Show SELECTIONS fROM THE f CHRISTIAN SCIENCE JOURNAL l' l I TIME AND PROGRESS ff Violet Violot Ker t Not tho least of tho blessings which the of Christian Science Is the tho improvement wrought ht in in our thought though concerning time tho the ebb and flow of life as ns we havo bavo al always 3 s regarded regarded re it A lr popular expression such finch the tho of life lifo will T Las OS is prime gradually fall faIl into disuse as the understanding of the eternal source of life develops and loa leavens tho materialism of hunan hu hu- man nan theory A careful study dudy of lain tain Bible texts reveals re tho the fact that tho ho mental condition of the thc individual has hae las much to do with the duration of his lis earthly existence For example Ye know that no murderer hath bath eternal eter eter- nal abiding in him To bo be car car- lally minded is death but to be spir- spir minded is lifo and peace Life and its d duration are re not determined b by time nor b by matter but by the degree of i sin ain or materialism or spirituality ignorance or knowledge r possessed by bv b each individual Christian Scientists ook look upon the tho passing of ot 1 time with nith different eyes from their fellows because it represents to them 8 ver fresh opportunities for progressing out of tho ne negative tive conditions of ignorance ignorance ance and sin and advancing toward truer modes of thinking and Jivin living tf r Says Mrs Eddy Earths Earth preparatory preparatory tory school must mut be be improved to the utmost Science and Health p. p It Is not nece necessary to leave this earth I nor to havo have young youn blood in our our veins vein veins to do this for thousands of students student of Christian Science are proving provo ing that tho the active demonstration of spiritual good involving ceaseless toll toU I for humanity prolongs bodily vigor And ind mental alertness so that longevity longe is s no lon longer er synonymous with degeneration degener tion but with dominion and harmony In n Deuteronomy we read that when Moses was years old his eyo was not lot dim nor his natural force abated The Fhe faith and understanding of Moses led ed him to turn from the evidence of he the the 11 0 senses and to appeal at all aU i times to God omnipotent good and ando so o he was chosen to lead multitudes out I of f bondage toward the tho promised land laud lie o was a Worth worthy forerunner of Jesus the he Christ whose and purity spiritual ity ty completely eclipsed the material sense ense of things Christian Science is in this age in in- a atin that knowledge of eternal life lie which enabled the shower to triumph over death Mrs Eddy says Sin brought death and death will wili will disappear with the the- disappearance of ofin ofin I jin in in 1 Science and Health p. p Christian hristian Science is it advancing into the very cry citadels of sin unmasking and nd Disarming it and thus undermining the tho effect of a universal uni belief Tears Zears tars are tho the stops by which wo we may rise to a clearer view of the divino demands do de sands ands and in this mental ascent we wean wean an make timo time an ally aUy instead of an nemy enemy TOne COne One of the definitions of tim time in inV V dictionary is as follows iTha Tha present life existence in in this orId as contrasted with immortal life mite nite as contrasted with ith infinite dura dura- ion 11 This is a human measurement nd ind a host of ot disasters follow in in its rake ke The average a mortal grieves rieves over he be past pat frets about the present trembles trem trem- bles les for the future the sense en e of time limit influences actions projects and sven ven character One class olas of people la lay heir their plans in such a way as to insure what ahat hat they call caU a good oo time and their heir life suggests the adoption of a aa pagan a an adage Let Let us es eat t drink andIS and be IS me merry for tomorrow wo we die Time to to- such luch as these represents pleasure seeking and the pr prospect of Did aid is away with dread because it t puts an nn end to sensuous enjoyment What pitiful artifices men and worn n resort nort to in in their efforts effort to simulate youth uth they call caU upon hygiene one masage massage mas mas- sage age ae and capillary art to those ravages es of time time 11 which they are mentally accepting and physically com corn batting atting Society is is lS haunted by jaded notha that sti still flutter wistfully round the he artificial glare lare of social success popularity and position And all aU to hat ends end 1 Another class pos possessed essed of somewhat I her aspirations look for the tho acquisition ion tion Ion of fame and fortune and md these are by the tho thought ht of how much muchas las as to be accomplished within a given i cn time hence physical breakdown not Dot infrequently results from tho the high hiah pressure pres pres- sure lure at which wInch such people livo in their or to carry out ont a specified pro pro- tam ram Homes of rest rost are filled with tho ho 0 wraiths of gifted men who thanks to 0 tho the human belief in limitation laved slaved to their own undoing Even EveD V hen when a premature breakdown i is the average individual looks looka I for or an abatement of strength ener energy y ind nd intellectual power as tho