Arizona republican., 1920-07-26
DESIRE
(christian Science Monitorl

fulfillment of its desire it is the strug- gle for the fulfillment of desire which has made history This is nowhere more clearly illustrated than in the history of nations and in Bible records. The fidelity of Abraham, the exper- fences of the children of Israel in their search for the promised land. and the faithful watching of Zaccheus for the Christ are a few of the narratives with which Bible history abounds showing tn impetus given by right desire We see again this persistent striving for the fulfiliment of desire in every branch of human endeavor,-in the ap- plication of the scholar, the contests of art, the labor for wealth. the search for health, the longing for human asso- ciation and companionship; in short, in the ceaseless struggle for success in all that enters into the human belief of happiness. Human exertion has ever been goaded by this persistent en- deavor to attain the fulfillment of its desire.
 So it is not surprising that those who have hoped and striven for the attainment of desire have so eagerly grasped the assurance in the thirty seventh Psalm, Delight myself also
 in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.' But in the ardent claiming of what is thus prom ised. it must be remembered that it is based on the condition, Delight thy self also in the Lord. '' Jesus put 1t in much the same way when he said: Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
 his righteousness; and all these things
 shall be added unto you" Both are
 simple statements of the ever-oper- ative. unacceptable divine law.
 To delight in the Lord'' caR mean but one thing, and that is to rejoice in knowing Principles all-in- clusiveness. Mary Baker Eddy, dis | coverer and founder Of Christian 1 Science, and author of the textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures asks on page two of that
 work the pertinent question: Shall we plead for more at the open fount. which is pouring forth more than we accept2' l So, he who has been striving for much learning finds in Christian Science
 that man exists as the reflection of God, the all-knowing Mind. The one who has sought the true expression
 of art is enabled to prove through the | practical demonstration of Christian Science the accuracy of that defini- l ton on page PAT of Science and Health. sBeauty is a thing of life. which dwells
 forever in the eternal Mind and reflects l the charms of His goodness in expres-
 sion. form outline, and color" No
 clearer definition than this could be given. To him who has labored for wealth Christian Science brings the proof that God is substance, and in-
 cludes within Himself all bounty and good, and that Minds idea, man. is in
 evitably and eternally supplied with all fgood. To the seeker for health Chris
 tian Science reveals man as the per I feet, eternal Principle. God. And to
 the tried seeker for association and
 companionship Christian Science 1 brings the joyous message that man is
 forever inalienably one with divine Principle, God, and the proof that this
 eternal, indestructible association is hsar- 1,Ar fr14- preted in human affairs in the way
 that mortals can best understand them. We'll may the fathers reminder in the parable of the prodigal son be remem- l bered: Son, thou are ever with me,
 and all that have is thine"
 So, then, we find that true desire is inevitably right desire; it is a desire for righteousness, because it is a con- sistent and persistent striving for that
 all- sufficiency which is eternally in- cluded in divine Mind, of which man
 is the complete expression. Jesus, the
 master Metaphysician, set forth in un-
 equivocal language the law governing
 such desire when he made that decla-
 ration which has significantly been
 named a beatitude: sBlessed are they
 which do hunger and thirst after right l eousness: for they shall be filled. - Such hungering and thirsting is not necessarily expressed in words; it is the seeking for spiritual understand
 ing of God and His idea Mrs. Eddy writes: Desire is prayer; and no loss
 can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and
 exalted before they take form in words and in deeds" (Science and Health
 page 1.) The deep significance of this
 assurance is realized only as it is lived
 in daily life, for, as is emphasized in
 the same paragraph. Thoughts un-
 spoken are not unknown to the divine
 Mind"
 The tendency of the human mind is always to outline that which it desires
 and the way in which it's fulfillment shall be expressed. This is why the human mind has never found satis- faction in the attainment of that which it has sought through material en-
 deavor. It reaches one material goal
 only to find that the desired end is farther away, and so it plods on, ever
 seeking to attain it's purpose. but never finding through mortal methods that
 all -sufficiency which alone can satisfy But the divine Mind has forever estab- lished and is constantly unfolding per l, lection, and in that Mind alone is found that omnipotence, omnipresence , and omniscence whereof the Psalmisi } sang: "They shall be abundantly satis , fled with the fatness of thy house. and thou shalt make them dring of the river , of thy pleasures" With this under l tsanding of God, divine Mind, and of man in His image and likeness, the 7 Christian Scientist is happy and con
 tent to rely implicitly on Him, for he , has found that ever-present spiritual guidance which led the children Of | Israel. Referring to this divine guild 3 ance, Mrs. Eddy writes; "As the chi- } dren of Israel were guided trium- phantly through the Red Sea- the dark l ebbing and flowing tides Of human | fear,-as they were led through the 1 wilderness walking wearily through B the great desert of human hopes, and anticipating the promised joy,-so shall l the spiritual idea guide all right desires in their passage from sense to soul,
 from a material sense of existence to
 the spiritual, up to the glory prepared 1 for them who love God" (Science and s Health, page 566)
 ? This spiritual understanding of the 2 all -inclusiveness of God and His idea
 fulfilIs that wondrous prophecy of f Isaiah: And it shall come to pass, that 5 before they call, will answer: and 5 while they are yet speaking, I will , hear" For the divine Mind. which