Montana labor news., 1945-05-24

alone, discards self-will, and finds Joy
and happiness before unknown. Divine
grace feeds the sick and spiritually
hungry, destroys fear, and lets the light
of Truth shine on all with healing
warmth.
And let us not forget the tenderness
Of kindness. one has but to look about
him today to see how this quality has
been awakened. True, it may be human
kindness, but looking deeper into realism
we find the kindness that is of God.
This gentle quality exposes and uproots
an outer show of kindness which may
harbor inner grossness. No quality un-
like good can remain in the kindness
that is of God.
The following incident may reveal to
you some Of the graces Of Spirit that
are exemplified in our daily life when
we reflect the divine Being During the
first World War a young man. a Chris
tian Scientist, spent a month on a farm
in order to prepare himself for service
in the armed forces. He reached the
farm late one afternoon and before GO
ing in to dinner the owner, who was
showing him about the farm, took him
into a large barn still under construc-
ton, His attention was Immediately
attracted by a strange noise, and looking
up he saw a hundred or more birds
milling around a circular dome The
farmer explained that they had been
trapped there when the dome was built,
and added, THE stupid things They
could find way out if they would only
drop down a few feet where there is
an opening" He said that every day
they found dozens Of them on the floor
To the young Christian Scientist came
the thought Love will show them the
way out" All during dinner he was
troubled and kept working. To himself
he declared that the intelligence which
is divine Mind certainly governs every
idea He thought if he could only get
back to the barn away from the other
people. he could work the thing out. So
after dinner he excused himself ana
returned to the barn. Upon entering
he was startled by the intense stiffness
that filled the barn. There was not a
single bird in the dome. Then he knew
indeed that Love is the liberator'
(science and Health, p 225l
Thus we see that every moment of
the day, here and now, we can refute
the inclination of the carnal mind to
identify us with that which is unlike
God, whether it be in small or large
things. Each spiritual truth that is
revealed is a foretaste of eternity, a
glimpse of reality Each truth we dis
cover and utilize, each quality of good
We reflect, replaces some false belief or
practice and we are finding our true
selfhood as perfect and eternal as Cod,
the only creator Each time We dis
tinguish between the real and the un-
real. accepting the true and rejecting
the untrue, that truth is our conscious
ness, our real self. and can lead to the
full recognition Of the allness complete
ness, and eternality of Gods spiritual
creation
AS a summary and in conclusion, let
me quote again from our Leaders writ
ings lsoience and Health. PIP 470, AID, |
The relations of God and man divine
Principle and idea, are indestructible in
Science; and Science knows no lapse
from nor return TO harmony. but holds
the divine order or spiritual law in
which God and all that He creates are
perfect and eternal to have remained !
unchanged in its eternal history"