
howovcr carefully laid they may bo,
unless they aro bound abovo and be
low with tho cement ot lovo for God
and man, they may In tlmo tumble
into n tangled mass ot mediocrity
llko mortarlcss bricks. Ilut when
laid with tho cement ot lovo Into tho
structure of our lives, they wilt pro
tect nnd shelter and beautify tho af
fairs ot nil who enter them.
DIKCOUIUtfKMKXT
Christian Sclcnco bring tho Truth
lo human comprehension, gives free
dom from whatever enslaves and
thus bestows mental, moral and phys
ical liberty, In the process ot liber
ation it sifts out certain pernicious
practices and propensities, generally
regarded ns harmless, but which art
tn bo shunned an allies of evil. It
shows us that we have Indulged In
moods and Inclinations that wo be
llore wero guileless, It not commend
able, but wero In reality neither wlso
nor harmless. Wo find wo havo been
warming in the incubator of our fa
vor the eggs of serpents that we be
lieved belonged to doves. Perhaps
tho most common ot dlseasc-invltlng
habits or thought Is discouragement.
I daresay we have all been on inti
mate terms with It one tlmo or an
other, and whllo we have never round
It cheerful company, wo havo not
looked upon It as a sinister visitor.
Yet that Is Just what Christian
Science shows It to be.
Discouragement wears tho invisi
ble livery or evil and Is constantly
and consistently working for Its mas
ter. It la always pulling down and
never building up.
Did you over know auy ono to uc-
compllali anything worth whllo when
lu tho grip ot discouragement? It
paralyzes effort, btupefies thought
and dissipates purpose.
Thoro Is n, ridiculous side also to
tho condition of tho man who Is iuod
tally sick ubed with a bad case ot
discouragement. Ho Is only happy
when hu la miserable; tho worse ho
feels the bettor hu likes It; tho
things that pleaso him most uro thu
things that do not plenbe him at ull.
Ho is coutluually stumbling Into thu
two extremes of soU-Justlticatlou and
self-condemnation. Iloth ure bad;
both uro modeled after plans drawn
in tho devil's workbhop; both aro ob
structive to progress. Solf-condom-nation
digs a hole; bolf-Justlticatlon
sets up a pole, and no mau can go
very far In any right direction when
ho U either crouched In tho bottom
of a nolo or perched ou thu tonof
a polu, Mau Is oudowod with nobler
qualities than those of tho boasts ot
thu field or tho fowls ot tho nlr, and
ho must como qui of tho hola of solt
condemnation nud down from thu
polo ot solf-Justltlcatlou ou to thu
(evol ground of unpolled endeavor if
ho would progress in Christian
Scleuce.
Moro than nil or this Christian
Sclonco discloses that tho mau habit
ually discouraged Is not only an In
viting target for disease, but la al
ready striped with tho colors or un
bollof, for ho gloomily distrusts tho
powor and goodness of God himself.
This may stnrtle some ot you who aro
accustomed to lot yourselves bo rob
bod of your coiifaKedkeeurage
nnd to slide unresistingly Into thn bil
ious depths of the "blue" -when
things go wrong. Tho Christian
world Is full of Ood-feftrlng and
truth-loving peopto who yield readily
to discouragement because they hrs
not yet discovered where It cornea
from and what Is back tf ((, They
do not see that It Is but tho 4vRric
agent of ovll Itself. A familiar fable
of folk-loro will perhaps Illustrate
this point.
It wan onco announced that the
devil was going out ot business and
would offer all his tools for sale to
whoever would pay his price. On Hie
night of tho sale (hey wero ail at
tractlvely displayed, and a bad look
ing lot they were. Jfnllco, envy hat
red, Jealousy, scnsualiQr, deceit and
nil the other Implements of evil wore
spread out, each marked with tin
price. Apart from tbo rest lay a
harmless looking wedge-shaped tool,
much worn and priced higher than
nny of thorn.
So mo ono atked the devil what It
was. "That's discouragement." wan
tho reply. "Well, why do you hye
It priced so high?" "Because," re
plied tho devil, "It Is more useful to
mo than any of tho others. I, can
pry open and get inside a .man's con
science with that when I couldn't
get near him with iny of the others,
and when onco Inside I can uso him
lu whatever way suits ino best. It
Is so much worn becauso I use It
with nearly everybody, as very fow
pcoplo yet know that It belongs tu
me."
it hanlly need bo addd that the
devil's prlco for dtscouragemoflt was
so high that It was nevor sold. He
stilt owns It and ho a still using It.
Discouragement Is a stranger to
unselfishness. No man who faithful
ly trusts In tho omnipotence ot Geil
nnd the omnlpresenco of Love can
afford to allow discouragement tu
nrguo with hits for one minute.
Tho Christian Scientist, In his un
ceasing warfare against evil In every
form bIIowh discouragement no mora
foothold In his consciousness 'than he
docs to malice, hatred, envy or de
ceit. Ho Is freed from tho bondage
ot all ot them by knowing tbo trtuh
about God and man.
An ctfcctlvo plan to drive out. dis
couragement L to bring Into thought
somo measure of gratitude or praise.
There can always be found something
to be grateful for If wo will hunt for
It honestly and carncetly. The good
old-fashioned practice of counting
our blessings, tho things we have wo
would not like to do without, gener
ally brings gratitude to tho surfaco
for along every man's pathway In
llfo thore aro blooming tho sweet
flowors of gratitude and It 'he will
but stoop and pull one and wear It
ho will find IU fragrance a tnaglo
hdlspcllcr ot discouragement. Or It
tho day be cold and dreary and tho
flowers covered with snow, he can
find that warmth oi' soul which al-
ways banishes discouragement. It he
will but heed that part u a favorlto
passage ot Jesus from Isaiah, where
we are commanded to put on "tho
garmeut ot pratso for the spirit of
heaviness."
It nevor falls.
LIGHT AND D.UtKNKSS.
I havo thus far spoken s:oro ot tho
resulu ot Christian Science than of
Its methods. For the latter I would
have you consult the pages of Its
text-book "Sclonco and Health with
Key to tho Scriptures," by Mary
linker Hddy. You will not lay It
down with disappointment It you
take It up with sincerity.
Uut that you may carry away with
you tonight somo elcin.iiry precept
to test for yourselves, I would placo
beforo you this slmplu tact. The
Christian Science method of gottlng
rid or things that aro wrong Is to In
Introduce things that aru right. This
Is not fighting evil but destroying It.
It bus been provod In millions of In
stances that u wrong thought which
Is tho rather or u wrong action will
Invariably vanish Into nothingness It
you will but tutroduco a right
thought In Ua placo, God destroys
ovll -as surely and na quickly as light
destroys dnrkucbs, Homombor thut
for you will find it helpful It yqu nro
oyer disposed to try Christian Sclonco
tor yourselves. If you will associate
In your thought good with light, und
ovll with durkness you will havo be
foro you u flashlight gllmpso of tho
Impotence of ovll In tho presence .of
tho good. Not nH tho darknww lu
(ho uulvorsu cun extinguish the light
ot ono tiny lump. Wherovor It goes
t chases nway darkness, which U al
ways without power to wove, or even
to bo In tho presence ot light. Uo
with tho light ot good and the dark
ness ot ovll.
Tho comparison Is & good one, but
t Is not initio. You will find Itanaiiy
time In the pages of your Mlble. Ke
mombor then, it jp u will, that the
Christian Science Method of banish
ing ovll darkness Is to bring In
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