The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12

crowns persistent effort with ever
/ lasting victory"
Jesus said. a mans foes shall
be they Of his own household" This
does not mean that his foes shall
be the other members of his FAM
F lily. hut that his foes may be found
In his own mental home. in his own
+ mentality In other words. his
enemies are wrong thoughts. false
beliefs. evil suggestions. Because
his enemy is not person, but evil
itself. the only place he can handle
II successfully IL where Il appears
TO present itself In his own think
+ ing Now We sec what Mrs. Eddy
meant In the passage We quoted a
few moments ago. The warfare
with ones self Is grand, Il gives
one plenty Of employment" Indeed
IL viii give US 80 much 10 do We
shall have no time 10 condemn
others.
The Rue for Motives and Acts"
fChurch Manual. p. 40l. which Is
read In all Christian Science
churches once n month. urges vas To
resist the temptation to Judge er-
roneously. 10 criticize destfuctlvely.
But this does not imply that we
should stop criticizing To criticize
means 10 estimate. 10 choose. 10
separate So criticism rightly exer-
oiscd II a good thing. II IL essential
10 progress. Indeed you might as
well ask a man 10 stop thinking as
10 stop criticizing. because every
idea that comes into the realm Of
consciousness must and does pass
before the judgment seat ~ the
human mind our Master In
structed rs 70 Judge not according
10 the appearance, bu, 10 Judge
righteous judgment" and the dlf-
ference between what might he
called destructive criticism and
construotiy. criticism lies largely
In the motive behind n. While what
IL called destructive criticism sep.
aTates the evil from the good. u
dismisses The good and remembers
the evil II stresses the fault IL
dwells upon the failure. u In al
ways personal Constructive critic
ism. on the other hand. IL imper-
sonal n points 10 n fault only that
10 may be remedies. II choices In
the correction Of anything wrong.
II judges by pointing out better
way. II. too. separates the evil
from the good. dismlsses the evil
and remembers and exalts the
good. This Is the judgment Chris
tan Science is urging us 10 sxsf-
else every moment Of every day.
in order that evil be ruled out. mol
only from or dOinga. but from our
thoughts OF men, Of ourselves or Of
our fellow men. You see Christian
Science not only holds before AS a
standard. but II IL showing It's stu
dents how 10 reach II.
We human beings have been edu-
Gated 10 believe that good and evil
are personal. that good belongs 20
some persons. and evil 10 others
So a few individuals are thought n
As little less than gods. and others
as something akin 70 devils. But
Christian Science IL showing as
that the good qualities Ne see IN
our friends do not originate with
them. but are reflected by them.
They come from The source Of all
good. God Likewise. the evil quail I
ties which seem 10 be manifested /
by some are not created BY them.
Such persons are simply allowing
themselves 20 BE- temporarily con- f
irollsd b. what Paul called the I
carnal mind When We awaken 10
see the lfapefsonal nature Of good .
and evil. ~ shall recognize the 4
futiiity Of fighting zach other In
order 70 destroy an impsrsonal
evil
Every human being must deal
with the belief that evil IL present
N human consciousness. and he
must deal with Il either from the
basis that IL IL true or that II -
false. Many people deal with evil
~ something that il real and true.
me Christian SCIENTIST has chosen
% deal with evil a. something God
I'D not make. hence neither real
1or true Let ~ see now our Mas
.er dealt with a. Was II the pur-
,ose OF Jesus mission 10 support
he claim 81 evils reality, or 20
:eny III To make something Of II,