Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-28

his rightful possession; under the IN
fiuence of hatred he covets opportunity
for revenge. What Is his need? To
learn that God is Love and man His
perfect reflection.
The leprous Syrian had to learn the
difference between want and need.
When pride and self-will were subju-
gated, he Learned that obedience to
Gods commands was his only need,
| and then his healing came. And thus
will 1t come to all when they learn to
choose between the want of self-indul-
gence and the need of seif,denial, Inc
Masters experience with the ten lepers
clearly illustrates this point. The
thought of need was made clear to all,
but only one was ready to deny self
and keep in touch with God.
The indulgence of wants cripples our
mental capacity and blinds us to the
real needs of everyday life. 1t Is q
lame beggar sitting at the gate of the
temple, asking aims of those who enter
in. and sooner or later this beggar
must and will be healed, when some
wide-awake disciple Of Truth shall say
to him, "Silver and gold have / none;
but such as have give / thee: In the
name of Jesus Christ Oh Nazaretn rise
up and walk"
Another characteristic of the want
thought is that it Is almost always In
trouble, as indicated in the story or
Mary and Martha. The latter was
troubled about many things" while
her sister Mary, 18th a clear reaiiza-
ton of the "one .hing" need1ul' was
sitting humbly at her Masters feet,
drinking In the sacred word or Truth.
Simon the sorcerer stands forth as
another distinct type of human want
He thought to purchase the gift or Goa
with money, but was most pointedly
rebuked by the faithful Peter, who, In
obedience to his Masters teaching, was
Iaboring to lift human thought above
the plane of selfish want to a desire
for spiritual things.
FutIIIty Of Worldly Goods
The want-man of today imagines
himself strongly entrenched In the
midst Of his accumulation of wealth.,
and, like a certain rich man spoken OF
in Scripture, he is tearing down MS
barns and building greater ones where
in to bestow all his fruits and goods,
only to learn in due season that MS
money can purchase everything ex-
cept what he really needs. He cannot
buy the truth. He may be deceived for
a time. in thinking that his pleasures
Increase with his treasures, but 1t may
not be long before he will be Offering
the half of his fortune for relief from
his pains. And yet, help is not real
lied, and he hears the "still, small
voice" saying unto him, Thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required
of thee: then whose shall those things
be, which thou hast provided?" Pride
and avarice are at last conquered and
he learns the lesson of humility and
obedience. His healing comes. and he
finds no necessity of destroying his
money, but, instead, sees the need OF
using It practically and legitimately,
for the upbuilding Of Christ's cause on
earth, rather than for the qualification
of worldly aims and ambitions.
The Master had a great deal to say
upon this subject Of want-accumula-
ton, and in his parable of the rich man
and Lazarus, he presents most strik-
ing picture Of the great gulf fixed"
between the sense of want and the
sense Of need. 1t Is interesting to
note in this connection that Dives, even
after he had died, and was buried"
is represented as still being In a con-
dition of want which was sorely tor
menting him. This would indicate the
futility of putting off for tomorrow
what should be done today.
Christian Science does not at once
meet with favor in the minds of some
people, because it crosses swords with
worldly wants and aims and shows the
necessity of learning obedience to the
will Of God. Mortal man, being
tyrant, wants his own way In all
things, and will naturally oppose the
advance of Truth until he begins to
realize that it is only salvation. He
wants to be healed of disease. whereas