Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-24

or sinful appetite than He is on the
side of the liquor traffic or the rule of
autoracy? Men have discerned in some
measure their right and ability to resist
and overthrow the false claims of evil to
rule them politically. They are begin
ring to see and to use their greater right
Pand ability to resist and overthrow the
attempts of evil to rule them bodily and
mentally.
There are still many of us, however,
who would be quite content to find a
shady nook in hell and stay there. We
have vet to discover that there is no
shade nor peace in materiality. Our
property rights in hell must be aban-
doned, and the man who is keeping his
religion in his wifes name will have to
change his position.
SEPARATING EVIL
FROM MAN.
Evil in some of its forms, such as evil
habits, appetites, sickness, bad business
practices. and so on has become so per-
sistent in many an individual experience
that it has seemed-to be welded into our
very nature and TO be part of US. How
10 be rid of 1t is a question that many
have not been able to answer.
An object held close to the eye, even
though 1t be no larger than feather,
may seem as big as a mountain. The
thing to do In order to judge it rightly
Is to get it separated from you so that
you may see what its real nature is. Men
nave Deen mentally QOluluE eNlI III Va
riOus phases so close to themselves, so
close to their sense Of selfhOod, that they
have failed to discern its real nature. Il
has often SCENE das big as a mountain,
though really it is no MORE than "a
feather Christian Science iI&erts a mem
tai wedge beteween man and his concept
of evil and little by little separates 1t
from him until his perspective is changed
so bhat he can see IL for what 1t fs-a
false claim about his true betng-and
handle it on that basis. AS with every
enemy. something must be known of the
methods and modes of evil before 1t can
be cOmbated successfully. The last great
offensive of our enemies In the recent war
was checked, the initiative wrested from
them never to be lost by US, on the day
when we knew exactly their plans of at
tack and so were prepared to meet them.
Ii is this valuable Information that
Christian Science is giving to mankind
with regard to the common enemy-the
evil mind.
Let us suppose that we have here a
photograph. On it is a record. We start
the machine and this Is what we hear,
This is the record OF a mortaIs thoughts
on an autumn morning in 1918. (The rec
ord begins) The health officer says that
the epidemic is coming this way and will
strike today. l wonder who told him.
The paper says It is getting pretty bad
in the State next to us. II It comes here
! wonder If l will get sick Those germs
are funny creatures, million on the end
Of a needle they say. Not much on sizo
but big on appetite II. seems. l don't
feel so very well this morning, My head
and throat don't seem Just right. What
would happen TO the family and the busi-
ness if l should get it? Tho newspaper
gave four symptoms. / seem TO have
three. l believe / am getting feverlsh,
that's the fourth. l half believe I'm get
ting it. Yes, 1 feel sure I'm getting It,
know I have 1t. Johnnie, run for the
doctor"