Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20

When Jesus said, "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added
unto you,' he clearly stated that in
the realm of harmony which 1t is pos
sible for every man to find in the SPIT
itual consciousness of being, every nu-
man need is supplied. This means that
all that is necessary to mans greateSt
good in the present working out or ms
salvation is within his reach and ne
only needs to place himself IN posi-
tion to receive it, 1t also means that
those things which seem to have pow
er to disturb and rob him of his sense
of harmony are rendered poWeflesS
when he sees them in their true light
One of the greatest, If not the great
est, enemy to human success and mar
mony is fear. The liberation of hu-
manity from this one form OF evil
would undoubtedly result in the speedy
overcoming of all evil. Fear, con-
sciously or unconsciously entertained
is by no means the least disturbing
element. The fearful person does not
succeed because fear hinders him IN
doing the things that might be accom-
plished with ease if the sense OF rear
were only eliminated. One needs look
no farther than his own experience 10
find abundant proof of what Is herelh
stated. If one has never stopped TO
consider the question he probably does
not realize how far-reaching IS the
sense of fear and how much OF human
experience is directly tracedbie 10 THIS
diVjnely unnatural state of thought.
When 1t is realized to what extent
humanity is in bondage to fear the
question naturally arises, What is the
remedy? What can save person
from this indefinable something Which
nd
progress? 1t is useless to tell a person
that he must not be afraid, When ne
feels that he has good reason to fear
unless it can be shown to him to some
extent at least that his fear is without
foundation. 1t is evident that mortals
will be in bondage to fear SO long as
they believe in the existence of some
thing that has power to harm them.
1t is impossible to estimate the great
good Christian Science is doing in over
coming fear. The beloved disciple
wrote, "Perfect Love casteth out fear
-. He that feareth is not made
perfect in Love" The work of Chris
tian Science is right in line with these
words of John. He declares, "There Is
no fear in Love-" He had previously
said, "God is Love-" hence it is evident
that he regarded fear as divinely un-
natural and the effectual remedy as
the consciousness of God as Love.
The first record of fear is found in
the account of Adams experience IN
the garden of Eden. There is no lntl-
nation of fear until after Adam ana
Eve had listened to the voice OF the
serpent and believed what he said. Be
fore a false sense obscured' the vision
all things were seen in their true llght
and there was nothing to fear All
things were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was
made" "And God saw everything that
he had made, and, behold, it was very
good" Herein is found the true Sci
ence Of creation. There is one God,
Love. He made all that was made and
it is good. There is no other creator
and no other creation. 1t is just as
impossible that fear should have a
place in Gods kingdom as it is for SIN
to abide there. Then it must be that
fear and sin have no kingdom. The
only foundation that fear has, or can
have, is the belief of a power apart
from God. Adam knew no fear until
after he had believed a lie. Then 1t
was that he was in bondage to an illu-
sion which he accepted as reality.
If he had not believed the lie 1t could
have had no power over him and 1t
would have been impossible to fear IT.