The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-04-18

The desire to achieve is part Of the
makeup of every normal human
being and is certainly commendable.
Without it history would probably
have recorded very little progress.
The purest altruism is the desire
to achieve for others, universally,
rather than personally or individu-
ally. This tendency is even discerned
In the animal and vegetable king
doms, in the upward-reaching, aspir-
ing branches of the trees, in the
order and purpose of the ant heap,
and the beehive. And why? Be-
cause what has been called the
divine spark in man is not content
merely to toll or to stagnate, but
demands advancement and achieve
ment. This is indicated in Brown
ing's familiar saying, "a mans reach
should exceed his grasp" We can,
however, go even further than
Browning has done, for since thought
must precede action, and action is
simply the outcome Of thought, man
is potentially already there, he is
where his reach Is. What is needed
then in every event is to enlarge our
thinking, to remove the limitations
from our aspirations.
There are some who keep their
desires in the valley of wistful long
ing, saying, How I wish could
attain this or that!" adding in the
next breath, But it will never be
mine" The more robust and scien-
tif1c thinker says, "Such goal is
possible of attainment, and SO am
already there" The Importance Of
this point is illustrated in a very
simple manner in the old English
story of Dick Wilmington, which
most people know. The little ragged
country boy had walked up to Lon
don Town to look for work, being Of
an adventurous spirit. All day he
tried in vain, no one would listen to
him, so at nightfall he turned his
back on the city to return to the
countryside. At the outskirts he
halted discouraged to rest, and sud-
denly the bells of London rang out,
and this is what they chimed: Turn
again Wilmington. Lord Mayor Of
London. Turn again Wilmington,
Lord Mayor of London" Wilmington
turned and the prophecy Of the bells
came true, although this took place
centuries ago, when It was not easy
for the lowly to rise. This shows
what even human hope and faith can
do, but human hope and faith UNI
aided are not enough. Today more
than ever before humanity is con-
scious of its own inadequacy to stem
the tides of events, to quiet the tur-
MOL on every side and to maintain
peace and equity. Therefore today
there is a seeking in human thought
for something outside of itself, better,
higher, more dependable, turning
in this direction and that for help
and support. This is good, for such a
state of thought indicates receptivity,
which is the first step towards the
mastery Of any problem.
Now there is today a Science Of
Life which is the same as a Science
of being, and because 1t is Science 1t
Is exact, demonstrable. It takes as
its premise that God, the creator, is
Spirit, and that therefore His off,
spring, man, is spiritual. Conse-
quently 1t states that power is spirit
ual, and the inheritance Of man, and
that the human being can attain to
and utilize this power. Humanity as.
q whole has never recognized the fact
that spiritual means have. been
shown again and again throughout
human history to be the most potent
and certain In order To achieve. that
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