Arizona republican., 1917-08-01
LIBERTY AND LICENSE

to speak, to run amuck Such a condi- tion degenerates into positive anarchy and leads it to inevitable disaster, which in turn chaStens, or, more correctly terrifies the human will and tends to sober it; but 1t can never really be trusted to keep out of mischief until it is governed by some sense of Truth and led to walk the path that Truth dic- tates Error would suggest that such control is slavery and thus dissuade the starter from pursuing the path that
 he has taken, but he will be wise if he
 remembers Jesus warning that strait
 is the gate, and narrow is the way,
 which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.'
 The advantage Christian Science of
 fers is that it provides a definite rule of life which can be applied to every circumstance that may arise. No longer need the student of Christian Science
 believe that he is at the mercy of the
 whims of a tickle deity; on the con-
 trary he is shown the Science of being and is able to demonstrate that obedi-
 ence to it brings harmony just as sure
 ly as disobedience brings discord Such
 conformity need never be galling. If
 it should seem galling it only shows that Truth is emperfectly perceived and that the human will is endeavoring somehow to make up for lack of spir
 itual perception. Obedience is never absolute until it becomes spontaneous.
 Orthodox theology might say that un-
 less there is an effort to keep the right
 path no victory over evil is won. Christ
 ian Science makes it clear that the
 only real victory over evil is the con-
 sciousness that evil Is unreal, and if
 this inconsistencies is present what
 need is there for effort? The attitude
 of a martyr is never healthy. It may
 be better than the abandonment of li- cense. but it has failed to appreciate the unreality of evil and until the un- reality of evil is perceived and demon- strated evil still would claim to govern mortal man.
 Because God is Spirit therefore law is spiritual, and because God is Love therefore the spiritual law is one of harmony. It follows, therefore. that in proportion as mankind conforms to spiritual law, to that extent does har money enter into human affairs. If. therefore, mankind is to experience the harmony of Gods kingdom it will have to live in conformity to the spiritual law. According to this law good alone is real because God is infinite. Evil consequently becomes unreal, having neither lHleltlSeHCe HOT pOWcT IL IS, however, only possible to prove this to the extent that we make evil unreal to ourselves. to the extent that we recog- nize that if there is only one Mind, the divine, then the claim of any other mind apart from that Mind which is infinite good, must necessarily be false and must be given up. What this means the ordinary mortal has only to examine his thinking to appreciate. As the understanding of Christian 1 Science grows the time must come when the prayer of the Master will be fulfilled. in which he asked that all ] might be one even as he and his Father were one Perfect and infinite Mind
 enthroned," Mrs. Eddy has told us, on page 266 of Science and Health, lis
 heaven And infinite Mind will only
 be enthroned in prbportion as this
 sense of many minds is dethroned by
 the subordination of the individual to
 the will of Principle.