The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-04
Christian Science, the New Light Upon Old Truths

ually discouraged is not only an invit
ing target for disease, but is already
striped with the cOlOrs of unbelief, fol
he gloomily distrusts the power and
goodness of God Himself. This may
startle some of you who are accus
toned to let yourselves be robbed OF
your courage-discourage d-and tc
slide INTERESTINGLY into the bilious
depths of the "blues" when things &C
wrong.
l would not have you confound
doubt with Encouragement, for they
are wide apart in nature and effect
Doubt asks questions, where discour
!agement only signs. Doubt wants
reasons, discoura cement drops reasons
lin the mud Doubt says Il wonder
Encouragement says Il don't believe
it,"
Encouragement is stranger to un.
|selfshness. NO man who faithfully
trusts in the omnipotence of God and
the omnipresence of Love can per.
nit encouragement to talk with him
for one minute.
The Christian Scientist in his un-
ceasing warfare against evil in every
form allows encouragement no more
foothold in his consciousness than he
does to malice, hatred, envy or deceit.
He is freed from the bondage of all
of them by knowing the truth about
God, and man.
An effective plan to drive out dis
couragement is to bring in a measure
OF gratitude or praise. There can al
ways be found something to be CRATE
full for if We will hunt for it. Along
every mans pathway in life there are
blooming flowers of gratitude and If
he will but stoop and pull one and
wear it he will find its fragrance a
magic dispeller of encouragement. Or
if the day be cold and dreary, and
the flowers covered with snow, he can
find that warmth of soul which always
banishes disbursement, if he will
but heed Jesus favorite passage from
Isaiah, where we are commanded to
put on
1.-THE garment of praise for the spirit
Of heaviness."
1t never fails.
Light and Darkness.
l have thus far spoken more of the
results of Christian Science than of
its methods. For the latter would
have you consult the pages of its text.
book Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
You will not lay it down with disap'
pointment if you take it up with sin.
cerity.
But that you may carry away with
you tonight some elementary precept
to test for yourselves, would place
before you this simple fact. The Chris
tian Science method of getting rid of
things that are wrong is to introduce
things that are right. This is not
fighting evil but destroying it. 1t has
been proven in millions of instances
that wrong thought which is the
father of wrong action will invari-
ably vanish into nothingness if you
will but introduce a right thought in
its place. Good destroys evil as sure
ly and as quickly as light destroys
darkness. Remember that for you
will find it helpful if you are ever dis
posed to try Christian Science for
yourselves. If you will associate in
your thought good with light, and evil
with darkness you will have before
you a fashlight glimpse of the i'm
potence Of evil in the presence of the
good. Not all the darkness in the
universe can extinguish the light of
one tiny lamp. Wherever it goes it
chases away darkness, which is al
ways without power to move, or even
to be, in the presence of light. So
with the light of good and the dark
ness of evil.
The comparison is good one, but
it is not mine. You will find it many
times in the pages of your Bible. Re-
then, if you will, that the
Christian Science method of banishing
evil-darkness-is to bring in the
light-good. If you were to try it for
4 single day You would be surprised
to find what new sort of day you
would be giving to yourselves. Every
time you find yourself thinking un-.
kindly about your neighbor. bring in
4 good thought about him. 1t will
help him and it will help you.
Every time your thought drops to
he level of the beast lift it as near
he stars as you can raise it. If
thoughts unclean, unjust, dishonor-
HE are there bring in something of