The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-20
(Written for The Christian Science
 Monitor)


 Monitor
 The desire to be able to distin- guish between intelligent and unin- telligent living, and to choose the in- telligent way, persists in tho hu- man heart. This urge has led men to try out all manner of doctrines and philosophies. With each era material fallacies appear in new dress. Just now optimistic sugges- ton emerges Into the spotlight, , clothed in popular formulas for happiness and success.
 Everyone rightly wishes to be happy and successful, for these arc the normal and intelligent ways of living, Unhappiness and failure are abnormal and unintelligent,
 Infalllble Psychology
 our need, then, is not for a sys- tenn of iiuctuaLing human opinion but for an infallible psychology that will show us how to be truly intelligent, psychology that Is susceptible of unfailing proof, that ensures permanent happiness and genuine success.
 Mary Baker Eddy on page 360 of the textbook, "science and Health with Key to the Scrlptures", speaks of psychology, or the sci- ence of Spirit, God" Christian Science is, at variance with popu- lar human systems, exposing the false belief in many minds, and re- venling as 1t does, the fact that scientifically, there IS only one Mind, God. It's revelation of man as the expression of God, the one Mind. arrests human will, the source of human discord, and plants our feet on the straight, safe highway of spiritual progress.
 Most of Us have conceded that God is good, but we have not been able to sec our relationship to that good. We have thought of God as the supreme intelligence directing the universe. but have not known how to utilize the might of that intelligence on our own behalf or that Of others.
 We can immediately avail our. selves of the power of divine Mind The rule Of Christian Science B very simple on this point, and er- surcs fruitful and perfect results when it is obeyed. This rule in- wolves the universally accepted tru- ism that effect must be like its causc, Then man, the effect, must be exactly like his cause, divine Mind. As we think and act intelli- gently by rehccting dodlike qual. itIcs, happiness and success VIII follow aS certainly aS daylight re- Veals the landscape.
 After all. one cannot possibly conceive of omnipotent Mind. the Father of man, as unsuccessful or unhappy. The Scriptures declare that God created all, "and behold, it was very good" t0eneSiB l:3l), ! The Bible also abounds with refer. enceS to God as rejoicing ln HiS creation. AS Isaiah expresses it (65:i8 "l3e ye glad and rejoice TOT ever in that which create: for. be- hold, I create Jerusalem q rejoicing, and her people a joy" A good God certainly would bid His children re- ioice if there were any element oi evil, sorrow, or lack in the divine creation. What, then, brings these into our experience, If not our falsc views of creation as material, and man as something mortal and dis tinct from God, good? AS we change our point Of view thought spiritual understanding. the beau- ties of the universe and man be- come apparent right at hand.
 Moses Felt OpOSItIOn
 False belief has always tended to disparage and limit man. The greater an individuals spiritual progress the more intense may seem the opposition of moral thought. Moses felt this opposition when he was called to lead the children of Israel out of bondage He found himself parrying Gods command with the retort Exodus 3:lD, "Who am I, that I should go unti Paraoh, and that l should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?" He momentarily yielded to distrust of his abilities and declared Exodus 4:l0, Il, lO: T am not eloquent am slow of speech, and of slow tongue. Quickly came the reversal of these suggestions of personal sense: And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made mans mouth? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say" How often we find ourselves. like Moses, entertaining thoughts of self depreciation! But, as he turned from the testimony of mortal mind and accepted the Godlike estimate of himself. he was able to step for ward and become a great leader of the Hebrew people. We. too, can re- feet the mere human valuation Of ourselves for the spiritual sense of