Arizona republican., 1917-12-24

adaptabihty to lead on Christian Sci ence will not be shocked when she puts her foot on the head of the ser pent as it biteth at the heel"
 It Is the purpose of scientific Chris | lanlfy to. preach the gospel to every | creature and to extract the sting from | every word which harbors a sting. The shreWdness of the evil-minded will mentally try to monopolize and even audlbly sweep conversation into it's own channels through insinuation. thus creating current which flows toward -aggrandizement This ten uehcy can be enumerated by the alert christian Scientist who knows that the reality of being admits no selfish ness put glorifieS man as reflectine God ana expressing divine qualities only. Jesus, speaking from the standpoint U the only true man, said, q and my Fdther are one" On page 26 of Sci ence and Health we read. ''The Christ was the Spirit which Jesus implied in ms own statements: am the way. the truth, and the life; I and my rather are one.' This Christ, or divin
 lty Of the man Jesus, was his divine nature the godllness which animated nm. 1hinklng or uttering thoughts or spiritual exactness, proceeding from l o. cess or lnsinuating false suggestions.
 The susceptibility of parents who are thinking of their children in such d way as to outline their careers and u were possible, to deprive them of | the necessary freedom to unfold prop
 cry, often acts as insinuation Mortal mlnd IS thus given an opportunity where It may attempt to hedge those careers about with limitations which may conform to the worlds beliefs. put VIII miss the necessary joy of the
 glorious liberty of the children of God, and perhaps prepare the way Tor the disappointments in life which generally end in disease and death. oppose this habit of insinuating Der sonai control with the fixed facts of mans real being and the sting is ex- tracted and the gospel preached.
 fl Tn business life the insinuation of evil suggestions needs to be met
 courageously by right understandin,
 vague lntlmation of poor credit, of
 may induce distrust and wreck a pros-
 porous business enterprise unless it is saved by the spiritual correction which
 comes from recognizing Gods illimit-
 able bounty and never ceasing ac- tivity.
 In the experience of church work
 evil insinuation may be induced to play
 a regrettable part unless the selsh-
 ness of spiritual identity pervades the ranks of the church members. A hint
 dropped here and there against some one may suffice to turn the unthink- ing against a valuable worker Ap-
 pearances are deceptive. A practi-
 toner on an errand of mercy bent
 may be mistakenly accused of indis- 7 cretion, or mad ambition, of taking | frn1
 Those who take the risk of judging
 erroneously are apt to spread innuen- does, not to say lies, in trying to eX- , plain the affairs of others. The cor rective is found in minding ones owr < business, by attending to Gods busi- ness, and so escaping mortal minds , insinuation. Even the writing and
 safeguarding of Science and Health, 8 work which has blessed mankind i'm measurably, were not entirely free
 from the attempts of evil insinuation as we read on page 36 of "Retrospec- , tion and Introspection" Five years
 after taking out my first copyright, ! taught the science of mind healing
 alias Christian Science, by writing ou , my manuscripts for students and dis r tributing them unsparingly This vii . account for certain published and un- : published manuscripts extant whicf : the evilminded world insinuate diC ] not originate with me"
 The observer of the world war i.
 constantly upon the track of insinu r ation used as a mental weapon to at
 tempt to divide the ranks of a right r eous army, spoil the cooperation O e natural allies, or to induce trust wher
 temporary distrust is necessary Tn
 working Christian Scientist must ex
 tract the sting from these intentiona
 innuendoes and prove them harmless II Right motives need to be protected
 from the persistent attempts of tn - carnal mind to insinuate false poin
 of view. The real metaphysician sool S learns how truly Shakespeare pierce @ the mask of human mentality when h l. wrote, There is nothing either goo : or bad, but thinking makes it SOL T V attain the truth about Gods ideas re moves the misnomer which the AdaT S. belief has placed upon them and make $ harmless the serpent of insinuation. L. ----o------