The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-13
No Basis for Fear.

A physician IN recent letter to a
New York newspaper calls attention 70
the varied and groundless fears which he
alleges govern mortais from their earli-
est to their latest experience, and, speak.
ing doubtless from experience q the
effect which indulgence Of these fears
procures in the way Of physical and mem
tai disorders, be makes an earnest plea
for their overcoming He did not. now.
ever. point the way 10 this overcoming,
and whatever good bis article win do,
though written with the best Of inten-
tions, viii probably be limited to awak.
ening the thought Of his readers to the
abnormaltv Of the conditions which he
described.
Merely calling on men and women 70
cease being afraid Is not suftieienti il i
not enough even to point out 70 them
that their fears are foolish and ground
less. and dilate on the baneful effects
that follow in their train; they must be
thoroughly assured that there is no cause
for fear. To do this, it is necessary TO
90 to the bottom Of the question and
Indicate remedy, and this cannot be
effectualy accomplished so long as the
attempt is made on the basis that evil
Il real. Men do not fear that good will
come into their experience; they hope
and pray that Il viii. When they come
To understand that God, good is infinite
Love and the only power, and therefore
that evil has neither existence nor po-
tency, they will cease to fear it,Sand no
longer be its victims.
The apostle Paul had learned this les-
son when he wrote to the church at
Rome: For We have not received the
spirit Of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry. Abba, Father Az
Christian Scientists we have come ont
from the bondage Of the fear of EVIL Of
any Sort, for we know in whom we have
put our trust and that He Is able to
deliver us; in other words, we have en-
tered into sine glorious liberty Of the
children Of Cod Likewise, We rest as
sured that, if faithful to the teachings
Of our leader, I'VE can, and ultimately
shall. SO rise as to avail ourselves in
every direction Of the supremacy Of
truth over error, life over death, and
good over evil, and this growth viii 60
on until we arrive at the fullness of Gods
idea. and no more fear that we shall be
sick and die" tScience and Health, p.
40Gl
Critics Of Christian Science who find
stumbling block III the teaching that
evil is unreal, fail to apprehend that
they are dishonoring God BY contending
for the reality Of evil yet this is the
inherent logic Of their position. Fl it Is
admitted that God is the creator Of evil,
lie follows that He is not even as good as
just or respectable man or woman,
because neither OF these would Willingly
create evil OF do evil On the other
hand, if God is not the creator Of evil,
and evil exists, the plain inference is
that God is not omnipotent; and not
only this hut His power is secondary to
that Of evil and its creator. These are
the horns Of the dilemma and the be-
4 lever in the reality OF evil must either
I take his choice Of these or give up his
/ illogieable belief for a moro tenable one,
Since that memorable time when Mrs.
Eddy. with the courage born of con
viction. not only declared that evil is
not real. but gave q reason for the faith
that is III her, namely, that there is
10 power or creator apart from God,
and it is impossible that He should Gre
ate anything so unlike Himself, fear has
greatly diminished and it will still fur
/ fher diminish as mankind attains to a
clearer and fuller apprehension Of the
truth Of this statement, which can be
taken as working basis from which "a
demonstrate the allness of God. good
and the consequent nothingness Of all
that is unlike Him.-Arehibald MeI.allaa
in Christian Science Sentinel.