Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-07

5ne the meaLs OF bringing into his
lay Just the brightness, progress az q
abundance Of GOD that he needs and
longs for.
l-,p-h uay, then, IS an empire ana
.aan man mast be either its emperor
! Is slave It Is Tor him. and hin
ne. IL determine which ne WILDE.
4e slave Of adverse circumstance.
II the mas-er OF It's results Mrs.
lddy aGmCEishes US IL Science and
ieaI,u - meet every ADVERSE cir
umslaLce as its master" Not only
-Jes sic tel US this, but she also
,noAs Us nov il is 70 be done. She
p-.ies not only the impulse, but
ne method as well.
PRAYER.
TO rule the uay wisely, justly 4,
JeneIcIeH tIy, We must begin it right
y. CHRISTIAN Science is showing men
-na women IL every walk OF life
NAT there is 1o better way Of begin
Ing each Gay than TO launch il
a1-u d prayer. Many OF ntese pray
5Ilul people VI To-Day Whohaye learn
81 nov " pray n Christian science
taregy pray IL Ill former DAYS. Sons
Of them never pray ed, many came
lrUm LneraLi1s III JDose who mao IoL5
since ceased 10 pray, for tneil
prayers mad become as empty words,
'yaln repetnIoIs,' coming from the
4Iks IDs,tau o. Lrom the heart, bat
Urougn Curisoian Science they have
earned TO pray Alright, ana now are
5.au 10 testify from tneir own expert
e.loe that the prayer OF the righteous
AyalIeLh much, the prayer wherein
IaIth is couple with understanding,
power with humility, and love with
purity; pme prayer Whioh Is based
upon the absolute knowledge that ali
20 IL e4reepay gwen to man.
In Christian Science there are no
-Ormal prayers 1Cr special occasions
It has no prayer book. The Lords
prayer is repeated in unison at all
Christian Science services. and it is
,llyanaDIy. preceded by a few mo-
ments OF silent prayer by the con
ts8STTrc
one snort prayer recommended for
daily use. So simple is ii, yet so
reverent il its phraseoIogy, SO Direct
yet universal in its inclusions, so
lie from every suggestion OF sects
u doctrine, that it can be unreserV-
eaiy used by amy sincere man or Wo-
u.lm CT any church or OF no church.
Here it is as Mrs. Eddy has given
At 10 US:
Tiny kingdom come" let the
reign OF divine Truth, Life and
Love be established in me. and
rule out of me all sin; and may
Thy word enrich the affections
OF ali mankind and govern
them. (Ma4ual, Art. VIII, Sec.
~
Briefly 10 considerWhat constitutes
prayer in Christian Science, let US
lake a few extracts from it's text
cook, Science and Health. On the
lourth page of the remarkable chap
yer on Prayer, Mrs. Eddy uses these
words:
The habitual struggle to be
always good is unceasing
prayer"
What We most need is the
prayer of fervent desire for
growth in grace expressed in
patience, meekness, love and
good deeds"
And again ON page 10:
'Self-forgetfulness, purity, and
affection are constant pray
ers.'
Indeed, this whole chapter is such
a complete and comprehensive expo
sition of true prayer that the few
extracts l have read you can only
serve as a glimpse of its helpful
ness. They viii suffice, however,
to show that prayer in Christian Sci
ence is not an affair of words but OF
living, not of eloQuence but of char
acter. 1t is not the man who begs
the hardest or the Ioudest, or with
the greatest fluency. whose prayers
are answered. 1t has been wisely
said that:
THE things which men most ad-
mire in public prayers are the things
that God least regards
We can ask no better evidence
that a prayer is answered than af-
forwards to feel so near to the Giver
of aalI good as to have lost sight OF
what we asAe Him to give US. The
prayer that brings the child clos
er to his Father, that brings man
closer to his Goo, the divine Princi-
pie of his being, and leaves him
there, is not barren one, whether
it was uttered in the silence of ones
thought, in the sanctuary, in the
noisy street, on the rushing train, or
On the rolling sea. Neither time mol
place can restrict the prayer OF I'M
SEIZED love, for, after all, love for
1fou and man is the essence OF pray
er. Coleridge has truly said:
He prayeth best who loVeth best
All things both great and small.
For the dear God who Iopeth US
| He made and IoYeth ALL