The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-23

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4 cause Or H.
+ Healing In Christian Science is al
} ways BY means Of prayer The word
!, generally used IS Treatment" but 1t
+ is always 10 be understood that q
I Christian Science treatment is prayer.
and Is just in the proportion that II
Is a righteous prayer. does Il heal the
sick and reform the sinner. II Is not
the prayer Of suppliCation, but Of
realization; il is not r.efely asking
God to do something for us. but know
ing that He has already done the good
thing desired. X Is the prayer In
which gratitude is supplanting en-
treaty. confidence IS expelling doubt.
and perfect love is casting out fear.
It is laying al the feet Of God the
hearts sincere desire. uttered or I'M
expressed and then patiently listen
Ing for His go in peace" II is the
prayer OF rejoicing, Of conquest Of
humility. OF unselfish love.
GRATITUDE VERSUS DlscoUR-
AGEMENT
There is no other prayer that should
ever be in the heart Of man, the pray
er Of thankfulness, the prayer Of grail
tude. The Bible tells us TO pray with
out ceasing and in everything to give
thanks. Christian Science is showing
that true gratitude. the gratitude that
is expressed in deed as well as in
thought and word, is more than a
mere Christian grace; it is a Chris
tian necessity. Not that God needs
our gratitude but We need to give it
to Him Gratitude takes our thought
from getting to giving, and he who
gives good gets good.
Perhaps you may find 1t difficult to
be grateful to Cod; many people do
Let me tell you how to make it easy.
Whatever OF good comes to you, be it
little or great. think Of it as coming
to you direct from God. For every
thing that brings to you quiet joy, or
peace, or true delight, be ii merely the
smile on the face Of a child, or the
fragrance OF a flower, or the daily
opening Of the welcoming door of your
home, or the nightly closing OF your
eyes in sleep; be 1t some worthy ac-
ion well done, or the timely lift OF
Iiendly hand; be it song or sermon.
'eauty art, or science. for every good
hat comes to you, let some thought
II gratitude to God ring through the
nnermost chambers Of your heart OF
learts. Do this faithfully, and soon
Tou will be doing it easily, and soon
90 you Will find yourself frequently
q the sweet company Of happiness
hat life Will seem tot be beginning
new. And 1t will be the beginning
new things, for gratitude is one Of
ne gateways through which Gods
lessings enter mems lives. II we
eep it shut, need we wonder why
lore of good does not come to us?
The man who is i'll, the man who is
the man who is afflicted,
le man who has not that which he
eeds, If he wonders why, will do well
} ask himself oftea, "Am | grateful
lough for what | already have?" And
le man who is discouraged All, my
lends, the discouraged man has but
invite gratitude into his conscious
sss TO see encouragement vanish like
Irkness before the undimmed sun.
nd here let it be said that there is
II one man on this green earth to-
", but can find something for which
be grateful to God, If he win only
mt for it honestly and earnestly.
Christian Science is tearing the
ask from the gloomy face Of tliscour-
ement and is exposing it in its true
lors. 1t may be truly said that nine
ople out Of ten submit to discourage
mt without resistance because they
not know any better They do not
ow that it is a mental intruder, a
'ral nuisance that should never be
Grated but always Stunned as one
uid shun infectious disease. 1t is
because 1t is full of deceit. 1t
,ks man into believing he is
lure, when success may be waiting
him just around the corner. II
udes him until he sees things
oked and believes things about him
snd others that he knows are not
Il robs him OF his courage, strips
OF his ability. and mumbles into
ears the awful lie that God has
gotten him. Discouragement is
gerous because it invites and de-
opes those evil thoughts that later
be manifested in evil4things, the
st common of which is disease
It's varied forms.
0, my friends, whenever you see
dark and heavy leaves of diseour-
ment growing in your mental gar.
Just remember that underneath
n, out Of your sight and unsuspect-
by YOU, may be reaching out the
S OF those evil thoughts that grip
dwarf and sap mans very char
r Pull them up Uproot theml&
better yet, let your heart be 500
d with gratitude to God that Ciis-%
agement can find no foothold. Don
remember what an inspiring ex
le was set for us in that directionh
Jesus when he began his prayeiN
the words, Father | .thankk
(. And if ever the sower Of eviH
tempts you to believe that youl
little to be thankful for, consider
many thi' Is you have this veryW
that you would not want to doS
out and then note how few oil
were possessed by him who in
King Of himself said, "The foxesN
holes, and t,.e birds Of the all
nests; but the Son Of man hathN
where to lay his head" And yet1
rayed, Father, thank thee"
e Bible tells us that "the praverH
nth chan III