Montana labor news., 1945-10-25

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Instead of trying to use God to get what
YOU think you want or need, let God
use you, to unfold His will and plan
for you. That is conservation. That
prayer never fails of an answer You
know, most folks just pray for what
they want That's the common concept
of prayer-to ask for what you want.
One time little boy, whose parents had
never given him any real or proper rea-
son for praying, was asked by minis
ter, Johnny, do you pray every night {"
Instantly, Johnny replied: "Why should
II? Some nights | don't want anything"
The individual who, in conservation,
prays God to use him or her to unfold
the divine will and plan, and consist
emily seeks to follow each divine inn
pulse, in that very attitude lives the
prayer Of conservation. Let me tell you
Of an instance Of it.
A seventeen-year-o Sunday school
boy went away to college. He put up
sign over his desk reading, Myself
Third" This meant nothing to the fell
lows, and Of course they all wanted to
know what it meant; and wisely, he
would not tell them Finally, while
later, his roommate pressed him, and he
said to his roommate: "Pll be glad to
tell you. I didn't want to say anything
about it until l could really make it
work. Now I'll be glad to tell you" And
before l tell you folks what that boy
told his roommate, I'd just like to say
this, If you haven't better basis for
inspiring your thinking, your motives,
your attitude towards others, your
words, and your actions, think about
what this boy did and follow his ex-
ample. This boy told his roommate: !:
/ "When l went away to college, my
mother asked me to do three things in
any situation which came up. She said,
Always put God, Principle, and your
/ highest sense of right, first; service to
others, second; yourself, third And, so
wouldn't forget it I put up the sign,
Myself Third I am told that there
are many Myself Third" signs over
desks, work benches, and kitchen sinks
as humble testimony of the earnest de-
sire in the hearts of so many individu-
ais to live that most effectual prayer OF
conservation
Conservation Saves Soldier from
Death and Blindness
Here is an example Of the prayer Of
consecration. 1t is a most beautiful in
stance of its protecting and healing in
fluence An army private wrote me these
two letters | want to read them to you
He gave me his permission to use them
and l share them with you. You'll love
them, and you'll never forget the les
son in them. The first letter reads: 81
guess you knew we made the landing
at Anzio. Well on the way into the
beach, I had a hymn in my mind
Shepherd, show me how to go [by Mrs
Eddy. I never new the words to that
hymn until that time and they just came
to me I have often thought that I've
had so many miracles as the fellows
would say, but we know that there were
and are Just Gods presents. One thing
l am, oh, so grateful for is the time
spent up on the line, that | had COM
plete confidence in Gods protection. Not
once did fear enter my consciousness
I hope that some day I will be able to
help others find the light / have had
something when I've been able to helr
others A buddy Of mine in my outfit
had been hit in the arm, and it left his
right hand stiff He was striving foi
something and so have been reading
the Lesson to him and have lent hin
my books to read. Well, last Sunday he
told me that he is overcoming the con
dition with his hand. I only wish l hac
a firmer knowledge so I could help hin
more.
81 want you to know how much hell
Christian Science has been in this tur
moil. feel that have gained power
or shall ! say, accepted it? I am eve
so grateful, I've constantly held to 'th
scientific statement of being [Scienc
and Health, p. 468l, and also tn
, twenty-third Psalm is so comforting.
Now, that is the end of his first letter
Before l read the second, l want t.
quote that verse, because Of what fol
, lows "Yea, though walk through tn
valley of the shadow of death, | will
fear no evil; for thou art with me-"
Here's the second letter: 81 have ha,
the most wonderful demonstration.
am the only one Of four who is alive
We we're sitting in jeep when a shell
blew it out from under us. Well, I land
ed in the hospital-blind. That buddy 0
/ mine read the Lesson to me every day
and | have been healed of that condi
ton of blindness, and am 0. K"
Can you ever doubt the effectiveness
of the prayer Of conservation after lis
tening to those letters "a lad not ye
twenty impelled by consecration, res
cued from death, and then from blind
ness. You ask how you, here, can bet
{ ter live the prayer of conservation? B.
not being satisfied with selfish materia
thinking and living, but by humbly
+ meekly, lifting your hearts to think AM
E live unselfishly, with each thought mo
/ tive, word, and act under the diyin
! impulse. By seeking to give, to share
e to help, not to get, to have or to b
I served by others. To make each momen
t Of each day an occasion to bless other
I and glorify God, to pray consistent
D for our men in service, and for other
G whose needs seem greater than you
own Then the kingdom of heaven o
r earth today is your reward-the fruit
agile of the prayer Of conservation whic
/ Christian Science teaches you. No won
d der Christian Science is called "a re
ligion OF Answered Prayer"
t Healing Is Assured
+ During this hour some Of you hav
been reused, spiritually quickened, UP
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