Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-11
PROGRESS AND STUDY

the pattern of the Christ.
PROGRESS AND STUDY
Christian Science commences just
where it finds us, it may be in sin
disease, or poverty, and begins right
there the process of redemption and
/ salvation This redemption of the in
| dividual is not accomplished in a mo-
ment, by a kind of supernatural
| transformation of human beings into
! angels of light, rather is it the gradu-
al and daily putting off of evil and
/ erroneous ways of thinking, replacing
| them with thoughts that have their
| being in the one Cod divine Mind.
| There is no record in the Bible that
| Jesus instantaneously turned people
| into saints He met the immediate
| need, destroyed the specific disease
or sin, and then said, Co. and sin no
more, clear evidence that the proc
ess of salvation was to be continued
by the individual, in better ways of
thinking and living until all evil dis
appeared The life of Christ Jesus re-
vealed the way of salvation but it re-
i mains for each one of us to study
that Christ-way in the Bible and Sci
ence and Health and then, up to our
highest light, endeavor to walk in it.
You will note that / speak of the
study of Christian Science, Of study
as contrasted with reading. My ac-
quaintance with Christian Science
goes back many years, to early boy
hood, in fact During these years |
have discussed the subject with many
people. Every now and then / meet
an individual who, when Christian
Science is mentioned, will say,
ssChristian Science-oh, yes, I've
looked into Christian Science, but
there's nothing in it, Looked in?
Looked into Christian Science, the
Science of all Truth or true being!
What estimate do you suppose people
would place upon me as a thinker if
i were to SO casually remark, "Mathe-
MATES oh, yes, I've looked into the
science of mathematics, but there's
nothing in it,
My friends, Christian Science is a
science, the demonstrable Science of
being, and it has to be studied. There
is no other way to get it. AS in our
academic work we study the science
of mathematics, and step by step,
master certain of the basic rules and
then proceed to apply them to the
common mathematical problems that
come into our experience, SO is it with
Christian Science Here a little, there
a little, through study of the textbook
together with the Bible, we acquire a
growing knowledge of the divine Prin
ciple which we may apply and find
available in the minutest details of
human living. Let us take for instance
the all too prevalent tendency to lose
ones temper. Few of those afflicted
with this unpleasant habit wish to
keep it. Many struggle oovercome it
and suffer great remorse whenever it
seems to manifest itself. King Solo
mon never spoke a tfuer word than
when he said in Proverbs, .He thai is
slow to anger is better than the
mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh city" Quick
temper, as we all know, if often the
cause of broken friendships, unhappi-
ness in families, and diScordant rela-
tions in church and business. Just as
soon as one commences the study of
Christian Science, however, he begins
to see the true meaning of seIf-con-
troll, real government; that divine
Mind being the only intelligence of
man can and will govern and control
every thought and motive Alright. He
discovers how to check this disposition
as people often say, ito fly off the
handle" and to maintain the noise and
peace of spiritual dominion In Chris
tian Science we perceive that hasty
temper sometimes arises from a too
ready impulse to misunderstood our
brothers motives or jump to con-
clusion without having thoughtfully
considered all the elements concerned
Even slight perception that divine
Love alone governs man shows us
how to restrain our impatience 1t
shows us, too, how to stop and say to
ourselves, Now, see here, this man
even though he entertains a point of
view different from my own is entitled
to his opinion. If he is wrong certainly
no exercise of anger, force, or human
will is going to convert him to my way
of thinking. Besides, my own thought
| in this matter may be wrong, and if
it is, want to give it up, because
would not willingly hold to any enron
eous or unintelligent way of looking
at things" Checking ourselves in this
way, we naturally learn to respect
| another's opinion. Resentment, intol
erance. and self-will are cast out and
replaced by the mental qualities OF
/ brotherliness, poise, and forbearance
/ The way opens up for a mutual under
/ standing of the point under considera
ton. With anger out OF the way, al