The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-05

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Ter 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 at night; nor for the arrow
that fiieth by day Nor for the pestil-
ence that walketh in darkness nor
for the destruction that wasteth at
MONDAY. A thousand shall fall at
thy side, and ten thousand at thy
right hand; but 1t shall not come nigh
thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou
behold and see the reward 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 1t so point
edly names the fact that ones real
refuge and fortress is God, and that
His truth" shall be thy shield and
buckler." What can bring greater
! peace" to the conscience, what
can kindle greater ope,"-what can
create more substantial faith, what
is a more effectual remedy for the
! sadness and inharmony in the patients
life than the quiet wakeful conscious
ness of Gods ever presence and His
protecting carer
| II is impossible for any individual to
stop thinking. II one is to be rid of
the consciousness Of fear, IL one is
to rid oneself of sad thoughts" cir
ritability," 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
scientific method of renewing" as well
as changing ones thought not by
means Of deception, not by
+, means Of ''fooling" oneself, but by re-
minding oneself of the eternal truth,
by lifting ones thought thus above
the frail, mutuable. temporal things of
life to a comprehension of the spir-
itual and eternal facts of being.
Christian Science destroys unrest by
the teaching that man is, in his real
individuality, a child Of God, that he
has no occasion to worry because he
is continually protected and sustain
ed by the power of omnipotent and
ever present Spirit.
| Suggestion" to Children.
DR.. Worcester, in an article on the
subject, What Suggestion Can Do
for Children" declares I'm all cases
affecting the moral life of the child ]
regard a direct appeal to the child's
better nature as quite as important as
suggestion" believe DR.. Worcester
would not object to our supplementing
the further affirmation that direct
appeal to the child's better nature is
the most important thing and that the
reformation cannot be completed with
i out reaching the child's better nature
For this reason the child should early
be instructed in regard to his moral
responsibility, and there is no better
way than that which is outlined in
Christian Science. The child should
early be taught his relationship to
God, that in his real individuality he
is a child Of God, a good child, and
that he should live this fact and cease
to fall short of this individuality by
permitting naughty thoughts and
deeds"
In his suggestion to the child, DR..
Worcester uses the words, God is
truth and you will be truthful" This
indicates a reaching out after a more
spiritual method and is really scien-
tific and Christian so far as 1t goes,
but because OF it's incompleteness II
does not carry sufficient conviction
May be ask what relation does the
statement you will be truthful bear
to the statement "God is truth? If II
is based upon the teachings of Chris
tan Science, the statement that God
is truth" means to the child that Gods
child is the reflection, the manifesto
ton of Truth, and therefore expresses
only truthfulness and can express
nothing else. With such an under
standing the argument Is wholesome
truthful and effectual. 1t is based up
on the eternal science of God and its
result is sure. DR.. Worcester argues
to the child "You do not wish to be a
liar. You know 1t is wrong" but he
gives no reason why the child does not
wish to be liar, nor why the child
knows 1t is wrong. Therefore there is
nothing in the suggestion per Sc which
1 could convince the child.
4 If child Is taught that to be
untruthful is TO deviate from Truth
God, and thus defect from his real
individuality as Gods child. and that
the evil results OF lying are thus per-
petuated, and that the child KNOWS
that lying is wrong" because such q
practice IL out OF keeping with its true
self as the reflection of God, good
and is therefore utterly unbenet1cial &c
him there is reason for the "hope
within" There is basis of conviction
and the argument of truth Is perma-
nently effectual. II, however. a child
is told. you do not wish to be liar,
and he has no reason for believing this
except the mere fact that he is being
told so, his acceptance Of 1t cannot
be more than temporary If he Is
taught scientific truthful reason why
he does not wish to be a liar, the con-
viction IL likely to be lasting, for It's
~ dndation is Ia truth, 1t 10 more thar
u a mere suggestion, While by the aic
of Christian Science the sinner learns
that sin brings suffering. the newt
able fruit Of false life, 1t Immediately
} gives him hope by the revelation that hi
: is slave only to an unreal master. This
gives him courage TO try, and to suc-
coed In his battle to overcome evil
J Mark the suggestion You will do JUS
what ] tell you, for you and are
. good friends" Is 1t safe TO accept ar
! 4. gLment simply because one ID or
friendly terms with the one who pre-.
! senta It, or simply because 1t Is hii
J declarations 1t Ia only safe to accept
and act upon that which iB positively
! right, and we can always be sure tina