Arizona republican., 1918-12-30
WILL DECLARED To
Be CH|EFEST IDOL
ENTHR0NED BY MIND
(The Christian Science Monitor)

(The Christian Science Monitor)
The human will is the chiefest idol
set up in the human or carnal mind.
This, of course, is only another way of
saying that the carnal mind enthrores
and worships itself in the guise of the
human will. Ask almost the next man
you may meet on the street what he
considers to be the biggest asset on
the side of success and you Will be
likely to get the answer that it is will
power. Ask the average orthodox
church attendant what it is that really
saves a man from sin and he also
is apt to answer, will-p0Wer. The diff
ference, in his estimation, between the
man who is an inebriate, for instance,
and the man who has NJ desire for
intoXicants is frequently largely one
of will -power. So also the differen ee,
as he sees it, between the man WLo
falls victim to temptations and the
one who does not is just the varying
strength or weakness CT their human
wills. Thus the human viii is en-
throned as supreme, and, 10 zap the
climax of the entire idolatrous belief
God, good, the only savior of mankind
is not only set aside, but is often
looked upon as mere adjunct. to aid
in the fulfillment of the desires Of
mortal mind. This, of course, would
add to the glory, not of God. good, but
of the human will itself. Most of the
petitions one has noticed, from the
days of the sons of Zcbedee to the
present hour, bear abundant witness
to this fact.
Now, when the human will is dis
cussed it is nearly always associated
in thoughs with noise and bluster or
with a silent but grim ct -lnina1ion
that brooks no interference. But these
are hardly the dangerous phases OF
human will. The human win ?power
against which Christian Science warns
US so faithfully, may be quite far ,e-
moved from noise and buster and
usually works in silence. It appears
to be so innocent and harmless that
humanity becomes its victim while
| hardly knowing it. The is TIE hui
| man will, for instance, that is always
ready to excuse guilt or forgive itself
its sins without the necessary reform
alton. Another variety is constantly
pleading for laziness. Indifference t.
| Truth. or procrastinatiun. StiIl ether
varieties express greed, envy, jealousy
and such other evidences OF deprevity
| Now what this actually amounts 10 is
| just this The human will is. in one
way or another, always pleading fol
| ease in matter or in mortal mind
| Spirit it cannot and does not desire t.
know. A clear differentiation needs Il
be made between erroneous will power
and that which seems to be so much
| like human will but which is net really
| the will-power which enslaVas mankind
at all. The latter, indeed, may be only
a vehement effort to think and DO thai
which is right. IF it becomes neces-
sary' says Mrs. Eddy discove-er anc
founder of Christian Science. on pag,
APO of Science and Health. TO start1,
mortal mind to break It's dream of suf-
fering. vehemently tell your patien
that he must awake" On the followins
page she adds: Insist vehemently OF
the great fact which covers the Who'll,
ground, that God. Spirit, is ali, ant
that there is none besl!e Him
On page four of Science ard Health
Mrs. Eddy tells US that "The habitua
| struggle to be always good is unceas
! ing prayer 1t is easy to see that thi
habitual struggle might s2crl to impl,
the use of : false sense of will power
So it is not strange that the cry of tn
false, serpentine human will should e
out against this struggle, which i
bound to destroy the lie OF morta
sense. Thus we find false human vii
declaring that the work of Christian