The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-04
Limited Ideals May
Injure Individuals
Acquiring Bigger Sense Of Things Helpful In Reject
ing False Beliefs OF Limitation


written fOr The CnFtBtfam SCscnCe
Monitor
Observing the state OF affairs
IN the common walks OF life, one
must admit that many Of the trou.
bies which beset mankind arise
from tho small sense Of things en-
tertalned by the majority Of indi-
Vlduals. We find people living In
cramped and narrow circumstances
from which they make no effort 20
extrirate themselves, because their
sense OF home has not expanded
beyond limited ideals, Others rs-
gard ns tedious and monotonous
their tasks, because they have AZ
yet only very little grasp OF their
native spiritual capabilities. Then,
what a very small sense has man.
kind In general OF what constitutes
supply! We regard money. as our
supply, believing that without II
we cannot live. But how limited,
unstable, and fiuctuating IL the
value Of money, and how poor its
dividends for those who cling FEAR
fully and greedily TO u as II Il were
o vital necessity
How narrow, too, Is our sensc OF
life! We acquiesce In the general
ly accepted belief that life includes
old age which IL tho forerunner OF
death. Nevertheless, this false
sense OF things need no longer be
accepted as real and inevitable. for
as everything has Ito starting point
In thought, the mental expansion
can begin ut once.
Right Helps Thinker
As birds powerful wings bear
II Inward, 70 right thought will
carry the thinker far when II In
turned In the right direction. But
if thought IL kept chained down
20 n material basis, where II has no
room TO spread, expand, and soar,
10 follows That tho thinker Will re-
main on tho samo level. Our need
then is 10 free our thought, lift u
above the contemplation OF life AZ
merely physical, and set II wing.
ing into contemplation Of the great
spiritual truths about God and man
10 be found In tho Bible. For II IN
~ fact that all tho llttlonesseB and
limitations common 10 human OK.
pcrlenco arises from false sense
of God and man who Ii nude In
Ills likeness.
Even though the Bible depicts
God M loving, good, Wise, and un.
changeable, many who have do.
sired to know Him have not learn.
cd to feel Him az mighty power
and presence In their lives. Yet
this right sense should BIO realized,
for Christ, Jesus said, HE that be.
llevcth on me, the works that ! do
shall he do niso;" and tho mighty
works which he did were accom-.
plished through his complete un.
derstanding Of God an tho ever
present Father, caring for His
children.
Who ever had 10 boundlcss n
scnsc Of things m jesus? Even
ut tNe age Of twelve nc felt his
God given ability TO talk and req.
son about spiritual things. Later,
~ the beginning OF bis ministry.
the Master turned the water Into
wine al tho marriage feast. The
human needs Of Ave thousand
hungry people In q desert place did
not tismay him, and the food set
before them was abundant. When
called upon to heal tho sick and
raise tho dead. no did not bestow
upon them only partial recovery,
but health, activity, and freedom.
And TO oil who follow In this way,
Christ Jesus offers for all time full
and complete salvation and lifo
without end.
Sovereign Presence Noted
10 Mary Baker Eddy, the Dis
covercr and Founder Of Christian
Science, confidence In God az tho
vital power, tho sovereign presence,
tho Father Mother Mind, out.
weighed Nil other influences In her.
life; and through her textbook,
"scIence and Health with Key TO
the Scriptures" she has placed this
beautiful, practical, and satisfying
sense OF God within the reach OF
all mankind.
on page SEQ of Science and
Health we find this profound state
ment: "Unfathomabic Mind IN ex-
pressed. The depth, breadth,
height, might. majesty. and glory
OF Infinite Love MI all space. That
liz enough" As, to the material
senses, the sun pours Its light and
heat upon all the earth, blessing
and hcartening mankind, so to tho
spiritual senses Of those who gain
a right concept OF God, comes the
glorious assurance Of the all-pers
vadIng presence and power OF the
INFINITE Mind, which Ia Love, cease
Icssly pouring forth Its divine Ideas
for men to recognize and utilize.
Goodness, wisdom, purity. loving.
kindness. justice, mercy, faith,
hope, courage, assurance--ali these
and every other spiritual quality
existing In infinite Mind belong to