The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-11
Stability

THE temptation to feel. with
Hamlet, that "the time is out OF
= joint is common to many OF
earth's inhabitants today And I'M
questionably, sometimes with less
provccation, sometimes wish more,
such has often been the opinion in
the past. Men normally desire safety,
stability, security, and have looked
for them in human governments. per-
sons, investments, position, profess
sions, and achievements of all kinds.
But have they found these things?
No! Not in any material plans or
possessions, however humanity wise
or good. have permanent safety and
security been found. Certainly not In
what we call our times have these
been experienced. And that makes
all the more interesting a statement
which has stood in Isaiah for more
than two thousand years: wisdom
and knowledge shall be the stability
of thy times" he said. Not gold, not
ornaments, not organizations and
unified materially, but wisdom and
knowledge" alone bring stability!
True knowledge, really helpful
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spiritual and eternal facts. If all
men everywhere would consciously
reflect the wisdom of divine Mind,
the intelligence and integrity, the
far-seeing judgment and complete
kindness of that Mind, there would
be no more confusion and distress,
no more hate and fear, no more war
fare and insecurity. B t all men are
not consciously doing this, nor do
the majority seem yet ready to do go.
Therefore, those OF us who are in
measure spiritually ready, must do
our part particularly well, that we
may lead the world to see that 1t is
not primarily our times but our
thinking, that is wrong.
He who dwells on high, who habit
ually keeps thought above the sordid
and material, the dishonest and the
low, dwells in the divinely mental
atmosphere above the fears and dis
turbances of so-called mortal mind
He who understands even partially
that God is omnipotent. the one and
only real power, and that God is
movable and available, has in this
understanding a sure defence, rock
Of stability.
The fear Of losing good, the belief
In fluctuating good, produces sense
of insecurity, begets instability. The
individual who understands that the
one changeless God is the everlasting
source Of all true life, happiness, pro-
vision, security, and stability knows
no fear. -.
How safe and undisturbed was Je-
sus in spite OF the great disturbances,
ignorance, and poverty which also
characterized his times! Was not this
because of the spiritual conviction
expressed In his statement, 81 and
my Father are one? His spiritual
wisdom, his selfess, loving knowl-
edge of good, gave him sense of his
own and every mans eternal security
as an individual idea In Mind, for
ever safe from harm.
Today, mankind must learn that
not in matter but in Spirit is true
safety; that 1t is hate and fear, self
ishness and materiality that make
for instability, and that love and
wise cooperation, fearlessness, and
intelligent helpfulness bring security
Learning this, they will begin to ap-
preciate as present possibility the
heaven defined on page SGT of the
Christian Science textbook, "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy. thus,
HEAVEN. Harmony: the reign OF
Spirit; government by divine Prin-
ciple; spirituality; bliss; the atmos-
phere of Coul"
Then the nations will see that true
riches are mental; that valuable
possessions are spiritual; that a
country's real need is not geographi-
cal expansion, but an expanding men.
tai horizon. Then they will realize
that the only necessary armament,
Is the assurance of good founded on
the rock, Truth; that the only SEEM
ing enemy is evil-ignorance of God;
that the only needed weapon Is the
law of God intelligently applied, and
that spiritual wisdom, the knowledge
of God constitutes the only stability
of our own or any other time.-TAe
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