Show THE PARTIAL AND THE PERFECT Guernsey St. St Paul tells us that when that which is perfect is come then t that at which is in part shall be bo done away To spiritual sense tho the perfect is always present and of necessity must bo be by reason of the unchanging ing l law w of divine Lifo Life and Truth but to our finer human sense this perfect manifestation is is oft- oft times veiled from sight by the clouds of mis misconception so 50 that there thero appears to tobe tobe tobe be present only that which is expressed in iii limitation and which through h tho the va vagaries of blind chance chanco may culminate at any moment in suffering and despair Could we however but read aright the events e we deem so woeful we would realize when storms break over oer us ns and sweep away that which seemed so fair that it is because these partial things have llave outlived their usefulness that thoy they are arc done awn away because we wo have grown to that point in the tho stature of Christ that we 0 aro are able to look upon a more moro perfect concept without its ul eq-ul effulgence ence blinding us Not Kot until that which is perfect is come does that which is in I part lart leave leao us There is no void no interval interval in in- when we wo aro are without tho the sustaining sus sus- taming power of Truth and Love Lovo to meet our present needs Each blast of the storm but out thins the mists around us Perfection stands always behind tho the clouds of material sense awaiting After gas was utilized as an II il- men put aside their tallow dips not dips not before When wireless telegraphy telegraphy raphy is perfected we shall abandon wires as a transmitting medium of sound But there will not be and never has bas been any interval of inaction between the tho casting off of tho the old and the he taking on of the tho new This new newis newis news is s in force before the old goes and theold tho the old ld ld is done away with simply because It if t is 15 no longer of any any use to any anyone one In n the epistle to tho Hebrews we wo read Now that which and wax- wax eth old is ready to vanish away It It is human nature to cling to tho the pos pos- sessions of the tho moment t to ii linger i in gc-in in pleasant gardens drowsily content not realizing how this false sense holds us from rom mans man's true herita heritage e as a child of God or half comprehending lazily to resolve on action at some future period Fortunately for our ultimate attainment attainment attainment attain attain- ment the tho matter is not left in our hands Truth lovingly watchful knows when whoa to advance us to the next step in n our progress tow toward rd our Fathers Father's house louse Says Mrs Edd Eddy When this hour lour of development comes spiritual Love will force you to accept what best promotes your growth Science enco ence and Health p. p It is the nature of material conditions conditions condi- condi ions to chan change chango o suddenly as they are arc without fixed law Without warning we ve are aro called upon to face new problems lems ems and we struggle lo with a sense of loss and fear as wo we seek to adjust ourselves to tho the changed condi- condi lons Should we not rather take up the tho ho new tasks with joy knowing that the he passing Passin of tho the old js s divine evidence that hat a new and hi higher her is to come comet come When wo we realize this fully no untoWard untoward untoward unto unto- ward circumstance can have tho the power to cause us one ono moments moment's suffering or orre re regret et It can but open our consciousness conscious conscious- ness more clearly to tho the ever presence of divine Love which in its great storehouse store store- house has always at hand greater truer and ana more moro beautiful treasures than tho the feeble substitutes wo we foolishly look back jack upon or would recall As wo we then turn with a glad full heartedness to the tho fresh chapter in our life ifo journey wo we presently begin to noto note tho the brightening light about us and so advance into the tho fuller realization of ho tho true world as God created it for all his lie little ones in which all things move in n accord with the tho ono one central will the will of Truth and Love that has never nover au aught ht but joy and ani peace aco and abound abound- in leg ng supply for all right hero here and ani now Then in the fullness of time wo We shall shaH learn earn the tho great eat world truth that all which is good abides forever and can never be lost to man rena for an instant and that tho the seeming loss of any possession possession possession posses posses- sion of condition serves instantly to prove trove it a false condition end and to show the he truo true behind It I |