Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

that he may recognize them as such
and dismiss them.
Right Thinking Necessary
TO succeed in his chosen work the in
dividual must harbor only those
thoughts which make for success. If
he permits himself to entertain wrong
thoughts his ability to do we'll is i'm
paired, and If thought is allowed to
run too long in the wrong channel the
power to do good work is lost 1t is
said of a celebrated painter that he
would not permit himself to look upon
a poor picture for IL seemed to affect
his work. Here is suggested course
of action which all men would do well
to follow. No man can. succeed with
out an ideal-something better than he
has attained-and that which turns his
thought away from his ideal must be
resisted, or his progress will be slow
and uncertain If not impossible. Only
the best deserves an abiding place in
thought and the truly successful indt-
vidual is the one who makes the great
est possible effort to bring out the best
at all times.
If success in things pertaining to this
world is desirable and worthy the time
and effort necessary to attain 1t, how
much more to be desired are the things
from evil is the greatest and most
important problem of human expert
ence. As compared with this undertake
ing all things else are but incidents
by the wayside. 1t is evident that the
Master so regarded it, for he left this
word for all people in all ages, Seek
We first the kingdom of God and His
Righteousness" The desire to be saved
will not of itself save man any more
than the desire to succeed will insure
success. There must be activity in
spired by right thinking.
Thoughts Must Be Watched
Realizing the importance and neces-
sity of right thinking, Paul wrote as
his final word of exhortation to the
Philippians, Finally brethren, what
soever things are true, honest,
just, lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report, think
on these things" In Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy, we have this
correlative: Hold thought stead
fastly to the enduring, the good and
the true, and you will bring these into
your experience proportionably to their
occupancy of their thoughts"
The student of Christian Science is
early impressed with the fact that If
he would succeed he must watch his
thoughts and entertain only such
thoughts as he desires to see expressed
in results. He learns that if one would
be well he must not entertain sick
thoughts. The force of the Scriptura
word, "As he thinlxeth in his heart SO
is he" is brought home to him as he
never realized it before. Perhaps he
never thought of it as having any ap-
plication to his physical well-being, but
when he begins to see that sick
thoughts make one a sinner, he sees
the necessity of overcoming the
thought of sickness as we'll as the
thought of sin, and he learns from eX-
perience that it is possible to succeed
in the one case as well as in the other
Christian Science demonstrates that
better health and better morals follow
as the natural result of right thinking
So convincing are present results that
it is not difficult to accept the conclu-
sion that when thought becomes per-
feet, as the Father in heaven is per-
feet, sin and sickness will disappear
Harmony Instead of Discord
AS with sickness and sin so it is with
every discordant condition known 10
human experience. Right thought can
correct wrong thoughts and establish
harmony in the place of discord. The
question is. What is the right thought