Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04

Ing each one Of us il, How much longer |,
are we going to be dominated and
fooled by the seeming reality Of evils
file, expressed in sin, disease, mortality |
and material man?
DIVINE WISDOM REQUISITE.
One does not find the warfare with |
the world. tho flesh. and all evil, an
easy task; but Is there anything that
| is worth while that Is really easy? Only
the foolish man is content with the
sluggard's ease. Like a man in an OBJ
stacle race. the student of Christian
Science finds plenty OF things to oc-
cupy his attention, obstacles that can
not be lodged but must be overcome
in only one way. He must keep to his
course. He cannot get ahead by dodg-
ing the obstacles however big they
seem. He must press on. knowing full
well that he has the means at hand OF
4 overcoming all obstacles IL he Is faith
full and obedient.
| Evil does not yield its usurped au-
thority simply because man desires to
be rid of it. 1t must be combated in
diligently. Man must know something
Of its nature and be wise enough to de-
tect it's deceitful subtleties. bring its
lies from under cover. Until he is wise,
man can not be good. How much
better Is it to get wisdom than gold!"
said Solomon. and Jesus admonished his
followers to be as wise as serpents.
Only as man reflects God does he gain
wisdom, for all wisdom is in God, is
Indigenous to Mind, and is naturally
reflected by Minds idea, man. Wisdom
so gained transcends all mortal opin-
ion and human conjecture. 1t enables
man to judge and, act righteously, to
avoid useless conflicts, and always to
meet evil with good. 1t enables him
to distinguish between the things of the
moment and the things of eternity.
Wisdom points the right way in every
human situation and exalts Principle.
which is God. to be the one lawgiver
in mans daily life.
WATcHFULNESS NEEDED.
Equipped with divine wisdom, man
becomes a Waterman at the door OF
consciousness, alert and vigilant. He
scrutinizes the thoughts that seek en-
trance there, separates just as far as
he knows how the chaff from the wheat
the false from the true, the mortal from
: the immortal, and rejects the evil and
mortal as having no right to enter.
Keeping his mind filled with goodness
he finds to be the best protection
against all evil. Fear encouragement
hatred, disease, dishonesty, selfishness,
lust, and all sin, he strives to keep out
of his thought, for he knows that they
are not of God and therefore do not
properly belong to His reflection, man.
: He agrees to disagree with these
thieves and robbers that would deprive
him of happiness and health and de-
spoil his character. Whatsoever work
eth abomination, or maketh a lie," as
John puts 1t, he seeks to exclude from
his thought. He stops tolerating evil
in consciousness, stops talking about it
Z or dwelling upon it, but turns upon it
as an enemy and drives it out with
thoughts of Truth. He begins to real
ize that man as God has made him is
not the slave of evil in any form but
has domination over 1t. EVIL can have
no more power over man than over his
Maker, since man is one with God.
UNcoVERlNG EVIL.
Christian Science shows mao how to
defend himself against evil in every
, form. 1t shows that evil seeks to con-
( troll and reach man either through
mental suggestion, that is, through evil
thoughts thrust into his consciousness,
$ or by way of the physical senses. In
the last analysis both methods are sug
) gestion. Evils subtle argument always
/, is, as Science and Health explains, ut
t Is T. p. 250) 1t seeks to make man
believe it's claim of sin or sickness is
5 part of his real self Man finds that
. just because the body says, You have
a pain" he does not have to respond
8 Yes, l have a pain and l am SICK" or
8 because mental suggestion says, Il hate
e that man." he needs to accept such q
= thought into his consciousness. He
0 learns that these claims of evil are just
0 a part of evils lie about man. They
v are no part of the one infinite Mind OF
d its manifestation, and man has every
s reason In the world to dispute them
9 and deny their legality. He learns to
: assert with all the authority OF God
t Himself what Is the fact of being
namely; that man is in reality made by
$ God, is His likeness and idea, Is di-
: vine in quality and character; thai
3 he cannot be sick because God never
Q made him sick, but made him perfect
h and so forever maintains him; that al
: the claims Of discordant and diseased
s material sense are contrary to God
4 good, therefore a lie and incapable OF
/, encroaching, infringing or imposing
= upon or in any way making a condi-
8 ton for Gods creature. Because sick
= ness is not a phenomenon of God h.
s knows that 1t cannot be a condition Of
d man who is Of and in God. God alon'
d IL the substance and condition of man
Il He knows too that there is nothing
3 in Gods man that can respond to men,
g tai suggestion. Man Is animated BY
Q the divine Mind alone. Such consci-
y GUS realization of the spiritual facts o
s being 10 Christian Science treatment
1, lIt is an antidote that evil and sick
$ ness cannot Withstand and a specific fo
It mental suggestion that IL unfailing, fol
i, 1t has all the power of God behind II
Is 1t is God enforced. 1t is God impart
: ing Himself through His idea and Il