Montana labor news., 1939-05-04

what is true homer n Dut SOUL
spiritual consciousness, wherein is
real and abiding joy, harmonious
and loving relationships, and salts
flying, peace-giving spiritual sense,
the opposite Of material sensation.
Establish this sense of home in the
human consciousness, and marital
problems, loneliness, and discord
would disappear.
THE QUESTION OF GAMBLING
Here someone may say, 81 can see
the wisdom of overcoming such
habits as indulgence in liquor, drugs,
and tobacco, but why include gam
bling in this category? May this not
be a very harmless thing if not in
dulged to excess?" To the Christian
Scientist, supply, substance, like
health and harmony, proceeds from
God; is, in fact, the gift of God.
The student, therefore, should have
a very sacred sense about his supply.
Can one admit the element of
chance in the matter Of his supply,
any more than he can with his
health? Then, too, there enters into
this question of gambling the mes
merism and seemingly attractive
element of getting something for
nothing, than which there is no
more subtle and dangerous sugges-
ton. Remove the notion Of gam
bling from pastimes, and diversions
become tests of sportsmanship and
wholesome fun. An airplane pilot
serving in the late war vas asked,
while on leave, to take part in a
gambling game with some fellow
officers. He refused, saying, 81 am
trying to know there is no luck or
chance while 1 am flying; why
should I believe it while on the
ground?" Certainly the consistent
Christian Scientist cannot believe in
luck or chance whilst he strives to
anchor his hope and trust in omnipo-
tent, c~hangeless Principle. The
sense Of supply of Gods children
should not be %precarious and doubt
full. In the second book of Kings
is to be found a passage which may
be regarded as a comforting and sci
entific statement about supply. It
refers to the provision made by a
king in Babylon for a captive king
of Judah. It reads: "And his allow
ance was a continual allowance
given him Of the king, a daily rate
for every day, all the days of his
life" May we not accept this pas
sage as a beautiful picture of di-
vine Loves constant and unfailing
provision for His children? God
gives you His spiritual IDEAS" writes
the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science Miscellaneous
Writings, p. 307), "and in turn, they
give you daily supplies and
if you wait, never doubling, you will
have all you need every moment -
GUARDING ONES THINKING
Our triumph over the many
phases of mental suggestion can be
achieved only as we stand porter
at the door of thought" to use the
words of the textbook Up. 1922, and
carefully scrutinize the mental
guests applying for admission-ad-
hitting those coming from God, the
Mind which is Love and Principle,
and promptly rejecting the ennis
saries of the carnal mind, or ag-
gressive suggestion. A bank teller
can quickly detect a counterfeit sill
yer dollar, not because he has stud
led counterfeit coins, but because
he knows the ring and feel of the
genuine. Christian Science is show
ing mankind how to become so ia
miliar with Gods real, harmonious
creation that it will be enabled
speedily to stamp every d%iscordant,
unloving, -inharmonious mental pic
ture as counterfeit, unreal. Then,
as in the Masters experience, when
he has ~steadfastly rejected evil sug-
gestions, angels will come and min
lister unto us; thought will be ex-
allied, clarified, poised. The text
book tells us that 'the sinner makes
his own hell by doing evil, and the
saint his own heaven by doing right
Up. 1861. It is our sacred privilege
this day SO to guard Jul thinking,
that heaven, harmony, may begin to
dawn in our experience and bless us