The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-28

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!. What a contrast Tie terrifying.
/ red and swollen dragons. those
! devilish states Of thought that
. would threaten 10 deyour u with
fear. hate. anger. lust lack. sln,
and disease. shall give Way . grass
with reeds and ruShes. These forms
, al plant life, 80 essential 70 his
! people, offer no threat. no danger.
no devastation. They bespeak pro-
vision and supply. Grass. in It's
many varieties. was the most i'm
portant form Of food for man and
beast. Reeds and rushes gave the
raw material for many things es-
/. sential to their human comfort.
Let IL be noted that the promise
Is that not where some dragons
lay. but where each lay-big ones.
little ones. in-between ones-shail
be found the humble, productive,
upward-g rowing spiritual
thoughts that provide mastery over
the inflated falsities OF material
sense. and enthrone the spiritual
Idea Of being. II the dragon that
may seem TO confront you seems
slow to give ground. and error
argues there is little hope OF dis
placing II. know that what error
SAYS cannot be done is already
done. The divine and eternal order
is here and now. Never has man.
the son and image OF the All-God.
fallen into the habitation Of dragons
nor become their prospective vic
tim. Says Mrs. Eddy on page II
of mo and Yes" In Science there
is no fallen state of being; :. no
escape from the focal radiation of
the infinite" Know this, and you
will stop iniquity's lying mouth.
A boy asked his Sunday school
teacher IL the serpent that tempted
Adam and Eve in the third chapter
Of Genesis grew.up to be the drag
on mentioned by John in Revela-
ton. The teacher said probably ii
was the same fellow, to which the
boy replied, well, why didn't they
kill it when IL was young?"
What appear to be dragons to us
are often the habits Of bad think
ing we have unconsciously allowed
to develop over a period OF years,
habits Of criticism, faultfinding,
worry. selfishness, seeing our fell
lows through the lens OF personal
sense, rather than as our brothers
In the Fathers kingdom, dominat-
ing tendencies. material indul-
gences, and 30 on. Unless killed
when they are young. these
thought-habits grow to be dragons
that threaten our health, happi-
ness, and success. But no matter
If the dragons have seemed to
grow in the past, they can now
give way before the omniaetive
spiritual ideas that root in the soil
of humility, and grow in the sun
shine Of patience and sincerity.
Learn to Listen
Have you learned to listen for
Gods voice to guide, protect, in
spire you? Certainly we must be
willing both to listen and obey if
we are TO find our unity with
God. Mortals have, in belief, sep
arated themselves from God and
His voice. Yet the Bible says that
there is no speech or language
where His voice shall not be heard.
Jesus and the prophets talked with
God and He with them. His voice
isn't something organic and physi-
cal, but the "still small voice" of
everlasting Love, our omnipresent,
omniactive Mind, declaring its wis
dom to its beloved son. Surely
there is nothing about supreme in
telligence that makes it inartieu-
late and unable TO communicate
constantly TO its expression, man.
The only dumbness and deafness
Is IN the dull thinking OF mortals,
who ignorantly believe man Is
separated from God, bundled up in
matter. and 10 unable 10 commune
cate with Deity. Christian Science
Is removing this wall Of partition,
as Paul well calls it. God is every
where, the one infinite Person, or
Presence. by whom and in whom
We all live and think Really. only
God is speaking. His Is the only
voice there is TO hear. He uttered
his voice, the earth melted" say
the Scriptures. The deafness of
material mindedness. egotism. and
self-v1ll must dissolve and men
hear the voice Of intelligence. Mind /
governing its own. Says Science
and Health (p. So. Spirit, God. Is /
heard when the senses are silent"
More earnest prayer and humble /
listening before we make decisions |
will lessen the need for much pray
ing after We have made them.
Animate Error Not Life
Life and action go together. But |
in evaluating the material sense Of /
things from the standpoint OF di- /
vine Science it is necessary 10 see /
that mere material action does not I
express real Life any more than /
material thinking expresses real
Mind. To illustrate:
One evening, some years ago.
was out walking with my fox-ter-
rier. or a sudden. ne took off after
a neighbours cat. There was a lively
race, but the cat escaped. as pre-
sumo the dog expected him TO do.
As watched. the question came 10
my thought. Just what does all this
represent from the mental stand
point How should it be classified