Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-17

and achievement.
The isles of the blest OF the ancients.
the Elysian fields Of Greek and Latin
mythology, the seven heavens of
Hebrew cabalism, the battle-plains
of the belIigerent Norsemen. the
happy hunting grounds of the Amer
lean Indian all express belief in a
place of happiness after death por-
trayed in widely differing imagery.
All of them, Pagan and Jew, Greek
and barbarian, Norseman and Indian,
Mohammedan and Hindu, unite in
maintaining that heaven stands for
futurity, that its portal is death, its
threshold is mystery. And now comes
Christian Science proclaiming in the
words of Jesus that the kingdom of
heaven is at hands here and now
attainabe. 1t declares that we do
not gain heaven by dying, but by
right living; that death is not the
gate to far-oif paradise but that
heaven is within our reach today and
that We get little or much of it as we
conform our lives, our thoughts and
deeds TO Gods eternal laws.
Christian Science puts aside the
Hydrologic idea of heaven as place,
and shows it to be a state or condi-
ton of mind. 1t follows, therefore,
that its attainment depends upon the
mental processes of the individual.
In other words it atfirms that right
thinking leading TO right living is
the sure passport to heaven. Turn
ing to the life of the great exemplar,
Jesus the Christ, We find in him the
ideal thinker whose thoughts and
| actions conformed invariably to the
laws of God Spirit touching lightly
upon matter and things material
only as tolerated concomitants of his
dwelling OH earth among men.
But his heayenward thoughts were
not those of the inert mystic, or the
cellbound monk. They ripened quick
| ~ into action and touched his fell
low men With the ardor of regenera-
tion. His thoughts we're about God,
hence they brought lasting good to
man. They were of heavenly law,
and so brought order out of earthly
chaos. They were OF holiness, whole
ness, and hence health attended his
footsteps. No surer road to heaven
can be found than the trail he blazed
| for us in the wilderness of human be-
liefs, for though narrow it is straight
and there Is shelter all along the way.
Most men have found they can get
| all they want of heavens antithesis,
| hell, right here on earth, and there
are many who believe they have al
ready had more than their share of
it, and perhaps they have. But they
| should know that it does not come
| from the hand of God. Sin brings its
| own punishment. 1t las been truly
said that man Is not punished for his
sins, but by his sins. BY sin is meant
what Paul defines as transgression of
| the law, whether due to mans ignor-
ance of Gods law or to his wilful dis
obedience of it. The child who,
through ignorance or disobedience,
picks up a piece of hot iron suffers
because OF his ignorance or disobe-
dience. His loving father has had
nothing to do with his suffering, and
| 'sOur Father which art in heaven"
| loving every one 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 safe
ty and our well-being to understand
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
Christian Science, where we found
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
| deliver to all who have ears TO hear
| 1t is not a Rev message. 1t has re-
assured the children of men ever
since they first felt the chill of fear.
The loving mother encouraging her
toddling infant, the gallant captain
cheering his men to greater valor,
the gentle Saviour quieting his
affrighted 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 long step
towards recovery 1t declares also
that people who are habitually free
from fear, worry, anxiety, apprehen
sion and the like, all of which are
the children of fear, are far less sus-
ceptible to illness and misfortune
than others. 1t has uncovered in
fear an agency of evil, an enemy of
health, destroyer of peace and a
bar to mans progress heavenward.
1t is not to be wondered, then, that
the elimination of fear from human
consciousness is an important feature
of the mission of Christian Science
Frequently it is said, sit is all well
enough to say do not be afraid but
how am / to get rid of fear and worry
and anxiety ? | use all the will-power
and determination | can command,
yet / do not get rid of worry 1t
comes in about as fast as drive it
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