The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-30

did you ever consider how ali this is
possible only through the universal
use Of that commonplace and homely
material known as mortar? How
these miles Of walls would totter and
crash to the ground II the countless
were not cemented together by the
mortar that binds every brick and
stone?
So 1t Is with our thoughts. our ac-
tions. our endeavors. They are brick
and stones out of which our lives arc
constructed. However we'll shaped,
however carefully laid they may be,
unless they are bound above and be-
and man. they may in time tumble
into a tangled mass Of medicrocity
like mortarless bricks. But when
laid with the cement Of love into tho
structure Of u lives, they will pro.
tect and shelter and beautify the at
fairs OF all who enter them.
DIscoURAGENfENT.
Christian Science brings the Truth
to human comprehension, gives free
dom from whatever enslaves and. thus
bestows mental, moral and physical
liberty. In the process Of liberation
It Sits out certain pernicious prac-
garded as harmless. but which are t"
be Stunned as allies Of evil. It shows
us that We have INDUCED in moods
ana tnclinations that we believe were
guileless. II not commendable, but
were in reality neither wise nor harm
less: We ind we have been warming
Of serpents that we believed belonged
to doves. Perhaps the most common
Of disease-inviting habits Of Thought
is announcement. daresay we
nave all been on intimate terms with
It one time or another. and while We
have never found It cheerful COM
a sinister visitor. Yet that is lust
what Christian Science shows 1t to be.
Disbursement wears the invisible
livery OF evil and is constantly and
consistently working for its master.
It IS always pulling down and never
building up.
DID you ever know any one to ac-
complfsh anything worth while when
paralyzes effort. stupe1es Thought and
dissipates purpose.
There Is a ridiculous side also to
the condition Of the man who is men
ta!y SICK abed with a bad case OF dis
couragement. He is only happy when
ne Is miserable; the worse he feels
the better he likes it.: the things that
please him most are the things that
90 no please him at all. He Is con-
tinualy stumbling into the two ex-
tremes Of self-justifcation and self
condemnation. Both are bad: both
are modelled after plans drawn in tho
oeVlis workshop; both are Obstructive
I progress. self-condemnation digs
a hole: decentralization sets up u
any right direction when he IL either
crouched in the bottom Of a hole or
iperched on the top Of a pole. Man
is endowed with nobler qualities than
those OF the beasts Of the field or the
fowls Of the air. and he must come
out OF the hole Of self-condemnation
fcation on to the level ground Of un.
SEIZED endeavor IL he would progress
In Christian Science.
More than all Of this Christian
science discloses that the man habitu-
aly discouraged is not only an invit-
lng target for disease. but is already
striped with the colors Of unbeiief. for
ne gloomily distrusts the power and
sstartle some of you who are cus
toned to let yourselves be robbed of
your courage-discouraged-and to
siloe INTERESTINGLY into the bilious
depths Of the blues when things go
wrong The Christian world is full
o. G~od.fearing and truth-loving peo-
PIE who yield readily to discourage
ment because they have not yet dis
covered where it comes from and
what Is back. Of 1t. They do not see
that It is but the advance agent Of
" itself. A familiar fable Of folk
lore Will perhaps illustrate this point.
It was once announced that the
dew! was going out Of business and
would one all his tools for sale to
wnoever would pay his price. On tho
nignt OF the sale they were all at
iot they were. Malice. envy. hatred.
Jealousy, sensuality. deceit and all the
otner implements of evil were spread
out. each marked with its price. Apart
from the rest lay n harmless looking
Wedged.shaped tool. much worn and
priced higher than any Of them.
was. That's encouragement" waa
the nr reply. We'll, why do you have
piled the devil. 1T is o useful to
me than any OF the others. / can
pry open and get inside a mans con-
science with that when I couldn't get
near him with any Of the others, ana
when once inside I can use him in
whatever way suits me best. 1t is 30
much worn because I use 1t with
nearly everybody. as very few people
yet know that It belongs to me-"
1t hardly need be added that tho
DEVILS price for encouragement wal
30 high that 1t was never sold. Ho
still owns 1t and he is still using II.
Disbursement is a stranger to un.
s~elf1shness. No man who faithfulIy
trusts in the omnipotence of God and
the om~nipresence Of Love can afford