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

1t night all through:
Il. F. Gaulke
Grand Rapids. Wis.
title hope and less faith, and with
sense of surrender that would be
amusing il it were not so nearly
tragic.
Inc man who feels his own unwor
-niness, his own unfitness 10 attain
o a higher, better, and more spirit
are, has nothing 10 apprehend
rom Christian Science.
1t makes no distinctions, it i'm
poses no restrictions, upon one man
Or class GU men more than upon ano-
lner. Inc deVout churchman, the
-.aru.rned sinner, the increduIous ag-
nosnc, The degraded and depraVeG
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5omeu TO all it offers.
| No man ever finds it closed a.
sMnst him because OF his past ne
cora or early misdeeds. Where Their
is an earnest desire to know GOD
u 10 live in accord with this
knowledge there is always am, open
Ioor waiting in Christian Science.
i does mot parade a mans past
mistakes and present failures before
ais gaze or hang them like mill
,-L~es ABOUT his neck.
II does not peer into the closets of
etny mans past, but opens wide the
door OF present opportunity for doing
good.
1t does not ask of the beginner
now much wrong have You done in
the past, but how much of right are
you ready to do now. Not how mai ,
mistakes have You made, but how
earnest are you in resolving to make
70 more.
REFoRMa TON.
Reformation in Christian Science is
reformation, being formed over. 1t
is not an affair OF words. 1t is not
d mere declaration OF intent. 1t is
not only am aYoWed purpose, but
continuous development. 1t is not
only laying down old tools, but TAX
ing up new ones. We are reformed
only when we are formed anew, re
taining all We ever had of the good,
and discarding that which Is evil. 1t
is d combined process of elimination
and growth, which proceeds progress
ralOrmaIion We leave behind things
harmful, but take on things benefi-
tial. Many men hold back because
they feel that in order to go forward
IN Christian Science they must sacra
flee too much. 1t is not merely sac
ratice that is expected, but growth
way from things harmful, he grows a
The earnest beginner is not torn a
way from them, hence desire to re-
urn to them is gone forever. He
does mot give them up, they give
him UP When he reso4utely strives
y put them down.
Christian Science destroys harmful
habits by destroying the harmful
causes that form them. Back of every
wrong habit is a wrong desire, aud
| Christian Science heals a wrong hab-
1t by des troying the wrong desire.
The haTu drinker may assure you
| hat he does not like the taste Of
| liquor, but he longs for it's effects,
and that longing, that desire, is what
enslaves him. You may break his
| bottle into a thousand pieces and
spill every drop OF the enVenomed
stuff into the gutter, but that does
not break the desire Christi an
Science does not reak the bottle,
the man himself is to do that, but it
breaks the desire or the bottle, and
this is true reformation.
WHAT 1T is THAT HEALS.
Answering then, the eager question
that is uppermost in the minds OF
the man who is turning TO Christian
Scie. &c, What is it that does the
healing let Us say to him that it is
| the power OF CiYine Mind practically
applied to beliefs about the human
body and to he affairs of men. Let
us assure him, too, that it is the in
fluence of divine Love operating in
| human consciousness. Does this sat
isfy him? Does he quickly grasp the
deep significance of the words
divine Mind?' Does he comprehend
even in degree, the nature of Gods
Love? Not very often.
Let us see what can be done to-
wards aiding the beginner to a bet
ter understanding of the healing pow
er of divine Mind Let us begin by
saying little to him about the hum
an mind, an entirely different thing.