The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-16

and a bar to mans progress heaven
ward. 1t is not to be wondered. then
that the elimina ton of fear from human
consciousness is an important featur
of the mission of Christian Science.
Frequently it is said, 1t is all wei
| enough to say IA not be afraid, bu
how am / to get rid of fear and worr!
and anxiety? I use all the will-poNe
/ and determination 1 can command, We
do not get rid of worry. 1t come;
in about as fast as I drive it out
! Attempting to get the mastery o
/ fear and worry by will-power alone /:
! like trying to beat back the ocean viii
( a baseball bat, or trying to chase clouds
away with a broom. You cannot gel
rid of them by lighting them, but yol
can readily get out of their reach by
rising higher. The waves of fear ano
the mists of worry do not extend up
wards and if you will but climb to th5
hilltop of self-lessness where love stands
waiting to welcome you with outstretcn-
ed hands, you will no longer be but-
feted by fear or befogged by worry.
For centuries ST. John has been tell
ing this to the world in these words
Perfect love casteth out fear.
In that perfect love may fear-tormente
man find a panacea that is free as the
air as aninating as the sunrise and n
dependable as the tides of the sea. Fer
haps the nearest similitude to perfect love
Is an unspoiled child, and when you fii'd
such a jewel you may note such an 40
sence of fear in the little one that is both
q delight and rebuke TO those of US
grov5n-ups' who have so much to unleatn
before we can become as little children
Our human sense of love. fine though IL
be. must be broadened, purified, unsettled,
and lust in proportion as this is done It
is TO be relied upon as the complete anti
dote of fear.
LAS fear, then is seen to be the cause
of so many of the affections of mortals,
so love is to be known as their remedy.
If we would have less of worry, anxiety
apprehension and the ills they invite. we
must be more loving: that is to say, the
more of God, perfect Love. we bring into
consciousness and make manifest in our
daily lives. the less of fear can enter.
Love for God and man Is the one indis-
pensable element of all true and lasting
success The world of today IS slow to
rise to the appreciation of this great
truth. The world of commerce, of indus
try of the professions is still construct
ing ito various undertak kings out of the
raw materials of energy, determination
skill and enterprise. each of which is
measurabiy useful in its particular chem
mel, but all are lacking in the one essen
tial needed to make them enduring and
truly beneficent. That one thing need
full is love for God and man.
Did you ever consider how our great
cities are made up of buildings, large AM
small. each constructed by laying one
brick top Of another until their walls
tower upward and the streets stretch out
for miles? And did you ever consider
how all this is possible only through the
universal use of that commonplace and
hOmely material known mortar? How
these miles of walls would totter ami
crash to the ground if the countless mil
lions of pieces which compose them were
not cemented together by the mortar that
binds every brick and stone?
so it is with our thoughts, our actions
our endeavors- They are brick and stone s
out of which our lives are constructs.
However well shaped. however carefully
laid they may be. unless they are bound
above and below with the cement of 10 &c
Tor God and man. they may in time
tumble into a tangled mass Of nediorrltv
R14f
with the cement of love into the structure
of our lives they will protect and shelter
and beautify the affairs of all who enter
them.
Disbursement.
"Christian Science brings the Truth 10
human comprehension, gives freedom
from whatever enslaves and thus bestows
mental moral and physical liberty lr !
tain pernicious practices and propensitjes |
generally regarded as harmless. but which !
are to be Stunned as allies of evil It |
SHOWS US that we have INDUCED in moods |
and 1nclinations that we believe were |
sulieless. If not commendable but we've |
IN IN realty neither wise nor harmless We |
oator of our favor the eggs of serne,,ts
mat we believed belonged to doves. Per |
laps n1l me most common of dfsease-invit-
hg hablts of thought is discoura cement
| dare say we have all been on intitnatc
-eEIns with it one time or another. and
"hlie we have never found If cheerfi11 |
we have not looked unon II sc |
sinister visitor. Yet that is INST VI, u, s
y ii1lStlan Science shows it to be
DlScouragement wears the invisible ~ !
Try OF evil and is constantly and consist
sn l1i Worklng for its master It is aivrsrs
'"9 !Pi5 Gown and never building up.
olish ANYTHING WORTH U-1iIe 49, ~ accom- m
,rlo OF OBSCURE cement? If nareI1--ae -
OFT stupefies thought and dissipates mr.
mere is a ridiculous side also 70 Tho
.ottu i,ion OF the man who is nentaiIJ
nen+ "oTq WIN bad case of discourage
iIenJ- he is only happy when he iS 80
sraole; the worse he feels the betfer IL ba
lkes II; he things that please bir1, ,,,ost
,if me !hlnRs that do not please him At
~. he IS continually stumbling ir+o ~
We extremes of self-iustiffca tion ara
Both are had ho+b
~. inoueled after plans drawn in the dew
WORKSHOP: both are obstrrctiX,e ~
oroSresS. Self-condemna ton digs a bo1s.
e1-IuSuIcauon sets up a pole ana ~
~ IN go very far in any right dirac-
'ottorn of hole or perched on +he ton
y d Doie Man is endowed with nob1er
10, ~ ilies than those of tho beasts of the
lelo OF the fowls of the air and he n1,1s+
ONE out of the hole of SeIf-condannnot
ton ana down from the pole of eelf-iust
fca ton on to the level eround ~ ~,
selfed endeavor II he would nro.-,-a "" =;
Christian Science - Us esS III
. Mere than all of this Christian Science
uScloses that the man habitualIv dis
,oure sed is not only an inviting tarset
or disease, but is already striped with
ne colors OF unbelief for he gloornil1-
iistrusts tho power and goodness ~ Go
1lrnseIf This may starfle some of Won
VnH are accustomed to let yourselves be
'obb@o OF your courage-discourag ed-and.
o slide rnresistin@ly into the billions
iepths OF the fhlues' when things 20 ,
wrong The Christian world is fun IF
SOD fearing and trutf-lovine neonIs 1rEo
Held readily to discoura cement because
hey have not Vet discovered where II
,omes from and what is back of it. They
10 not see that 1t is but the advance
gent of evil itself a familiar fable Of
olk-lore viii perhaps illustrate this point | !
1T was once announced that the devil ,
vas gong out of business and would Offer .
III his tools for sale to whoever would |
,ay the price On the night OF the sale
hev were all attractively DISPLAYED and