The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-06

that there is any good In me, ana
that is my little two year old chlld,
and she doesn't know any better.t
Then said the practitioner, III that u
the case, the little girl Is the only
one that has caught a glimpse of the
real you; for in Gods sight, the man
of His creating your real,
spiritual selfhood, is just as
good. lust as beautiful, just
as underiled as that child says
he is And want to report that
this revolutionary message so start
led the material dreamer, and so
clearly revealed his real spiritual
manhood, that from that very day he
found his tormeting desires gone,
joy that his little girl was not de-
ceived after all, and that in truth
Gods man Is pure and free.
Let no one be discouraged, however,
if he does not seem able instantly
to shake off the letters of false ap'
petite as did this man. Many times
this process seems slow. Just as some
children are slower than others in
mastering arithmetic. But the results
are certain il the student preserves.
The constant effort to look beyond
mist of mortal misconceptions, to
separate evil weakness and false
desire from man, and to see and
and claim mans spotless, sinless ln-
dividuality as the image of God, Is
to make victory an absolute Ger.
tainty.
Financial Illness.
Now let us take the case of a man
Financially sick" or who may be-
said to have "sick" business. Can
| it be- you ask, that his tribulationS
are caused by material view OF
God, man and the universe? Even so. g.
For if he would see and understand
! Gods creation, he would learn that
God never ordained lack, limitation,
business failure, "bad luck" or hard
times. If he Is cncountering these
in his daily walk and conversation,
it is because he is wearing the dis
| torting glasses of material sense, and
is not comprehending being as it is
in Gods sight. Have you ever read
| in the Bible the story of Hagar,
| Sarah's bondmaid, whom Abraham
cast out? The unhappy woman took
her little child and wandered into
|
starvation would surely overtake her.
Soon, the record states, the water
was spent in her bottle, and she cast
the child under some shrubs where
she could not see it die, and hopeless
ly resigned herself to her hopeless
fate. There seemed no way out.
All, but there was a way, and such
a simple way. For we read that an
angel, which Science and Health de-
scribes asa spiritual intuition (see
D. 58l). said to her, Fear not;' and
then it is recorded that God opened
her eyes and she saw well of wa
ter The well had apparently been
there all the time, but she, like so
many of earth's blinded ones, had
closed her thought and her heart to
the angel messages which ever point
outward anW upward. aud which ever
| find a way
Is it not true that man blinded
| by self-pity immersed in the argument
| of lack, and mersmerized by fear and
the limitations of sense testimony,
can, look straight at an avenue of
escape and cannot seeit? Is not the
need of the business Hagars of today
more spiritual view, a higher sense
| of things which Danish fear and limita-
| tion and open the doors of thought
for the reception of right saving
ideas? Do you not know men and
| women who spend valuable moments
bewailing the fact Hagar-like, that
there is nothing but ruin ahead, and
that there is no possible way out?
| To one looking through Hagar's spec
tacles, splendid business opportun-
ity, or other solution of the prob
4 lem might como right up TO him and
| yet be unseen
f. Supply Infinite.
The fearsome task of sustaining be.
ing does not rest upon man. No ray
Of light proceeding from the sun can
be said to sustain itself. The sun
supplies all the heat, light and power
OF each ray Just so it is with our
Maker. Do we really believe this? :?
Are we acting as though we believed
It? Do we realize that truth is drop.
ping mama from the sky, bringing
water from the rock, breaking the
limitation of sense testimony in catls.
ing -pittance to reach even to four
thousand needs, and revealing tTi
butte money in fishes mouths-do we
realize that truth is operating thus
today as surely as it did on the Ju-
dean slopes centuries ago? And
do we see that our only need is
Hagar's need, and pray "the prayer
of fervent desire for growth in grace,
expressed in patience, meekness, love,
and good deeds" (Science and Health
p. ~, knowing that when our eyes
are thus opened to spiritual sense all
that we humanity need will be found
at hand?
Awake Thou That Sleepest"
Some may say, "But / have been
striving SO long. and yet do not seem
able to gain this spiritual view"
Yes, some persons seem to- be heavier
sleepers than others, and so require
more time to be awakened. But this
furnishes no excuse for self-condem.
nation or discouragement AS a child,
whenever | was i'll and had. a fever.
even though such experiences were
years apart, / would have this night
mare: I seemed to be picked up by
mighty hand and carried out over the
sea, farther and farther from the
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