Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-05


If the lives of Christian Scientists at
| test their fidelity to Truth, predict that
in the twentieth century every Christian
church in our land, and a few in far
! OFF lands, will approximate the under
standing Of Christian Science sufficiently
give to Christianity his new name and
Christendom will be classified as Chris
| tan Scientists"
| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
! COMPARED TO RIVER.
! often think Of Christian Science as
| great, beautiful river leading ever ON
| towards eternal contentment and bliss.
! All of our lives, perhaps, we have been
tolIlng IN the muck and mire of mattel al
| 1ty along its shores, looking ever earth
ward in our quest for peace and joy. We
| have been stumbling blindly along over
obstacles of fear, sickness, hatred, re-
yenge, poverty and SORROW we have been
enmeshed and entangled in the under
growth of religious creeds, bigotries, SUI
perstitions and prejudices which grows
SO profusely along its banks, ever with
our gaze bent earthward, never once look
ing up to gain light and guidance for
our Journeyings. And then one bright
gaze is lifted from the sorbid spectacle
and we discover right before us this
great river Of rest. 1t has been there al
the time but we have been too busy with
our earthly wanderings. our petty, sell
hsh ambitions, our struggles and our
cares to see it. But today we have looked
w and out and there it lies ready to. bear
us on its outlet bosom to that haven Oh
| happiness and peace and contentmcnt Tor
which we have been 50 long vainly strug-
Cling. We stand at its banks watching,
wondering, hoping-hOping, almost, 1t
seems, against hope. Close at hand rests
a little skiff with its invitation to enter
and ride home. We long to try 1t, but we
fear-we fear lest some one may see and
perhaps recognize and chide us. But the
| call is strong and our need is keen. Pres
emily we discern some one appro: ching
/ L. l. 4v.1 l1vrf r.fxIx a cGI-
| us on our journey if we need help. We
! take courage ana determine to try the
! little boat We enter and with the help
of the stranger We gently push off into
and do not venture far from shore; trem-
ulously we bask in the sunshine Of our
new found joy; perhaps we have exper-
fenced physical healing; mayhap we
find surcease from some hidden sorrow;
perhaps We take the ahluence of divine
/ Love, and so, for time, we sail around
quiet waters Of the shore. Then, after a
| little, we begin 10 long to- go farther
out. With the first hint of our Fathers
protection and love we have been con-
! tent to inger in the quiet waters near the
! hank without making any effort ourselves
/ TO get out into the stream that leads on
ward. Then, the desire comes to get far
! Their away from our past environment-
the mire and muck and tangle or ma
| terialism through which we have so long
| been plodding, and we push out little
!
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 ma
terial conditions upon which we have so
! long depended. We are getting on 1k1r-
! ~ well when, suddenly, our little craft
hits what seems to be tremendous OBJ,
I stacle underneath the calm surface ana
we become fearful lest our little bark
/ be completely submerged. The obstruc-
| tion may have been the argument OF fear
] 4 -suT-r. 1fuAr frsArrl or
/ or disappointment in some personality
/ on whom we have been leaning, o. any
one Of many besetting hindrances with
which beginner has to contend. linen il
! to the bank-to our materialism-not yet
ready to give IN some fayorite material
remedy, some hidden hate, some eher-
! ished grudge, sinful habit. And so, for
time we again trudge along through the
quag mire Of our old environment until
one day 1t seems as though We could
stand It no longer; that We must go back
to the river and try II again. So once
more we find ourselves on the brink or
that beautiful stream, and there ready
for us is the little skin and the helping
hand of the stranger. Once again we
enter the boat and again we push out
into the waters. This time we, do not
loiter long in the shadows OF the bank
but With more courage and determi-
nation than formerly we push farther out
into the stream, knowing; by this time,
| that as we encounter ana overcome the
Z
turning back to our old ENVIRONMENT or
thought, ever on the alert for the true
channel which 'eads out into the motheriy
bosom Of the great, peaceful river, we
shall eventually arrive at that point In
our tourney whore the way will! open wild
or and brighter each day Of our voyage
DANGERS HIDDEN
IN CALM WATERS
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 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 beautiful
stream but that they belong to the shores
Of materialism from which we have but
recently departed, and that the farther
we are able to pilot our little boat out
into the deeper waters of this heavenly
stream the farther are we getting away
from the snares and wiles Of the banks
And then. one day we become conscious
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 dependence on things material
and with a JOY and confidence born of
experience we find ourselves far from the
hidden and treacherous entanglements Of
the enemy and thus on and on we go
knowing always that tie dear Father is
ever with us TO guide, to protect and to
save.
would not leave with you this eve
ming the impression that Christian
Scientists claim to have achieved the
ultimate Of Christian Science. They have
not They have but begun the work
leading to the right solution of life's
problems. They have had their failures
along with their achievements but they
are all striving to become worthy dis
ciples OF the great Master. Writing of
the accomplishments and the future of
Christian Science. Mrs Eddy has said
in Science and Health
II have never supposed the world
would Immediately witness the full fruit
ease and death would not be believed for
an indefinite time; but this 1 do aver.
that as a result of teaching Christian
Science, ethics and temperance have re-
ceived an impulse health has been re-
stored and longevity increased. If such
are the present fruits, what will the har-
vest be when this Science is more gem
orally understood"
PROMISES CONTAINED
IN NINETY-FLRST PSALM.
And now, in closing, / wish to leave
with you for helpful contemplation those
reassuring promises of the Sweet Singer,
David, given us in the ninety first
Psalm:
HE that dwelleth in the secret place
of the most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
HE shall cover thee with His feathers
and under His wings shalt thou trust
His truth shalt be thy shield and buck
Ter.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night; nor for the arrow that
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