Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-11

!, a big lie or BY telling many lies. OF
by putting all the lies together in some
1 form or organized falsity? Is there
/ any moro truth in million lies than
in one? Is the sum OF a column OF
zeroes more than zero or is a zero as
big as goose egg any nearer some
thing than one as small as aspin- head
OF course not The question confront
/ ing each one of us is, How much longer
are we going TO be dominated and
fooled by the seeming reality of evils
lie. expressed in SIN. disease, mortality
and material man? .=.-e"-.~s. .sz
Divine Wisdom Requisite
/ One does not find the warfare with
I the work., the flesh. and all evil, an
easy task, but is there anything that
/ is worth while that is really easy?
! Only the foolish man. is content with
1 the sluggard's ease. Like man in
an obstacle race. the student OF Chris
] tan Science finds plenty OF things TO
/ occupy his attention, obstacles that
cannot be lodged hut must be over
/ come in only one way. He must keep
| to his course. He cannot get ahead
by lodging the obstacles however bis
they seem. He must press on, know
ing full we'll that he has the means
at hand Of overcoming all obstacles
| IL he is faithful and obedient.
Evil does not yield its nsurned au-
thority simply because man desires to
be rid of it. It must be conlbated
Iintelligently. Man must know some
Thing OF It's nature and be wise enough
! to detect its .deceitful subtleties, bring
! its lies from under cover. Until he Is
wise, man cannot be good How much
better it is 10 get wisdom than gold.
said Solomon. and Jesus admQnished
his followers to be as wise as serpents.
Only as man reflects God does he gain
wisdom. for all wisdom is in God, Is
INDIGENOUS TO. Mind, and is naturally
reflected by Minds idea. man. Wis
dom so gained tFanseends all mortal
opinion and human conjecture II
enables man to Judge and act right
eousiy, to avoid useless conflicts. and
always to meet evil with good It
enables him to distinguish between
the things of the moment and the
things of eternity. Wisdom points the
right way in every human situation
and exalts Principle. which is God,
J to be the one lawgiyer in mans daily
life
Watchfulness Needed.
Equipped with divine wisdom. man
becomes a watchman at the door OF
consciousness, alert and yigilant. He
\ scrutinizes the, thoughts that seek en-.
trance there, separates Just so far as
he Lnows how the chaff from the wheat,
the false from the true, the mortal
| from the immortal, and rejects the
| evil and mortal as having no right to
enter. Keeping his mind filled with
! goodness he finds to be the best pro-
! lection against all evil. Fear, dis.
couragement. hatred, disease, dfshon.
/ esty. 'seIfishness. lust, and all sin, he
strives to keen out of his thought, for
The knows that they are not of God
and therefore do not properly belong
Ito His reflection, man. He agrees to
disagree with these thieves and rob
! hers that would deprive him Of happi.
mess and health and despoil his charac,
Ter. "Whatsoever worketh abonnina-
fion. or maketh "a lie,n as John puts
| il. he seeks to exclude from his
Thought. He stops toierating evfl In
consciousness, stops talking about 1t
or dwelling upon it, but turns upon
| It as an enemy and drives 1t out with
thoughts Of Truth. He begins to re-
aiize that man as God has made him
I is not the slave of evil in any form
but has dominion over it. Evil can
have no more power over man than
over his Maker, since man is one
| with God.
tInonv.rina Evil
Christian Science shows man how
to defend himself against evil in every
form II shows that evil seeks to
I control and reach man either through
,na,,tal srqeestion that is through
avii 'thonahts thrust into his consci-
o,snass or by way of the physical
sensas In the last analysis both
matbo,Is are suggestion. Evils subtle
aranment alWays is. as Science and
Healtb expiairs. at is II q. 280J. II
saelsE n mate man believe its claim
If sin or sickness is a part of his real
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