The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30

Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
! of the house and put it on the porch
in the sunshine, with a glass over it,
and as the suns rays beat upon the
glass they warmed the ground. the
seeds broke open, and the tender
plants stuck their heads through the
ground, and as they were carried into
the sun day after day they grew, until
pr, sertly they were large enough to
| Tut out in the garden.
Now the sun was not shining for
cur box alone; it came down TO warm
the whole earth and to bring again
the miracle of springtime and growth,
and when we took our box out into
the sunshine we saw growth and life
manifested.
! Likewise with every human pro-
blem. Because of evel, hatred, ieal-
ousy, injustice, envy, or secret sin,
Cur consciousness is darkened and we
have problem, which we call dis
ease, lack, sorrow, or death. We need
to bring the darkened consciousness
into the sunlight of Gods truth and
love, then the darkness is dispelled
and the trouble disappears as mist
before the morning sun.
But you may say: 81 have tried
but l cannot bring my problem out of
The dark There is a way provided.
TIE Bible and the Christian Science
textbook help you to understand di-
vine Principle whereby you can bring
this problem out of the dark. Il yOu
will read the last chapter in the text
book you will find many testimonials
from mcn and women from widely
separated sections of the country. tes-
tifying to how through the study of
this truth they have been able to
bring their problems to the light and
find their solution.
If it should seem to be beyond your
present ability to demonstrate, there
ere Christian Science practitioners,
consecrating all their time and
thought to this work, and they are
ever ready, when the problem is too
heavy to be borne, to help us to bring
it to the light. to that right under
standing of God, to that realization,
, as Mrs Eddy expresses it, of mans
at-one-ment with God.
Prayer
1t is often asked, how do Christian
Scientists pray? In the opening
chapter of the textbook, entitled
Prayer" Mrs. Eddy says: THE
prayer that reforms the sinner and
heals the sick is an absolute faith
that all things are possible to God,-
spiritual understanding of Him, an
unsettled love- Science and Health,
Up. 1: la. Is not this understanding
of prayer reconcilable with Paurs in
junction that we pray without ceas-
ing? Cannot We always under all CHI :
cumstances have this absolute faith
that all things are possible to God,
and the further assurance that in the
spiritual understanding of His ever
presence man is safe? Then the
thought of unsettled love, do we not
find this in accord with the Mastsr' $
prayer "Thy will Oh God, not mine
be done?" and in his saying: at is
more blessed to give than receiver
AS we think of our prayers are they
not generally petitions for self, fail
ing to realize that the larger part Of
prayer is giving?
l was interested in this practical
point in testimony of which I heard
recently. A man went to a Christian
Science practitioner and said: 81
need help this morning; 1 cannot get
my BREATH" and the practitioner said
in your own statement is the key to
your difficulty. You are always try
ing to get something. This morning.
it is breath. If you had your breath
you doubtless would be wondering
where you could get orders in your
business, and if you had them your
desire would probably be to get more.
If you had all you wanted you would
then BIO wondering where you couud
get some material pleasure orr recrea-
ton. But have never heard you ask
ing for help to know how you can
give anything If you will learn to
give you will not have so much diff
Guilty in getting
Realizing his selfishness, the man
began to see what he could give to
help the world and the men and wo-
men around him. AS he learned to
give, he found that he did get his
breath and his business also increas-
ed proving tbs truth of Jesus state
ment: Seek ye first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all
these Things shall ne duueQ uHlO yOu.
The world needs much giving. You
ask: What can l give? You can give
more consideration, patience, love
thoughtfulness, justice, unselfishness,
joy, tenderness and when we bring
these treasures to Gods storehouse
we shall find that we have already re-
ceived abundantly more than we have
brought.
We have cried out to God to do this
or that, without ever stopping to con-
slider whether it would help anyone
els,a or not, and so we can understand
why our prayers have not been an
swered We can see why men have
been driven from the church because
th:y have thought there is no answer
to prayer. They have not known how
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