The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-06-28

which indicate that man is preparing
an upper room for the Masters
coming. So be not discouraged; God
has no favorites opportunity to
know God is never lost. Awake
thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee
Eoht." The time for healing is now;
and the onportunity is for all VINO
, THE HANDICAP
Sooner or later mortal man Is fore
cd to the conclusion that he has no
health, that is no healing power IN
, himself, and bv the same token ne
knows that no other mortal can neal
him. He finds himself suffering from
a handicap, which must be removed
nv some outside power before he can
take anv stcp into freedom. AS
team of horses, on rough road, UNI
able to start the load without help,
is able after the start is made to
draw even a heavier load, so man,
under the sore burden of sickness and
sin, must have help before he can
start. 1t is not required that sui.
fcrer must believe in nor understand
Christian Science before something
can be done for him. love CHRISTIAN
Science because it first loved nc; be-
cause while was as yet ignorant or
God as boundlcss love, Christian Sci
ence stretched out, rs it were,
helping hand. The Scriptures state
this truth of the removal of the ham
dicap very beautifully ave love him,
because he first loved us" Divine
Love always takes the initiative. This
thought gives us COURAGE but to be
fully benefited we must turn fully to
divine Love. at is God which work.
, eth in YOU both to will and to do
: II is God who removes the handicap
: and enables US to start. wherefore
"Arise, let us go hence"
t SAFE UNDER HIS FEATHERS
0 Consciously working with Coo, one
5 needs never be afraid. The Christian
k Scientist does not claim that he Is
o immune from all sin and sickness; he
d still wrestles with error, but mot
y as one that beateth the air" What
e he claims is that whereas he used to
n struggle in the dark, he now works
= in the dawn. He has aspired TO free
e dom and has attained such a measure
i of it, and he sees some of the truth
is about God with such absolute clear
D ness. that many of his troubles are
lc gone forever, and he rests in calm
lg conviction that victory over all dis
&c cord is reachable. He does not de-
n mand that the seed he planted yeStef-
s. day shall be in full blossom or 1rult-
10 age today. He knows that If ne at
e. tends to his part the process OF Spl
d. itual embodiment will bring to HIM
f. increased good day by day. A mar
ne awakening to the truth of Christian
w Science is somewhat like sailor cas-
m upon an angry ocean with 10y
is so heavy he can see but few fec
to away. In reaching out his hand NJ
NJ laws hold on a rope which must b
an firmly fastened somewhere, for /
ng keeps him from sinking. The water
is are still surging around him, and tn
&c fog is so dense that he can discern
de but five feet of the rope. He doe
to not cast it away because he canno
vet see the remaining ninety-fvefect
~ He knows that the portion of the rop
- which is hidden from view is as rea
=, as the part which is already in HI
~ hand. The Christian Scientist kno"
ID that when failure stared at him o.
I,I every hand, and all other so-called re
~ w NEEDLES brought no relief, Chrlstia
a. a. Science saved him. He has lcarne
~" the universal applicability and abso
~, ute reliability of spiritual truth. ID
III vine Love offers no variety of rem
as edies. The same Principle whic
'ie heals headache also purities the lei
NY er and raises the dead. Through III
III dcrstanding of this Principle tt
NY Christian Scientist helps to realize t.
~ day the vision of Christ Jesus in de-
VI troying sickness and sin. He beg
60 to see with some clearness that b
~ cause God is good and has all powe
hi' therefore evil has no power, that 81
Jus sickness, and death have only pr
81 tense of power which is accorded
lla1 them by the spiritually uneducatt
rs. 10 state, the frightened, human MN
,,.ts He learns that thish uman mind' wit
'rtS it's fears and fearful imagination
W passes to nothingness as the NIL
~ (which was in Christ Jesus" gains u
ns. ascendancy. He knows that each 81,
az toward health and peace taken
w. one man or by the race, has to sta
~, in the individual consciousness, al
i.c, that madness, whether the madness
oo1 selfish man in this audience or I
ny worlds madness of a worlds wick
zig war, must give place to Him
INC whom it is written: Gle must relg
- -. till he hath put all his enemies una
10 his feet" (Revised Version.)
om' Standing fast in the right, rig
ai, must prevail We shall be safe und
n li9p His feathers-the warmth and gent
~ H. ness and protection of divine Lo
.nu will save with an everlasting saw
'Hol ton. Therefore he who has learn
lia' even little of Christian Science
osi able to look with a measure OF &C
now fident calmness not only upon the q
aM ease of tic individual who asks he
tM, ing for himself, but also upon the I
'la' utterable woes of world war.
ca knows that Jesus wept at Lazar
tomb, not because he had any dol
as to Lazarus safety, but because
reed the perverted thought Of those W
er stood around Christian Seer
and teaches us to have pitiful patience
cal- loving compassion for all who are 81
can fering, either through ignorance
ikp- - II collie todnU tn all VINO