The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-22

oguize and chide us. But the call
is strong and our need is keen. Pres
emily we discern some one approach
ing. He is kind and lovingly essays
To- assist us ON our journey if We
need help. We take courage and
determine to ny the little boat. We
enter and with the help Of the
stranger we gently push off into the
water. We tremble with fear at first
and do not venture far from shore
TREMENDOUSLY we bask IN the sunshine
Of u new found JOY, perhaps we
have experienced "a physical healing
mayhap We find surcease from some
hidden sorrow; perhaps we taste the
~affluence Of divine Love, mad so, for
a time. we sail around in our little
craft amid the eddies and quiet wa
ters of the shore. Then. after a lit
tie, we begin 10 long to 90 further
out. With the first hint OF our
Fathers protection and love We have
been content to linser in the quiet
waters near the bank without MAX
ing amy effort ourselves TO get out
into the stream that leads onward.
Then. the desire comes to get farther
away from our past environment
the miro and muck and tanglc Of ma
tcriaIism through which We nave so
long been ploddiug, and we push
out a little farther, the while the
dear one who has so kindly assisted
US lending what help we seem to
need. We proceed cautiously, even
watching lest we get too far away
from the banks Of the stream-those
material conditions upon which we
have so long depended. We are get
ting ON fairly well when, suddenly,
our little craft hits what seems to be
a tremendous obstacle underneath the
calm surface and we become fearful
lest our little bark be completely
submerged. The obstruction may
have been the argument fear, or
doubt. or sickness, or disbursement,
or disappointment in some PERSONAL
ity on whom ne have been leaning,
or any one of many besetting hand
RANGES with which a beginner has TO
contend. Then perhaps, in our fright
we hurry back to the bank-to our
materialism-not yet ready TO give
up some flvorite material remedy
some hidden hate, some cherished
Crudge. some sinful habit. And so,
for a time We again trudge along
through the quagmire Of our old en-
vironment until one day it seems
as though we could stand it no long
er: that we must go back to the river
and try it again. So once more we
find ourselves on the brink Of that
beautiful stream, and there ready
for us is the little skiff and the
helping hand Of the stranger. Once
again we enter the boat and again
we push GU into the waters. This
time we do not loiter along in the
shadows of the bank but with more
courage and determination than for
merly we push further out into the
? stream, knowing, by this time. that
as we encounter and overcome the
various obstacles as we meet them,
never turning back TO u old envir-
onment of thought, even on the alert
for the true channel which leads out
into the motherly bosom Of the great,
peaceful river, We shall eventually
arrive at that point in our journey
where the way will open wider and
brighter each day of our voyage. At
first we encounter the snares and
snags which lie subtly hidden under
meath the calm waters, but we soon
learn that there is always a way
around these seeming obstacles and
there is that ever ready hand TO
help and save when we fear lest our
little boat sink. And as we go we
learn that these rocks and snares
and snags which try to delay and
upset US are no part of this beauti-
full stream but that they belong 10
the shores Of materialism from which
Z we have but recently departed, and
that the farther we are able to pilot
our little boat out into the deeper
I waters Of this heavenly stream the
. farther are we getting away from
the snares and wiles OF ,he banks.
And then. one day we become con-
scious that the old land marks are
fast receding in the dim past, that
{ the shores are fast disappearing, that
no longer is there the feeling Of de-
/. ~pendence on things material and with
a Joy and confidence born OF expert
/, ence We find ourselves far from the
hidden and treacherous entanglements
p Of the enemy and thus on and on We
{ go knowing always that the dear
5 Father is ever with us to guide, to
Z protect and to
, l would not leave with you this
/, evening the impression that Chris.
I tian Scientists claim to have achiev-
! ed the ultimate of Christian Science.
{ They have not. They have but begun
the work Of leading TO the right solu'
|, ton Of LIES problems. They have
p had their failures along with thell
achievements but they are al striv'
! ing 20 become worthy disciples Of
! the great Master. Writing Of the &C.
complishments and the future Of
Christian Science. AIRS. Eddy has sait
in Science and Health:
u have never supposed the
world would Immediately witness
tho full fruitage o. Christian
Science, or that sin, disease and
death would not be believed Tor
an indefinite time. but this I do