The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-04

| tween mortality and immortality pne
| il an enemy to be destroyed throueh
The discernmcnt Of immortal lie 40
the degree that we put off mortality 40
we put on Immortality
True Happiness Based on Spiritual un-
Outstanding.
Happiness is the universal goal OF
men and women. But happiness IS mol
possible without peace OF mind ana
peace of mind can be gained only when
4 thought rests on spiritual basis. II
4 that the physical senses apprehend IS
fading, transitory, mntable. II we rest
on that basis, the foundation q our
structure will sooner or later give way
and confusion and loss will be our por-
i ton. We must learn to reject the raise
and hold fast to the true il we would
dwell in the secret place Of the most
high.r If we are wise, we will seek %
Gain spiritual understanding which y
the pearl Of great price" With spirit
lual understanding we make clear dis
tinction between right thoughts and
wrong thoughts, between divine ideas
which people the realm of Spirit, and
mortal beliefs of sin, disease and death.
| What test can we apply to indicate
anon which side we are standing.
There is test we can make, a very
simple test; and it indicates where our
thought is resting as accurately as Y
weather vane shows which way the
: wind is blowing. 1t is this: what are
We thinking about Where does our
, thought rest For what are we striv-
ing? What are we loving? What IS The
motive back Of our words and actions J!
Are we continually gazing at mate
rial mental picture Are we looking 70
the body for pleasure or paing Are we
thinking about disease and poverty and
fearing them? Are we longing for mon
ev, land and cattleg Are we thinking
about stocks and bonds Would we be
grievcd if these things were taken away
! from usg If we answer these questions
in the affirmative, we are relying en-
the evidences OF the physical senses ana
are not relying on God. On the other
hand. let us test our thoughts by an
swerinr these questions: do we love
! our fellow mani Would We rather sui
fer injury ourselves than harm him.
Are we ever thinking about God, do
we pray continually, and are we striy-
ing to grow in His image and likeness
Does His beauty, power and perfection
dawn upon our enraptured visiont Are
!, we able to prove the ever presence OF
the Christ, Truth. by healing the sick
and the shining through PRAYER,
through conscious communion with
Cody And tren, are we willing to sac
rifice ourselves for othersl Are we will
ing to obey the Scriptural injunction,
1T is more blessed to give than to re-
ceiye!v Ii we can answer these qnes-
tions in the affirmative. and prove
them, happy are We; we have touched
E the hem OF the perfect robe Of the ever
lasting Truth; we are relying upon
: Spirit instead of sense, and spiritual
consciousness is a present fact to Us.
) we will find that If We hold thought
| steadfastly to these eternal yeritieS, We
i will have peace that cannot be de-
I stroyed. We will rise superior to the
9 ILLS OF mortal existencey we will be the
9 masters of our bodies instead Of their
: servants. We will be born again,
d as Jesus declared. We will have pow
4 er with God and with men, as did
Jacob of old after that memorable bat
: tie with the senses at Pencil.
These two states of thought, the
: material and the spiritual, are OPP
! posed to each other. The former wars
J against the latter. We cannot accept
y both. To try to do so would be as fool
Z ish as to try to darken a room ana
Y have it lighted at the same time. Are
we living on the wrong basis or on inc
right basis? That is the vital question
! each one must answer for himself,
/ Christian Science is a demonstrate
: religion. II is religion of right think
ing No person is SO darkened mentally
l. no person lives in an environment Sc
d unfayorable but what he can begin nov
r TO think right thoughts and refuse z
Y think wrong thoughts. II we are oh
i sessed with thoughts of sickness, w
N can look up TO God and steadfastl,
4 know that man manifests heath II w
i are thinking thoughts of poverty, WI
:. can begin to think thoughts OF plenty
a Christian Science shows us how TO IL
II these things in the right way. Some
0 times we may be led TO believe Ina
,e life il not worth living; our fondes
in hopes lie in ruins at our feet, and Their
ID seems no way of escape from the III
/. which beset us. If that is our situation
a LET us remember that God loves us w
- are His children, and He careth Tor us
N When all earthly hopes have He'd, v
~ can still hold TO the eternal fact tia
e. we are the perfect children OF a lovin
n Father. and Il we hold TO that concep
he of our real heritage, ii will lift u
!. above all our sorrows and disappoin;
n ments and we shall find that we ar
er abundantly satisfied with the fatnes
is of His house.
ne The Word Is Growing Better.
pc The world is growing better. A ne'
ne day Is not merely dawning, but I'll
l, sunshine of its glory is already en-
ne Tightening the earth. Through Christia
. Science. men are being resurrected froi
:; the grave of false beliefs; they are ri
oe ing into newness of life through u
" understanding that God is the onl
w Life. In ever increasing numbers the
= are looking to Christian Science f.
peace and freedom. and they are find
" ing deliverance. They are learning ti
= value of simple trust in God. They AZ
- learning to love instead Of hate, b
y cause they see that hate destroys an
- love constructs. Every disease heale
every sin overcome, every sorrow con
- forted by Christian Science adds 10 Il
- sum total Of human happiness, and d
X stroys to that degree the bondage I
Ns evil. Bigotry, superstition, hypn'
'e' tism. drugs. occultism, priestcraft al