the years roll I by y ly The thou thought ht of death it must be bo Admitted droit ted t taints ints almost every onry human pursuit and calculation Is not this tato tate of thin things s accounted for by tho the of tho the pantheistic belief hat matter frames its own conditions nd pd imposes them volens olens upon ind lind its superior What humanity leeds is 15 a greater de degree r e of spiritual ty for for tho the letter but the pint gi-eth gi life Through Christian Science thou thought ht in tho the contemplation of infine e 0 and eternal bein being limitless space energy inexhaustible intel intel- genco enco and the tho above definition of time is soon seen to be based upon a n for it will not bear V that i is to say spiritual anal e. e Tho reference to time as II the the pros pros- at Lt t life leads ono one to ask When docs does io I 0 next life begin beJin and is il tho the next nest world a place where God is V contradistinction to this ono one e is is not f If this wore were so man mans man's s 's salva salva- on ont which proceeds from God would V e determined solely by locality This theory thoon wherever a accepted both sin sin and death makes makos contingent upon everything ther than individual effort fosters apathy and hinders that spirit- spirit it ii awakening which alono alone will rouse from its mesmeric dream of lao no 01 place and lifo life in matter Does it t tho the II future lito lifo life 11 wo we hear bear of exist ow since sinco God is eternal life and is ot at life life wholly spiritual in quantity id d So oolong long on as ag mankind believe that life a intelligence have havo a material and te He source that thoy they flow in the ins ns and scintillate in tho the brain so zig J JJ will these thee continue continuo to seem Deem tho the y f of circumstance for as as a nina man m eth BO so is he for the time ho thus The material mentality st to dust looks at lifo life from an point of view I Is this Chris Chris- In the thu New Testament wo we read reid And this tins is is lifo life eternal that they ight know theo thee the tho only true God a d Jesus Christ whom thou hast t t. t In this text lies the explanation i and tho remedy for the J plight that h ha hes G ignorantly fallen into Having inc no true truo knowledge of Go God mortals mortals mor mor- tab lack the tho correct knowledge e concerning concerning con coo cernin life which knowledge can be gained only onh through the of spiritual sense Neither time timo nor fal false e belief elit can obliterate tho the truth contained in tho the Scriptural utterances of Jesus Jesu nor can thc they prevent their ultimate tion He lie himself said Ono One jot or one ono title shall in no MEa pass from the tho law Ian till all aU be bo fulfilled It is obvious that facts however beautiful be and eternal eternal eter eter- nal nal bene benefit benent t us only in in tho the de degree ree in which we wo assimilate them Mortals are arc vaguely va looking to time timo to accomplish the needed changes they thoy are arc wistfully hoping for something different from their present experiences and locating that something beyond this earth and beyond this ago They overlook tho fact that the recognition on of the tho true nature of God is fast b becoming a present possibility present both as 38 regards time and as re regards ards space and that in this pro progressive essi 6 recognition of reality is contained the recipe f for r the tho complete eradication of evil c Invalid or sinner it matters not tho the remedy is is at hand Behold now is is the accepted time 1 Does it not stand tand to reason that God GodI is is not going to chan change 01 It is we T who must rouse ourselves cs to a clearer realization realization reali I of eternal facts Hearing tho the teachings s of Christian Science propounded propounded pro pro- pounded inquirers are apt to touch some somo portion of their body and exclaim in in dismay Do you m mean an to S say that weare wo we are going to live forever fore ed Assuredly not tho material sense we wc but there is encouragement in the words of the psalmist Give me mo understanding and andI I shall shan live Jive The The old old man whose temporal embodiment is matter is being being be be- in ing put off oft that is to say false theories r regarding gardin Life and dc death th Spirit and matt matter or God and his creation are aro yielding to truer ones and the world is already feeling the effect of this spiritualization which attends each step in Christian Science Tho The leadin leading professors of the day are makin making I startling statements regarding the evanescent e nature natura of matter and BO so it will continue continuo until the period perio of seem seeing thron h is through a glass darkly succeeded by ay that In which we all aU with open face beholding as in a glass the glory lory of the Lord are changed into nto the same ima image mage e from glory to glory oven even as by the Spirit of the Lord This is a a. gradual one and only brought about by study and demonstration demo dem but Christian Scientists are areat areat at all events learning to make the pass pass- ing ng of time synonymous with conscious and conscientious progress Mind measures time ac according to the good that hat is unfolded Science and Health p p. One whose thought is