The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-01

rather has had nothing to do with his
suffering, and tOur Father which art
In heaven" loving every of His
children. sends upon them neither pain
nor penalty. From Him cometh only
the good and perfect gift"
How necessary, then, it is for our
salvation, for our health, for our
safety and our well-being to under
stand Gods spiritual laws, that we
may obey them. Many of us for
years sought this understanding in the
churches and out of them, seeking
peace of mind and health of body and
finding neither until we turned to
them both and with them gained a
measure of the understanding OF God
that has transformed our, lives.
LOVE VS.. FEAR.
There is a short and cheering mes
sage that Christian Science has to de-
liver to all who have ears to hear. It
is not a new message. 1t has %reassur-
ed the children of men ever since they
first felt the chill of death. The low
Ing mother encouraging her toddling
infant, the gallant captain cheering his
men TO greater valor, the gentle Saw
Jour quieting his a~ffrighted disciples,
all use it That message is BE not
afraid
Christian Science emphasizes the
fact that when fear is eliminated from
the consciousness of the sick man-no
matter what the nature of his illness
he has taken a long step towards re-
covery. 1t declares also that people
who are habitually free from worry,
anxiety, apprehension and the like. all
of which are the children of fear. are
far less susceptible to illness and mis-
fortune than others. 1t has uncovered
1 In fear ar npnnrHy 4f oyii on aanpa1, nf
health, a destroyer of peace and a bar
to mans progress heavenward. 1t is
not to be wondered. then, that the
| elimination of fear from human con-
seriousness is an important feature of
the mission Of Christian Science.
Frequently 1t is said, 1T is all we'll
enough to say do not be afraid but
how am l to get rid of fear and worry
n anxiety? l use all the will-power
n determination | can command. yet
l do not get rid of worry. It comes in
about as fast as I drive it out"
Attempting to get the mastery of
fear and worry by will-power alone is
like trying to beat back the ocean
with a baseball bat or trying to chase
clouds away with a broom. You can
not get rid Of them by fighting them.
but you can readily get out of their
reach by rising higher. The waves of
LSSA ollu III IA u "OIIy 0O HUI en-
tend upwards and If you will but
climb to the hilltop of selflessness
where Love stands waiting to welcome
you with outstretched hands, you will
no longer be buffeted by fear or be-
logged by worry. For centuries st.
John has been telling this to the world
in these words, Perfect love Casteth
out fear"
In that perfect love may fear-tor-
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as the air, as animating as the sunrise
and as dependable as the tides Of the
sea. Perhaps the nearest similtude
to perfect love is an unspoiled child,
n when you find such a jewel you
may note such an absence of fear in
the little one that is both a delight and
rebuke to those of US "~grown-ups' who
have so much to unlearn before we
can become as little children" Our
human sense of love, fine though it be,
must be broadened, purified, unsettled,
and just in proportion as this is done
it is to be relied upon as the complete
antidote of fear.
AS fear, then, is seen to be the cause
Of so many o fthe Affections of mortals,
so love is to be known as their RENE
dy. 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 in
dispensible element Of all true anC
lasting success. The world of today is
slow to rise to the appreciation Of this
great truth. The world of commerce
of industry, Of the professions is still
constructing its various undertakings
out of the raw materials of energy, de
termination, skill and enterprise, each
Of which is measurably useful in its
particular channel, but all are lacking
in the one essential needed to make
them enduring and truly benefcent.
That one thing needful is love for God
and man..
Did you ever consider how our great
cities are made up of buildings, large
and small, each constructed by laying
one brick On 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 tina
commonplace and homely material
known as mortar? How these miles OF
walls would totter and crash to the
ground If the countless pieces which
compose them were not cemented to-
gether by h mortar that binds every
DTlCh ana stone
So 1t is with u thoughts, our &C
tons, our endeavors- They are brick
and stones out of which our lives are
constructed. However well shaped
however carefully laid they may be
unless they are bound above and below
with h cement of love for God and
man. they may in time tumble into a
tangled mass Of m%ediocrity like nor
tarless bricks. But when laid with the
cement of love into the structures OF
u lives. they will protect and shelter
and beautify the affairs Of all Who en-
ter them.
DIseourasement.
Christian Science brings the Truth
to human comprehension, gives free.
dom from whatever ensIaves and thu
bestows mental, moral and physica'
liberty. In the process of liberation il
Sits out certain pernicious practices
and ~propensitfes, generally regarded as
harmless, but which are to be Stunned
as allies of evil. It shows us thai WI
have INDUCED in moods and inclina-
tons that we believe were guiie1ess, il
not commendable, but were in reality
neither wise nor harmless. We fn6
have been warming in the incubator Of
our favor the eggs Of Serpents that we
believed belonged to doves. Perhaps
the most common of disease inviting
habits of thought is encouragement.
dare say We have all been on intimate
terms with it one time or another, and
while we have found 1t cheer.
full company, we have not looked upor
is as a sinister visitor. Yet that 1.
just what Christian Science shows i
to be.
Disbursement wears the invisibl,
livery of evil and is constantly anc
consistently working for its master
1t is always pulling down and never