The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-07

with the architect. but rather pray for
clearer sight.
have a strong conviction that the
reign of suffering is simply cOeval with
the reign Of ignorance. our suffering
viii come To- an end when our knowledge
Of physical and spiritual laws becomes
enlarged. That God DEGREES sickness
is to me unthinkable. The Christ who
was in the counsels of the Most High
had perfect body. through whose port
ais. barred and bOlted by his God-like
nature. disease could not force an en-
trance. His faith and knowledge We're
the equivalent Of Wilderness. His
thoughts repealed the invasion Of bodily
pain And I'm like manner j cannot con-
ceive Of bodily ailments among the an
eeIs. on whose lives the shadow of the
Throne falls like sunlight on a garden
I When. therefore, what we call the
millennium arrives-that far-off age in
which we shall utilize all the laws Of
the universe as we now utilize electrici-
~, and come to be in harmony with the
environment which goodness, wisdom
and power have created-we shall live
in perfect health and die in a painless
sleep. The machinery of the body VIII
simply slow down and at last stop
altogether. We shall fade away into
eternity as the great river flows into
the ocean, noiselessly, sweetly and
gladly.
In the meantime there Is a right and
, wrong use to be made Of suffering.
II may develop certain noble qualities
r OF character. or II may destroy them
Your mental attitude is the all-import-
: ant factor in your experience.
When you are I'll, IL you are at odds
with your physician, reject his sympa-
thy and doubt his skill you increase tbs
a energy of your disease and block tbs
way to recovery But If you know hin
- F.f. - ffrIlv Il
on his perfect knowledge of your case
/ YOU help him to effect a cure. You am
he must work together. and your atti
tude is as truly remedial as his pre-
lscriptions, perhaps more So.
n 1t is the same with spiritual concerns
God is an element in human life. H
lie cannot help you except through tn
agency Of your faith in him. II yol
ie rebel against him. repel his approach
are at odds with him. shut your eye
and your heart you simply devOur Your
self and are an easy prey to your ow
doubts. The high and holy energies /
your nature are suppressed, peace take
wings and flies away. You are at eros
IN purposes with the only power that ca
dispel your despair. and. left to you
own resources, you are miserable. TIL
loneliness Of a soul which tries TO fin
N its way without God to guide II is be
as yond expression.
-
a ready to furnish you become calm. n
- poseful and hopeful. With an infinit
Father close at hand. the storms of lii
e. lose their destructive energy. You ma
er struggle for the victory. but II you ia
tn you can find in defeat something bett.
C than the victory which you strove 70
to II your trust in God Is perfect you ca
&C endure anything. for is not heaven
the near distance? The workday vi
~ soon be over. and though you weep W
he shall by-and-by rejoice. This life opel
SIX into another life. and II il be dark in u
cd portico IL will be light in the temple.
I admit all you would say about Il
sh hardship OF suffering. We are all ALL
is in that experience. and there is grief
OF every heart. But above the clouds
en- the sun. and beyond the tempest is Il
ar. calm. All eyes have we ut. and all Of
by own n grave somewhere But y
he Christ whispers that they who suff
,ly much shall find their dear ones beyOl
ne the setting sun. and those who endu
he % the end shall be like gold refined
is fire. Life has Its pains. but heaven "
m give us peace.