perpetually perpetu perpetu- ally turned toward good presents a very different type to his nei neighbor bor whoso whose mentality is in a stage or ot sta stagnation if f not of de degeneration Take two gardens gar dens planted alike and placed side aide by bv side tho the active gardener will win weed and trim and prune thereby allowing tho the impartial impartial im im- im partial sunlight to reach his plants The lazy Inzy one thou though h equally well placed laced will apathetically apat allow atlow disorder to o invade his premises and in a short time ime a vast contrast will be bo presented b by y those two nei neighboring plots The Christian Scientist if lf he be faithful faith faith- ful rul presents a health healthy mind and a a. healthy body he cannot consistently consistent do doess less leBs ess and this is because he is alert in detecting wrong thou thoughts before they have ha lave been beenen given en expression in word or deed faithful in maintaining a n clear mental attitude toward God and in obeying the divine law of brotherly love 6 at all times to the very best of his un Un- Some may say This is only what all Christians do but did not Jesus Ea say Bay of the tho most honored sect of his da day Except your righteousness shall exceed the ri righteousness of tho the scribes and Pharisees yo ye shall in no case enter into the tho kingdom of heaven enl en The average conception of God makes but a small smal demands upon the I orthodox Christian for it permits of his trusting to everything and and everybody c rather than God in m sickness it allows of his lis fearin fearing tho the human law regarding here hereditary tendencies it preaches resignation to human ills 1115 as of div divine ne appointment and it rele relegates ates to a il ila a vague ue future futuro time timo the fulfilment of Jesus Jesus' culminating command in iii the tho Sermon Sermon Sermon Ser Ser- mon on the Mount fount Be yo therefore perfect even cen as your our Father which is in heaven cn is perfect Perhaps no DO ono one realizes so 50 clearly as does the tIme Christian Scientist how boT far he ho falls fall short abort of this divine standard ard of perfection for tho world in general docs does not discern this thiR standard so 80 clearly but he is at all Ill events pressing press ing forward humbly striving to overcome overcome over over- come como his fat faults ts one by one and to H square accounts with each passing hour hoar Mrs Eddys Eddy's 1902 1002 Message lessa e p p. p 29 letting ettin no error slip Blip b by baked and r rendering unto God the deepest gratitude for every ery victory won in his own onn or another's behalf Those Thoe who have ha not yet had the advantage e of the Christian Science teaching allow all sorts ports of atheistic and ancI discordant theories the ories ones relative to disease and comm comin coming ills to invade their mental plots an and run riot in in what is but an garden whereas all should zealously guard against tho the intrusion of every evil thou thought ht By learning to turn hourly and in every dilemma to good as tho the only reality of hem being Christian Scientists outgrow past mistakes and mentally outstrip outstrip out out- strip those who persist in clinging to opinions which will nn sonic some day be lete They are arc already manifesting less ill-health ill lethargy sin ain sin and sorrow and more activity intelligence harmony armony and health than are aro others whoso whose mind- mind pictures are arc moro more material They are patiently learning to become Gods God's witnesses wit wit- nesses rather rathor than tho the devils devil's agents Tho The willin willing relinquishment of tho the false and tho the careful acquisition of the tho true truo fro go o hand In hand and hero it will bo be Been seen that to cherish a prejudicial conservatism conserva b by saying Wh what t my fathers believed be be- is it good enough h for me would bo be to play into the tho hands of ev evil 1 and ud prolong its fictitious reign Wo We shall Jose oze the tho sense of temporal ev evil 1 and gain ain the understanding of ot eternal good oo l by mental footsteps directed heavenwards and no ono one can can rob the individual of tho the blessings which accrue to him from the Spiritual altitudes he is approaching place where tho the soles eoles of Every on your feet shall tread shall bo be yours youre God has bas al always existed as he Is h now chan changeless supreme good God God is Love Can we ask aek him to be bo more Science and Health p n. n 2 When we realize even dimly diml th that t this omnipotent tent good is on O our l' l side ide and when in lull full faith a th we Wo learn to enlist this power of Love o on behalf of health and life begins beina to wear a n and bea beautiful aspect sparkling with present possibilities Time alone alono wilnot will wil not cause sin sorrow and death to pass pasa awa away but the understanding that the they lack lark a divine Principle ar sanction and andare are aro perpetuated only h by human belief should open our blind eyes and cause all torment to fade fado out of consciousness before tho the dawning understanding of divine divino Love Lovo John compassed the tho heights of revelation and commenced to lose the tho sense goose of time timo and matter I hero on earth and so he |