Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-29

roaming"
What . true picture these words
paint! And how familiar! Perhaps
this trueness and familiarity explain
their universal appeal. for men every
where love the thought Of home.
Sometimes it is the home they nave
known in childhood; again it may be
one they are enjoying now. Or it
may be an ideal which they yearn-
ingly hope to attain.
But whatever may be the case.
home symbolizes shelter, comfort,
Joy, contentment, rest. companion
ship; place where one is under
stood. loved, encouraged. These
things are legitimate. Yet today
Their are many who seem homeless
or unhappily situated.
whittier shall go from thy
spir1t?" and So will dwell in the
house of the Lord for ever" (Psalms
1897: 1850, are utterances OF one
who had at least glimpsed the spirit
ual aspect of home. BE had also
the man whom the Scriptures de-
HACl dS uduO LII LAS ludSC vi NOu
and so he could say (Psalms 80:
~. Lord, thou hast been our dwell
Ing place in all generations"
The Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy.
realized that God can only be imaged
forth By that which possesses the
nature of Sod. Therefore, man,
made in Gods likeness, is not ma
terial mortal. put a spiritual idea. In
her Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs.
. Idly smakes this very clear. She
writes (p. 1867: I'VE learn In the
Scriptures. as in divine Science, that
God made all; that de lie the uni
versai Father am Mother of man;
that God Is divine Love: therefore
divine Love is he divine Principle Of
the divine idea named man; in other
words, the spiritual Prin :iple Of spir-
itual man. Now let us not lose this
Science of man. but gain Il clearly:
then we shall see that man cannot
be separated from his perfect Princi-
pie, God. inasmuch as an idea cannot
be torn apart from it's fundamental
basis.
& young woman who mad always
loved her home found. after ner
childhood home no longer existed,
that some of her happiest moments
were those spent in the homes Of her
friends. The home atmosphere
seemed to make her thought expand.
1t brought her rest and satisfaction.
As she analysed her thoughts, she
began more earnestly than ever to
desire home and to appreciate all
the evidences Of home she had ever
had.
Then suddenly she awakened to
the fact that since man il always In
the presence of God, his Father
Mother, man is always at home. JOY
fully she began to declare this truth
for herself, wherever she was-in
her room. at her Office, or elsewhere.
She commenced to see that this same
truth was true about all of Gods
sons and daughters; that az she con-
sciously acknowledged this tact,
everyone who came to her must teel
the 10y and peace of being At home.
1t was not long before this young
woman was sharing an apartment
with friend and experiencing to a
greater degree the blessing Of being
at home.
These comforting passages point
to thu fact that since God, our Fa-
Mother, includes all the good
there Ia or ever can be, we need not
tear that we shall lose anything pre-
cious II we acknowledge, love, and
adopt the spiritual concept of home.
Nor can we fear that this home will
not be progressively beautiful. In
deed. we shall be opening our eyes
to behold and experience more of the
glories of earth and heaven.
Az we discern that man can never
be separated from God, we realize
that man can never be separated
from home. AL the good which we
see expressed anywhere 10 evidence
of our consciousness Of Gods pres
ence. Good, then, IL not personal,
limited. or restricted. Real home is
no, liable to be broken; for mans
relationship to God lie God-sustained.
Homo cannot De lost; It V rs ever
present as God Himself. II cannot
become drab or untnteresting; it ie
illumined with the radiance Of love,
filled with the ideas of Truth. Home
cannot lack tenderness. companion
ship, Joy. or any other good, for d.
vine Love is always tmparting its
own tender, Joyous qualities. And
man te always in the company of
Gods witnessed. Surely We need not
be fearful about our home, for We
can always lift our thoughts to &C.
cept the home God knows. and re-
ceive the blessing he promises
(Isaiah 26:3): Thou wilt keep him
In perfect peace. whose mind Is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth
in thee."-The Christian 0cteNce
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