The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-06

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 da ognized it will remove the antag- onisms which arise from racial and cultural differences. As the allness of divine Love grows ill human un- derstanding from an impractical ideal to an accepted fact, the rival ries, the ancient grudges," that separate nations will fade away. To emphasize in thought and speech, wherever possible, the qualities and ideals which unite nations, rather than the apparent differences which separate them, would be very prac- tical step towards international ap- preciation and friendship. Disci- pline of thought along such lines would be a kind of mental disarma- ment which would do much to pro- mote peace and good will on earth, and would hasten the inevitable coming of the day when nations, as individuals, will live together in combined unity and freedom.
 The Eternality of God
 The infinity of God means not only His presence in every place, but His presence throughout all time. Principle is both omnipresent and eternal.
 The recognition that divine Love not only is present everywhere now but always was and always will be present, plays a great part in the salvation of men and women from the fears and troubles which enslave them. Many cases of disease and many weaknesses of character have their roots n the past, recent or re- mote, but that does not affect the power of Truth, as understood through Christian Science, to heal them.
 Everyone or nearly everyone, until he learns something of the truth about God and His allness, lives un- der the shadow of the past or the menace of the future. Someone once asked, (Which do you fear the more, the past or the future?" That is a searching question, and when we have answered it, let us not stop there. Let us meet and conquer those fears. whether they be of the past, or of the future, or of both, with the assurance that there never was, and there never vii be, time when man did not express the in- finite perfection of divine Love; there never was, and there never will be, a time when error and evil were real or true. In reality, there is nothing but the eternal now, filled with the presence of divine Love, that perfect love" which "casteth out fear"
 It is commonly thought that the future lies, at least in some degree, within a mans control, but that the past is over, and nothing can be done about it. Men may perhaps fear the future more consciously than they fear the past. but is it not frequently something in the past that makes them do so? Of the fu- ture we say, T will do better" of the past, Would that I had done better, but 1t cannot be helped now" That is the tragedy of what might have been." But to those who realize the eternality of God it need be a tragedy no longer.
 Are we perhaps laboring under a sense of "the irrevocable past" whether because of conditions which were within our own control or not? Then let us rejoice in the lberating promise found in the book of Joel T will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten" Most of those who come to Christian Science for help can look back to years which seem to have been ravaged by 'locusts" of some kind. Ill-health loss, sins, faults or omissions in ed ucation, misunderstanding and es- arrangements, mistakes, material he redity-such things too often seen to have robbed the past of health and happiness, and to cast gaunt shadows over the future. Joel's mes- sage rings with hope and encour- agement for us all, and he crowns it with the words "and my people shall never be ashamed" The un- derstanding of Gods ever-presence which Christian Science gives, vindi. cates that glorious prophecy.
 God requireth that which is past
 How are those "locust-eaten' years restored? The Bible again supplies the answer, in the book O Ecclesiastes, God requireth tha which is past" That means tha we should deny and reject as un real and powerless everything il past experience which is inconsist ent with the nature of God whether it be in our own past, il our ancestry. or in the past histor. of the human race. God must b acknowledged as supreme iron everlasting to everlasting. Erro and evil were never true in the past and only the belief that they wer true can penalize the present or fl ture.
 But 1t should be remembered tha Gods requirement. of the past doe not mean that If person has, lc us say, defrauded or injured an other. he should pass his wrong