Arizona republican., 1916-11-01

creature of circumstance. Christian Science is reversing this belief or limitation and is proving that man, if he will, may be the master of cir cumstance not its victim. There is a | short sentence In our textbook bear | ing on this subject containing only | seven words, but so carefully chosen and so skillfuly grouped as to form standard for thought and action i which inspires with courage, imparts endurance. and leads to victory. You win find it on page 4l9 of Science and Health and it reads
 Meet every adverse circumstance as i;s master
 Not enly are we here told to do this, brt we are also shown how it is to he done. Throughout the whole book we are reminded that mans divine hirthright is dominion, not subJection. You remember that in the first chap ter of Genesis. where the spiritual creation of man and the universe is described, we are told not that man is made from rib. a bone. but that hc Is created in Gods image and like ness and is gwen dominion over all.
 That divine birthright can never be taken from man. IL Is ours today and eyer will re. Is it not pitiful, then 1 that through fear or indifference O." 1 infidelitv or lethargr mankind has 1 allowed this deific bestowal to lapse ! into desuetude? We need to be aNak- enad and aroused. and to exercise our God given authority. How are We to do thiG?" you may ask. Again ol'r textbook answers your question or bage 293. Hear these ringing words that should be emblazoned in letters of light upon the banner of every militant Christian who daily goes forth to victory over the forces | of sickness. want. and woe: Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that ia unlike good. God has made man capable of this. and nothing can
 vitiate the ability and power divinely bestowed on man,
 But let us ever remember. my
 friends. that we are to rise not through the exercise of the human
 will. not through hypnotism. occult
 ism. or :he like. hut in the strength
 or Spirit. Our God given dominion
 does not rerate through the channels
 that the human mind provides bu;
 only through the ever-present and
 eNer-availahle forces of Spirit
 Hand in hand with dominion walks
 ever her twin sister obedience To
 know the will of God is wisdom: tc
 obey II is ioy. Blt mankind is no,
 
 arise How am I to know what is Gods will In this matter? How an
 ! 10 know that 1 am in the place
 should re and doing what I should To. I am often uncertain which ster
 to take next How can I get tn, guidance nscd?" God never fail, ] 10 keep His part of a proposal ana
 Aere is one that answers your aues. ton. r promises you the very gltid
 1 fg,r a''ss Of ycu in return nothing bu what Nou can certainly perform Vrhsi n the Lord with all thin. heari; and lean not unto thine ov1 understanding. iu all thy way , neknowledee him and he shall direc , thy paths"
 ? DO you find it difficult to trust il 1 t'"c Fcrhapr it Is because vou hay, ? not tried hard enough, or long enough ? nr otten enough. II should be eas , Tor tSe business man 10 learn to tr,,s
 God for tho whole ia bric of bushes n IS buif on credit and credit rests up n ei trust, the trust Of one man in an Q otfers integrity and ability and in Q lenncns Ard when YOU accord | < Bod the same degree or txllst yo,, il 7 to vour fellow gnnn and keen von n conVensnts with Him with the sam d aegree of saithfulness. you win in a Q sour ways be diyinely guided. pro Q tHcied. and rewarded.
 o But while trusting in God vhoio
 FeartedlN. it Is mover Inc par. of wis a dom 10 shape or outline in vour oyr il thought what God should do or wha s you would like Him to do. for mt [, Hou csn read the whole of the futur, n fou cannot determine infallibh, yhs n .S best for vcu. nor do vou mead , 7. kno~ God knows. and that is enonvl ii i" hen YOU recosnlze this and remeu n per mat God is ever-present good vo 70 Nul want above all else 10 do His wi
 ~fether it requires of voti to do s,.sr
 things or small. whether it plsces vo !, Were you may do much good to man TT 'herely 10 voiir own common duti, , uaN nF day. duties which may , ,r tiIneF seem tresoma and dttu h, ;. which may always be elevated n, 70 say glorified. by the conscio,,sne,
 'hft you are doing God. ser,-i, 10 ,lsht where yCu are today You wi :, IorR"t the meaning of tlieappointne, heh you get the habit of doing voi |, tst ana leaving the outcome in God ' hsndS without depicting or outlini, " tn yourself how Ii ought ,o ras,,
 Hhsn human opinion and human d, !. sFeS are substituted for Cod's " ib ahd Gods methods. dlsappointme ,,, fro"s Hto discouraRemeni. tho di
 S"uraSemeni that too often leads
 despair
 Tn Christian Science Gods viii !. tne law of the universe If is Inc Ia '. "hlch nev1r operates through chanc ,a luck. or hazard. It's resrlts are su ,a ana its Opportunities are infinite r. we gam . better understanding of ii
 operation CT Gods law. We see tn
 chance or inck has TO place in i, N . find ourselVe. reieasad fro,,, ,h t
 tune beliefs in hard luck and f, , like. Nor dc the siren voices of vo ~ fortrnc and good luck. bcg1Iile dela = or niislcad tho man who has with n nls reach unlimited opportunities N,, Hc'hoNc'nent To the man who y5 trusting God. an ounce of present o [, portunitN is worth more than a ton ~ c3priciors luck
 S It Is an old saving that "onnortupi o knocks but once at every mans doc ho But what matters that to the m ha who has learned where opportuni nv dweiis and knows that when she h ra once knocked at his door. she is ey od thereafter waiting for him to kno ,li at hers that she may welcome him
 Christian Science mparts the n n, derstanding of being which sho, ,,s that opportunity is ever present a ',,, ever availa blc to the man who rel er upon God more than upon hims or or any other man or thing or circul jn stance or belief Mrs Eddy ga .t tChristian Healing, D. 19), "Tirels ou being. patient of mans procra stin aa ton. affords him fresh opportuat " " every hour
 Rioht Thinkino
 A, There is a sentence in the textbo if oi Christian Science which tell us tn