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

4 ness Is built on credit and credit rest
upon trust, the trust OF one man Il
? Iznother's integrity and ability and in
+ tentioas. And when You accord L
/ God the same degree OF trust yOH q
, 70 your fellow man and keep you
covenants with Him with the SAM
degree OF faithfulness. yon viii in al
your ways be diyinely guided. pro
tected and rewarded.
But while trusting to God whole
heartedly, ii Is never the part OF wis
dom 70 shape or outline IN your owE
thought what God should do. or What
yOu would like him 10 do. for until
you can read the whole OF the future
you cannot determine infalHbly what
- best for you. nor do you need tC
know; God knows. and that Is enough.
When you recognize this and remem-
Der that God IS ever present good.
you win want above all else to do His
viii, whether il requires OF you To do
great things or small; whether il
places you where you may do much
good 10 many or merely do your com
mon duties day by day. duties which
may al times seem tiresOme and dull,
but which may always be elevated, not
% say glOrified. by the consciousness
that you are doing Gods service right
where you are today You viii forget
the meaning Of disappointment when
you get the habit Of doing your best
and leaving the outcome in Gods
hands without depicting or outlining
to yourself how it ought to result.
When human opinions and human de-
sires are substituted for Gods willard
Sod's methods. disappointment grows
into Encouragement, the discourage
ment thar too often leads to despair. Z
In Christian Science Gods viii is the /
law Of the universe. 1t is the law
which never operates through chance. \
luck, or hazard. Its results are sure 4
and its opportunities are infinites. Az
we gain better understanding Of the
operation Of Gods law. we see that
chance or luck has no place In it. We <
find ourselves released from the old
time beliefs in hard luck" and the /.
like Nor do the siren voices Of good n
.ortune and good luck. beguile, delay. 4
1r mislead the man who has within
his reach unlimited opportunities for
achievement To the man who is II
rusting in God, an ounce Of present 4
opportunity is worth more than ton
4 capricious luck. Il
It IS an old saying that "opportuni-
y knocks but once at every man g
loOr." But what matters that to the
nan who has learned where opportuni- IN
y dwells and knows that when she has Ia
nee knocked at his door, she is ever "A
hereafter waiting for him to knock IN
hers that she may welcome him in. 4
Christian Science imparts the un- b
Of being which shows that I,
is ever present and ever 4
valuable TO the man who relies upon
cd more than himself or any other -
ian or thing or circumstance or be- nj
ct. Mrs. Eddy says (Christian Heal n
lg, p, 1s1 "Tireless Being, patient Of &
ans representation, affords him y
esh opportunities every hour" HI
RIGHT THINKING II
There is a sentence in the textbook tc
Christian Science which tells us N
at "aIl causatioH is Mind" (Science q
ID Health, p. AID. This being true A
follows that a thought of some kind n'
the foundation, the starting point, a
every action. and that right habits TO
thinking lead to right habits of NJ
ing.
Much Of the trouble that weighs nj
sn down, that makes them old be- az
re their time, that invites disease, 90
due to their carrying along in their pc
collection some regrettabIe thing. M
ne deplorable circumstances, long do
er the thing itself has passed and KIN
ould be buried I'M f0rgetfulness. mt
ristian Science teaches the art Of tol
getting the things that-are evil and wo
the things that are good. ba
d It is an art to forget evil, for you tri
ow how it reaches out and clutches raj
your thought and forces itself upon for
l at every opportunity. Yet moth del
but evil can come from thinking Gro
evil, and there is no surer way OF sci
'elling evil from our lives than to tru
low the words of the founder Of hin
ristian Science, Keep your minds his
filled with Truth and Love, that sin. for
ease, and death cannot enter them dal
le First Church of Christ, Scientist, vel
Miscellany, =. 210D. Gods prom ma
Il will take sickness away from mo
midst Of thee. was not made mere3 in
'or the past or for the future, but S
the present. II one would know the
What direction his thinking may be age
i profitable. he ned but recall the den
DIS OF the exponent Of right think thei
Paul Of Tarsus rinally, brethren ed
tsoever things are true, whatso- roo
: things are honest, whatsoever and
gs are just, whatsoeyc. Things are actt
!, whatsoever things are lovely. Or,
tsoever things are OF good report file
lere be any virtue. and if there be- coui
praise, think on these things = YOU
stian Science. through the nght amp
king that leads to right dong by
-ds to each one the means OF with
ging into his day just the bright. thee
progress, and abundance of seed
that he needs and longs for. have
PRAYER the
rule the day wisely, justly. bene- ~,3,,
lily, we must begin it rightly. the.' .sn
stian Science is showing men and sroa 80,
en- in every walk of life that ~. sPsa
} is no better way OF beginning ha'.S tass
day than TO start it with pray not no'
Christian Science there are no ~ ri I
al prayers for special occasions. Of =