The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-24


Frequently 1t is said ut Id all wolf
enough to say do not be afraid but
how am to get rid OF fear and worry
ana anXietX? ] use all the will-powap
anu denomination 1 can command. Yet
DO not get rid OF worry. n come,
In about as fast as L drive II out"
Attempting to got tho mastery ot
rear and worry by will-power nlona
is like trying to beat back tho oceaI,
win baseball bat. or trying to chase
clouds away with q broom You can.
not get rid OF them by lighting thew.
but you can readily get out OF theirs
reach by rising higher. Tho waves ~
rear and the mists OF worry do not cxs
TEND upwards and If you will but climl,
to the hilltop OF selflessncss uhar,
Love stands waiting To wolcome vn,,
Win outstretched hands. you will nm
loHScr De buTctcd by fear or bsfozpeJ
by VERY. For centuries St John Ia.
poem telling this to the world in these
"9rns, perteet love casteth out fear.'a
disbursement wears tho inyiaible
livery OF evil and Ia constantly ana
consistently working for Its master. n
Is always pulling down and novar
building up.
Did you ever know any one 70 an.
compiish anything worth while when
In the grip OF discouragement2 II.
paralyzes effort. stupenes thought ma
disspates purpose.
There Is ridiculous side also TO the
CONDITION of the man who Is mentalIy
sick abed with u bad case az J,..
| couragement He Is only happy whan
no is miserable: the worse he feels
the better he likes; the tlinus liza
pIease MIN most are the things that
90 not please him at all. Ilo is con-
tinually stumbling into the two ex~
tremes OF self-justihcation and self.
condemnation. Both are bad; both ara
modelled after plans drawn In ths
devifs workshop: both arc obstructive
| TO progress. Self-condcmnation dies q,
hole; Standardization sets up a nois
| ana no man can go very far In any
right direction when no is ejther
crouched In the bottom OF n hole OF
perched on top Of pole. Man is en-
lowed with nobler qualities than thoss
or the beasts OF the field or the fowls
or the air. and no must come out OF
| tho hole OF INSTRUMENTATION nnd
down from tho pole OF self-justinca.
ton on to the Lowell ground of un4
selfed endcavor II he would progress
In Christian Science
Moro than all of this Christian
Science discloseB that the man hahif-
unlly discouraged Ia not only an in.
wiling target for disease, but ia alx
ready striped with the colors of un-
belief, Tor he gloomily distrusts thu
power and goodness OF God himself.
! This may startle some OF you who arc
accustomed TO let yourselves BIO robbed
OF your -discouragcd-and I'd
slide INCREASINGLY into the bilious
depths OF the blues when things 60
wrong The Christian world IS full
OF God-fearing and truth loving neopls
. who yield readily to discouragement
because they have not yet discovered
where it comes from and what is back
OF IT They do not see that IL 4.
but the advance agent OF evil itself
a FAMILIAR fable OF folklore will per-
haps illustrate this point
II was once announced that tho ,laptS
was going out OF business and would
offer all his tools for sale to who
ever would pay his price. On the
night or the sale they were All at
ing lot they were. Malice. envy,
hatred Jealousy, sensuality. deceit and
all the other Implements OF evil were,
spread out. each marked with It's price.
Apart from the rest lay n harmless
looking wedge shaped tool much worn
ana priced higher than any OF them
Some one asked the devil what i,
was That's discouragemcnt.'' WAS tho
reply. Wen. why 40 you have IL
priced 80 high "Bccause." replied
tho devil. II is moro useful TO NJ.
than any or the others. can pry
open and get inside q mans conscious
ness with that when 1 couldn't get near
nm with any or the others, and when
once inside can use hin. In whatever
way suits me best. II IL so much worn
because use it with nearly every
body, as very few people yet know
that IT belongs To me"
1t hardly need be added that thu
deHiIs price for disbursement vas
so high that IL was mover sold Ito
stiil owns II and he is still using it,
An effective plan TO drive out dis.
couragemcnt Is To bring into thought
some measure OF gratitude or praise.
Ihcre can always be found something
10 be grateful for IL we will hunt for
IL honestly and earnestly. The good
oid-fashioned practice of counting our
blessings the things we have we would
not Ike 10 do without. generally brings
gratitude TO the surface. for along
every mans pathway in life there are
blooming the sweet flowers Of gratitude
and If lac Will hut stoop and pull ons
and wear IL he Will find it's fragrance
a magic dispellcr of acknowledgements,
Or If the day be cold and dreary and
the flowers covered with snow, he can
find that warmth or soul which always
banishes discourageinent, If he will but
heed that part of n favorite passaCe
OF Jesus from Isaiah, where we ara
| commanded To put on the garment oe
praise for tho spirit of heaviness" Is
never fails.
| have thus far spoken more OF tina
results of Christian Science than OF it's
methods. For the latter l would have
YOU consult the pages OF its textbook
Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. YOU
VIII not lay it down with disappoint-
ment ii you take ii up with sinceritys
But that you may carry away with
YOU tonight some elementary precept
TO test for yourselves, 1 would place
before you this simple fact. The Chris
tian Science method of getting rid o9
things that are wrong is TO introduce
things that are right. This is not fight
! ing evil but destroying 1t. 1t has been
proved III millions OF instances that n
wrong thought which is the father OF
II wrong action will invariably vanish
into nothingness If you Will but In
troduce n right thought in its place
Good destroys evil surely and az
quickly AZ light destroys darkness Re-
member that for you will find it helm
full if YOU are ever disposed to try
Christian Science for yourselves If you
will associate in your thought good
with light. and evil with darkness VOL,
will have before YOU a nashlight
glimpse of tho impotence OF evil In tho
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