The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-20

unaecustomed 10 yield up what Inc
poet calls its "wsvering will. and
humhlv and trustingly walk with
The Father along the way Chris
tan Science Hymnal. No. 1922.
come walk with Love along the
way.
Let ehiidlike trust be yours today
Upiift your thought, with courage
90.
Give of your hearts rich overflow,
And peace shall crown your joy
filled day.
Come. walk with Love along the
way
Dealing with False Appetites
Immediate dividends are in eVl-
dence when we walk with divine
Love along the way; but one needs
to watch that these are not snatch
ed from him by the subtle srgu-
merts Of materalism, which would
deceive the very elect. BE
f Christian Scientist by all means,
comes the crafty suggestion, but
don't be narrow-minded. why,
what possible harm can there be
in mild indulgence in tobacco
and liquor, for instance? Are
there not greater evils 10 be dealt
with than a cigarette or COCK
tail" Most assuredly; but the
Discoverer and Founder Of Chris
+ tan Science reminds us that II We
would ever do the great WORKS OF
+ the Master, We must begin, i.
with the more simple demonstra-
tons of CONTROL and, she ADDS,
pertinently. "the sooner we begin
the better" (Science and Health,
p. 42e). Without doubt, many
people are failing to handle their
graver problems Of sickness, lack
or other inharmony, because they
are not consistently graphing with
and overcoming the little foxes
of selfishness or material indul-
gence which nibble the vines of
demonstration.
On all sides one sees, these days,
the most alluring and cunningly
contrived advertisements which,
together with many moving pic
lures. present materialism and
material indulgence as smart and
thoroughly desirable and satisfy
ing. But. in the language of
Longfellow' poem. Trust her not,
she is fooling thee Material
sense. like a subtle spider, weaves
about the unwary mortal a web
of sensual pleasure so attractive
and seemingly so innocent. that
the mischief is done before one
knows ii. Then he awakens to
find himself bound with a we'll
defined appetite for tobacco or the
craving for strong drink or some
other form of sensualism. No
thinking being loves slavery or
bondage. AS hymn has it,
God made all His creatures free;
Life itself is liberty"
Would il not be welcome
change to see on billboards, and
in the pages Of magazines, pictures
of attractive young people, ath-
letic. and with glow OF health
upon their cheeks, declining prof
fered liquor or tobacco with a
happy No. thank you l want
freedom and real satisfaction and
sweet odors."
Healing OF Intemperance
Christian Science, proclaiming
heaven. harmony, at hand, is with
out doubt the most profound in
fluence for temperance and moral
itv in human consciousness today.
Innumerable cases of healing of
the liquor. tobacco, and drug
habits, and the lifting of thou
sands out of sensualism into the
light of clean living and happi-
ness. are the results of its Christ
ly ministry. To be sure, there
are so-called liquor and drug cures
in materia medica. wherein the pa
tents are denied all intoXicants
and given a treatment to elm
mate from their systems all trace
of the stimulant; but If nothing
has been done to the patient
thinking. if he has not been lifted
higher mentally and spiritually,
what assurance has one that the
craving will not reappear? One
is truly safe only when through
spiritual education he can say and
feel This suggestion. this crav-
ing. is unreal, for God never made
it
Here some victim of false appe-
tite may say: y can sec that if
one could think along these spirit
ual lines. freedom might be at
tanned, but I cannot control my
thinking, and my power OF resis-
lance seems to he gone. What am
TO do >" In the textbook Mrs.
Eddy definitely states that If one
e. unable to bring about a healing
through his own efforts. he should
early call an experienced Christian
Scientist TO aid him. See Science
and Health, p. 420D Learning the
truth about God and His law. the
patient gains spiritual strength to
say No" to the temptations Of
the carnsl mind not through
human will-power. but through
the reflection Of God-power. Slow
ly or quickly the patient learns to
enter a vigorous denial TO the ar
gument that real pleasure or salts
faction is TO be found in the realm
OF material sensation. because
man. his real selfhood and the re-
Election of his Maker. IS whole.
complete. free. and satisfied now.
Being a spiritual creation. man is
not under any physiological law
which says that a material sys-
TEN is demanding drugs or stimu-
lanfs. The real man Is not rhysi-
que-s dweller in nerves or physi-