The Washington herald., 1916-12-10
PROPER Use OF time
DISCUSSED BY WRITER

In explaining The Proper Use of
Time in a recent issue Of the Christian
Science Sentinel, Clarence w. Chadwick.
c. s. B., writes as follows:
1T is a very easy matter to say that
we have all the time there Is in which TO
accomplish certain tasks. but the Ques-
tion which naturally arises is whether
we are spending 1t profitably or unprofit-
ably. Whatever spiritual talents we may
possess. it is the use we make of them
which Identifies US as either drones or
workers in the Fathers vineyard. The
mere boarding of material riches may
often make us paupers instead of princes
in the sight of God.
THE individual who does not know
that God is increasingly demanding some
thing of him, does not know how to
spend his time. About as far as the
average man goes, is to concede that God
wants him to be as good as he possibly
can be in this present world: but the
admonition of the Master for him to be
perfect even as the Father is perfect.
does not make any practical appeal TO
him. Failing as he does to grasp the
metaphysical meaning OF this Scriptural
command, he likewise fails to compre-
bend the Importance of giving more time
to spiritual things. In such a mental
state he will constantly be waiting for
the more convenient season. which never
comes With an infinite being there can
be no such thing as time. God, therefore,
does not reason from any standpoint of
finiteness or human limitation. Every
thing pertaining to tho kingdom of
heaven is embraced in the infinite con-
sciousness of an ever-present now. What
ever is perfect, therefore, always has
been and always will be perfect. The
moment individual human consciousness
admits this spiritually metaphysical ct,
that moment II begins to understand
mans relationship to God. Then and
then only does one realize the imperative
need of making proper use of ones time.
No Time With God.
Time is a synonym for mortal think
ing in all its moods! In the infinite
activity of the one Mind there is no
thought of time. When all mortal think
ing ceases, and the earth is filed with
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
as the waters cover the sea, time will
be no more. 1t is needless to say that
Christian Science has brought this under
standing of the Science of being to the
world, so that no one who has proved the
truth that all is Mind and Minds idea
(Science and Health, p. 1927, can any
longer plead ignorance of the demands
earnest student of Christian Science
knows, beyond all question of a doubt,
that God demands of him every hour OF
every day in which to practice the
Science of being. To him the command
to be perfect is no theoretical abstrac-
ton, but a practical and demonstrable
reality; 1t Is the straight and narrow
way leading heavenward. Were it i'm
possible for him here and now to reduce
to practice the divine Principle of
spiritual perfection, he would be as one
having no hope, and without God in the
world. He would cease to be a Christian
Scientist the moment he failed to apply
the Principle of perfection to his own
daily thinking and living.
ut is frequently said Of the Christmas
Scientist that he works from the stand
point of Principle. To work from any
other would be only waste of time. In
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths. is the dictum of
Scripture on this point. This the Scien-
list is striving to do by admitting the