Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-29

'''n W lolIoN a Few simple dlrec.
uohs about abstaining from othe,
methods of treatment: when he find,
ne VIII not be urged forthwith I,
throw INTO the mental scrap heap all
me prejudices and convictions. n,
reels mat great load has been lifted
from His shoulders ana he await,
what is to follow with more tolera.
uon ana less Of doubt The bread OF
ilie mas been offered to him but he
may continue to eat husks AZ Ions
as he prefers them.
The wise practitioner knows. a,
his patient does not, that the arst
healing touch Of divine Truth viii do
more towards sweeping away these
mental cbstrhctions than hours o,
a9dmonitlon or pages OF precept. Sc
ms patient is silently treated is 81.
iently prayed for That moment he
enters the portals OF a new life where
there is peace Of mind and health Of
nody' a life where there awaits him
the spirit Of love and OF power and
of sound mind.
But not every one has 20 be 50
dragged or spurred to tho open door
easy to reach and easy to enter. foi
they have been releasing ihemselVe.
Tor long time from the mistaken
pcllefs Of earlier years and have beer
unconsoiously accepting many of the
doctrines OF Christian Science
The man who feels his own un.
worthness, his own unnthess to at.
tain to a higher. better, and NOR,
spiritual life, has nothing to apprc.
bend from Christian Science.
II makes no distinctions. it i'm.
poses no restrictions, upon one mar
or class of men more than upon an.
other. The devout churchnlan. tn,
hardened sinner, the incteduioui
aguostic. the DEGRADED, and depraved
the sick and the well, alike are wei
coined to all il offers.
No man ever finds II closed agains
him because Of his past record OF
early misdeeds Where there is al
earnest desire to know God and t,
live in accord with this knowledB,
there Is always an open door waitint
in Christian Science
1t does not parade mans pas
mistakes and present failures befor,
his gaze or hang them like milestone
about bis neck
3D. 1t does not peer into the closets o
any mans past but opens wide tn
door of present opportunity for do
ing good
II does not ask OF the beginner HOY
much Of wrong, have you dope Fl
the past. but how much. of right ar
you ready To- do now Not how man
have you made, but hoy
earnest are you in resolving to max
no more. ..-~-.- .!
,l-A Reformation.
Reformation in Christian Scienc
is reformation. being formed over
mis- NOT an affair of words. IT IS NO
a. mere declaration Of intent. Il
not only an avowed purpose, but
continuous development 1t is nc
only laying down old tools, but takin
up new ones. We are reformed orl
when we are formed anew retairin
all we ever had Of the good, and dis
carding that which is evil. 1t is CON
blned process of elimination an
growth, which proceeds progressive
" and continuously. In this true re
formation we leave behind thing
harmful, but take on things benefi
cial. Many men hold back becaus
they feel that in order TO go forwar
in Christian Science they must sacri
fee too much. 1t is not merely sacri
nee that is expected. but growth. tn
earnest beginner is not torn ava
from things harmful, he. grows ava
from them, hence desire to return I
them is gone forever. He does no
give them up, they give. him up whe
he resolutely strives to put ther
down.
Christian Science destroys harm
fol habits by destroying the harmfq
causes that. form them. Back of ever
WIRING habit is wrong desire, an
Christian Science heals the. wron
habit BY destroying the wrong desire
The hard dfinker may assure 20
that lie does not like the taste of u
iiuor. but he longs for its effects, an
fiat. longing, that desire, is what en-
slaves, him. You may break his bot
lie into thousand pieces and spil
every drop of the envenomed stui
into the gutter, but that does no
break the desire. Christian Scienc
does not break the bottle, the me
himself is to do that, but il break
the desire for the bottle, and this
true reformation. 49,.
Whom the man. who is. healed i
Christian Science realizes that he ha
restored to him the blessings O
health and happiness, usefulness an
ability. those valued things that wer
so .sorely threatened. he Is Amos
overwhelmed by surge Of emotions
Amusement, curiosity, and a desire t
understand are uppeTmost VIVA
has done this wonderful thing, an
how can | get hold Of it2' are tn
insistent. questions he propounds =
want this marvellous power to hel
others; know SO many people tina
need it badly and ] want TO carry
70 them at once" he earnestly dc
clares.
This zeal is natural and commenda
bio but unless 1t is tempered wit
wisdom. it may be harmful rathe
Than helpful. To talk Christian Sci
ence enthusiastically and indiscrlml
notelv without having lived it per
ststently. is to invite opposition wher
we had hoped for acceptance. 1t pro
auces prejudice instead of support
incredulity instead Of belief
Much needless anatasonlsm :
c,,,.;stiar Science has arisen from tn