New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
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sell, anu ucpcuullS cHtiTcly upon Luc
divine Mind, Gods wisdom and intel
ligence stills the activity Of human
reasoning and false arguing, with
which mOrtals become COnfOunded and
bcwildered-and God fills the thought
with the one Mind-Llmself, Life,
Love and Truth.
Solomon leaned upon God. Let US
learn whence came his marvellous do
minion over man and the treasures Of
the earth. His fabulous wealth and
seeming material prosperity, would
hardly appear consistent with Jesus
injunction, "Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat, or what ye
shall drink; nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on Yet God pro-
yided all these seeming material
things and as He clothes the lilies Of
the field, who neither toll nor spin,
20 He clothed Solomon, who in all his
glory was not arraycd like them.
Did Solomon take thought for his
body, or his resources in order to pro-
vide for regal splendor-purple ard
fine linen, retinue Of attaches, ser
wants, horses and chariots-which
should herald him as king? Where
was the wealth which must be pro-
duced to build the house Of the Lord,
which David, his father, had conceived
but could not erect, and left for his
son to bring forth? Solomon did not
hesitate when God said to him, "Ask
what shall give thee" but answered,
Give me an understanding heart
and God granted 1t, and added riches
and honor and long life. Was there
any material wisdom and understand
Ing out Of which he could build the
house of God? No! Spiritual sense
alone gives wisdom. Was understand
ing equivalent to capital, to bonds and
stocks, to bills OF exchange, to gold
and silver, which he would require to
build the temple, or house of the
Lord? Was 1t understanding, which
Peter used as a power to raise the
helpless paralytic, when he said,
"Silver and gold have I none; but
such as have give thee? He gave
the paralytic strength to run and leap
for Joy, and this was accom-
pllshed through understanding, spirit
ual thought. Solomon and Peter both
had learned the hidden mystery of
God, and both used their "dominion"
(spiritual ht-force-understan
Ing) over the world and its re-
sources.
What Is understanding? Are the
treasures OF the universe therein? :?
How can we gain 1t, and is 1t avail
able at all times and In all places and
equal to all emergencies? Since Solo
mon proved the power Of wisdom and
understanding, why have not the
people followed his example, and In
stead of unremitting toll and cease
less anxiety for what they shall eat,
and what they shall drink, and where
W1thal they shall be clothed, why have
they not, like Solomon, asked for
| ton HeGr
no respecter of persons, and will give
to all fully Of His riches.
Solomon, Jesus and Mary Baker
Eddy have left to the world this
lcgacy-the riches Of understandings
by which they accomplished their
mighty works. Jesus the Christ il
) lumined the world with the tran
scendent power Of Mind, and utilized
1t to prove the utter nothingness of
disease and death. Paul declared that
death was "the wages Of SIM" thai
1t was the effect Of erroneous thought.
the lie or false mentality, the belief
Of life and intelligence in matter, the
, Illusion Of material sense, dream
which seemeth to be, but Is not real.
The world has refused to accent tho
doctrine our Master gave to humanity
which He declared showed "the way
to eternal life and the power of God.
lie said, "My doctrine Is not mine
but His that sent me" (John VIII. ICY
J Mortals have turned their faces
t toward darkness. They have walked
. In the valley and shadow of sin, sick
, ness and death. They have been sail
Q Ing on the ever-agltatcd sea of so
Z called mortal thought, without chart
or compass, drifting on its hidden
reefs and tossed by Its tempests Of
s fear and disease. They have been
a Haunted by the mragcs Of "hope de-
fcrrcd.' They are weary OF It's illu-
, sive pleasures, which they chase as a
child chases a butterfly, only TO soc
K far beyond, or, If haply ne seize 1t.
= In his Joy Of capture he opens his