La Junta tribune., 1903-06-27


missing spiritual premises IL is not so
in its effects. for they are most prae-
tical The world must learn that the
spiritual is the practical.
Christian Science. understood and
applied. brings good health. This is
practical-nothing more SO. Good
health is one of the chief sources of
happiness. Happiness is practical. The
whole worl dis seeking happiness. al
though ii is slow to recognize true hap
piness or the means of securing II.
Christian Science. understood and
applied. brings peace and comfort.
These are practical. II removes the
causes of unrest and discomfort. and
when these are removed. rest and COM
fort remain. for they are mans rightful
heritage
Christian Science. understood and
applied. improves material conditions.
by this | mean financial circumstances
as well as other material affairs.
Sickness is a prolific source OF ex-
pense. II impoverishes thousands upon
thousands. 1t is becoming more and
more expensive as the facilities for
handling il from the material medi-
cine standpoint increase. Remove sick
ness and its long train of financial
drain. and the financial condition is
often vastly improved nay. in many
instances. financial ruin is thus avert
ed. This is practical. The varied forms
of MISUNDERSTANDING Righteousness
and the drinking vices-are sources of
enormous financial expenditure. Re-
move these and financial success is as
sured to myriads who suffer from these
follies, while many are ruined by them
financially and otherwise. Whatever
Will destroy these vices and bring con-
sequent prosperity. is PRACTICAL
Christian Science. understood and ap-
piled, aids the business man in every hon
est business effort and enterprise. because
IL awakens him to the fact that the
only true rule in business Is the Gold
en- Rule. and he finds that. as rule.
the more sincerely he endeayors TO do
unto others as he would have them do
unto him, the more those with whom
he is brought into business contact re-
spect and trust him. Respect and trust
are the prime factors of the business
world
The man who daily goes about his
business in a conscious realization OF
the all-power and all-presence Of God
the divine Mind-and that he is under
the care and control of that Mind-has
a sense of confidence and trust in his
own destiny and ability that he cannot
and does not otherwise possess. To
the extent that one is true Christian
Scientist he has this constant realiza-
tion. and this brings practical results.
Christian Science. understood and ap-
piled. removes fear When Isay this I
make tremendous assertion. If you
think for a moment of fthemyriad phan-
toms of fear that haunt and harass the
great majority of people. you will be-
gin TO appreciate the happy effects
which flow from the removal OF these
phantoms. Fear is instilled into the
minds OF most children from the mo-
ment OF their birth. These early i'm
pressions remain until by some means
they are destroyed. Unfortunately, In
too many instances, they are never de-
stroyed in this mortal phase of exist
ence.
Fear Is one of the great causes OF
sickness and sorrow and all that these
terms imply. II is too frequent
cause. even. of death. Fear Is simply
a lack of trust. Supplant fear with an
ever-present and abiding trust. and
its long train of consequences is no
more. Whatever destroys fear, then is
practical.
One Of the most disastrous fears
which infect the human mind is the
fear OF death. Do you ever think what
terror mortals are under because OF
this? l will not dwell upon 1t. ! refer
to 1t only by way of a reminder. that
IL this single element were removed
from the mind of mortals. this world,
almost by that alone. would be trans
formed into a paradise.
Remove this fear by sweet and
abiding consciousness that death is a
human belief. not a divine fact. and you
have brought into the household OF
your thought an angel messenger
whose constant whisper is: Perfect
| Love naatnth out faar"
l have thus hastily run over the
ground to emphasize the fact that
Christian Science is working out fol
those who accept 1t. the most practica
results known to mankind. 1t cannot
therefore. be Justly called Utopian.
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