Arizona republican., 1917-08-06
The Christian Science Monitor

The student of Christian Science is proving the truth of the words of the l hymn Christian Science Hymnal, No.
 45).
 | "Oh. blest is he to whom is giv'n The instinct that can tell
 | That God is on the field,
 When He is most invisible" i It means much to one to be able to | know that God is present, when all | the arguments of personal sense, false education. and mistaken views tend to l hide this fact. In the proportion that one does realize the presence and | power of God "on the field" to that
 extent do the mists cease to appear. To each individual comes the expe- | rience sooner or later of choosing and l following a course, which to others
 may seem a mistaken one. If man, relying on what he knows of princi- pie, sees his duty to be in one direc- tion, and his friends, through mis-
 taken view of the situation, attempt to dissuade him from his course, what should he do? What can he do ex- cept to stand firmly for what is right? !? Conscientious fellow workers may generously offer advice, human judg- ment may appear to be quite unbiased anu dltOSelHeT WOTlHy Ol COllSlOci tion arguments of weight may be put forward, but he can always know whether or not his course will square with divine Principle. In mathematics one never works out problem by opinion but by knowledge of mathe- nautical law, and the difference bet tween right and wrong to one who is an honest student of Christian Science ic 1ojy ciy iCt |, able and unvarying as mathematical law.
 Mrs. Eddy, writing on page 209 of Science and Health, says: Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to understand God" This spiritual sense may be spoken of as the recog- milton that God is on the field. and this it is which informs us that the things, the visible things that try to press and harry us, to cloud and even frighten us, are truly of no moment, because as we understand God we see the unreality of anything which is not good Again, on page 505 of the Christian Science textbook Mrs. Eddy says. Spiritual sense is the discern ment of spiritual good" With that spiritual sense which a man attains he perceives good, and having truly perceived it, he can do no other than make it his own. Making it his own, or bringing it into his experience, may necessitate a procedure which alien ates his friends and associates. The average man wants approbation from his fellow men, and 1t does require courage to stand out against friends, notwithstanding the fact that he may be sure of his own ground. But let a man see the way, even if dimly, let him recognize the guidance of the hand of God. though invisible to the human eye, let him through his spir- itual sense perceive spiritual good. ard why should he listen for one second to the argument. in any form, that he is not seeing alright? He must, of course, be positive that he is right. and he can be, by an unbiased sc-u tiny of his motive which will prcTe to him Wh ,'her or not his stani IS .I.ly in accordance with TrGth
 Christian Scic1co sets forth to tte rid the demonstr able fact that culy things spiritual are real that man made in the image and likeness If God is the cnlv man. and tflt he is theerfore indestructible, harmonious. and eternal It teaches that anything other than this real man is coun- tecfeit. hence un 'f.ie: 1oes 1)- reaD. exist, tecause rot God create1. To tte mind untaught in this divine Science the testimony of tho physical senses appears to be relia 5le Hvt the classification t'lat all good is fror1 T .d and therefore sr ritual and real, nnI all that is not good, is not spirit.
 ual, and not from God and therefore unreal. is convincirg.
 Using this classification as a stand ard he who is endeavoring to be a Christian Scientist when assailed,