The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13


presence of divine Love and the assur-
ance of safety which comes from such a
consciousness? The Psalmist said,
Though l pass through the valley Of
the shadow of death. will fear no evil.
for Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy
staff they comfort me-
GODS PROTECTING CARE
1T is written, HE that dwelleth in
the secret place Of the Most High shall
abide under the shadow of the ALI
mighty. / will say of the Lord, He is
my refuge and my fortress; my God, in
Him will | trust. Surely He shall de-
liver thee from the snare of the fowler
and from the noisome pestilence. He
shall cover thee with His feathers, and
under His wings shalt thou trust; His
truth shall be thy shield and buckler;
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror
by night; nor for the arrow that fieth
by day Nor for the pestiience that
wallxeth in darkness. nor for the de-
strucfion that wasteth at MONDAY. A
thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand; built shall
not come nigh thee. Only with thine
eyes shalt thou behold and see the re-
ward of the wicked. Because thou hast
made the Lord which is my refuge,
even the Most High. thy habitation,
| there shall be no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh
/ thy dwelling.
! we have quoted at some length from
/ this chapter because it so pointedly
| names the fact that ones real refuge
I haf
| truth" shall be thy shield and buck
ler.a What can bring greater peace"
| TO the sconscience'-what can kindle
greater hope''-what can create more
| substantial faith"-what is a more eff
fectual remedy for the sadness and in
harmony in the patients life than the
quiet wakeful consciousness of Gods
ever presence and His protecting care?
IT is impossible for any individual to
stop thinking. II one is to be rid of
| the consciousness of fear. If one is to
rid oneself of sad thoughts 'irrita-
| bility," he must have something else in
| their place, and the question naturally
arises what kind of thoughts shall be
entertained as a remedy for sad
thoughts. and what shall prompt them
and what shall be their basis?
Christian Science is a systematic sci
\ entifc method of renewing" as well as
I! changing ones thought, not by means
of deception. not by means of .fooling
4 oneself. but by reminding oneself of the
eternal truth, by lifting ones thought
thus above the frail, mutable. temporal
things of life to comprehension of the
spiritual and eternal facts of being
4 Christian Science destroys unrest by
the teaching that man is. in his real
4 individuality. child of God, that he
has no occasion to worry because he is
continually protected and sustained BY
the power of omnipotent and ever
!, present Spirit.
"sUGGEsTIONc TO CHILDREN
] DR.. Worcester, in an article on the
, subject What Suggestion Can Do fol
Children" declares In all cases af
] fecting the moral life of the child
regard direct appeal to the child.
better nature as quite as important a:
suggestion / believe DIR. Worceste1
: would not object to our experimenting
the further affirmation that direct APP
peal to the child's better nature is TIL,
most important thing and that the ref
ormation can not be completed withou
l reaching the child's better nature. Fo
: this reason the child should early b,
instructed in regard to his moral re
sponsibility and there is no better wa,
/ than that which is outlined in Christian
Science. The child should early b,
{ taught his relationship to God, that il
: his real individuality he is child o
: God, a good child. and that he shout,
:. live this fact and cease to fall short o
t this individuality by permittin.
D naughty thoughts and deeds"
In his suggestion to the child, DR.
, Worcester uses the words, God is trutl
!, and you will be truthful This indi
!, Gates a reaching out after more spirit
: ual method and is really scientific an,
l Christian so far as 1t goes, but becaus
| of Its incompleteness it does not carr,
! sufficient conviction. May we ask wha
t relation does the statement You viii
e be truthful bear to the statemen
God Is truth?" If 1t is based upon TIL
Vi teachings of Christian Science, tn
5 statement that God is truth means t
: the child that Gods child is the refiec
r tIon, the manifestation, of Truth, an
: therefore expresses only truthfulnes