The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-10-14
Gods Protecting Presence

word today. By use of con-
voys, troops and supplies
have been dispatched to all parts
Of the world. with but negligible
loss. Those who have expert
enced life on the high seas in war
time know and appreciate the full
value of a powerful convoy. So
long as mortalS entertain the be-
lief that life is in matter. they will
feel the need of human means. of
weapons and conveys, to protect
their limited human sense of life,
freedom, and security.
In the world crisis today the
question arises, more persistently
than ever, What is real, and what
glory is there in the achievement
Of material things? The answer
definitely is that only Gods Gre
alton is real, indcstructiblc, and
changeleSs. Material things change
and pass away, but the under
standing of Life as God is immor-
tai. God is infinite. cver-pre>ent
Life, and man cocNists with God;
consequently, he is one with Life,
and cannot be separated for an
instant from Gods protecting
presence and the great realities
Of Life. The understanding of this
basic fact destroys the false belief
that man, Gods idea. is ever in
danger. No matter how real the
evidence before the material
senses may seem to be, man can
not be separated from Life, God.
One who is struggling to find a
way out Of the mist of material
ism, may well take courage in the
age-old promise made so long ago,
and affirmed by the prophet Isa-
iah, "Whcn thou passcst through
the waters, l will be with thee;
and through the rivers, they shall
not overflow thee: when thou
yalkest through the fire, thou
shalt not be burned; neither shall
the flame kindle upon thee"
Isaiah 1922.
God, divine Principle, guides
every right thought, motive, and
act, so that a state of spiritual
peace may be maintained amid
worldly confusion, quietness of
heart amid the warning elements
Of evil, and assurance under all
circumstances that divine help is
at hand. Quietncss and peace
rNma &c Uyn rnnlivn ntyr 81 am
ment with God through prayer,
conservation, humility, and self
abnegation. Spiritual reality can
be attained proportionately as we
dwell in the atmosphere of perfect
Love, wherein no hate, war, de-
stru"tion, conflict, or death can
be found. "Love is the liberator,"
writes Mary Baker Eddy in "Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" Up. 225). -.
Christ Jesus proved the power
Of Love over fear, Life over death,
and that the everlasting presence
Of divine Love is available at all
times and beyond all question.
Once, when the humble Nazarene
and his disciples had entered a
boat to cross the Sea of Galilee,
a sudden storm arose. Filled with
fear, his disciples came to where
he was n Sting in the stern of the
boat, saying Mark 4:3S), Master,
carest thou not that we perish?"
The Master calmly "arose, and re-
buked the wind, and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still. And the wind
ceased, and there was a great
calm" (verse 39). What a heav-
emily sense of inward quietness
and security is realized when we
recognize Gods ever-present love,
when we awaken from the belief
Of life in matter to the conscious
realization of Life in Spirit, and
hear the call, "Peace, be STILL"
when the Christ = deliverance
brings every form of error into
subsection to the divine will! 80.
Wherever we may be, on land,
or sea, or in the air, even in the
midst of the raging tempest, we
can realize the immediate pres
ence and power Of God, ALIEN
bracing divine Love. The under
standing and demonstration Of
God a. omnipotent, omniprescnt
Principle, and of man IS the
image and likeness of Mind, ex-
pressing the qualities of immor-
tality and indestructibility, de-
stroy fear and reveal the radiant
light of Truth, the powerful
Christ-presence, guiding the way
to eternal Life and perfect peace.
The Christian Science Monitor.