Show o ELECTIONS FROM I. I The Ike e CHRISTIAN L' L SCIENCE SENTINEL SENTINELS TIlE TrE Tl LIFE LIE VICTORIOUS REV WILLIAM P. P It I would Almost seem as a If It tho arrangements ar ar- ar- ar In business bu and social life lre had been mado with lh the view of ott o keeping keep keep- ing men from consideration raton of thereal the tho thereal real purpose of oC living A A. t bURI es will seem to bo be voracious assimilating amans aman's a aman's amans amans aman's mans man's whole energies and his entire entro time Domestic and social demands upon a woman will viii wIl seem to be bo so BO im- im Imperative Im Im- that she has Inns no homo borne rest rest no peace of ot mind When at Ia last t health droops und and tho ho spur p r of or excitement can canno canno no longer ur urge e on tho the breathless pace when there Is utter uter weariness 8 or pain to moot then perhaps for tor the first limo comes tho the question queston What Wat Is 19 the purpose of or living If I a man Is tending a fruit bearing tree he has no uncertainty as l to the end enl In view He lie nurtures Its Is growth fertilizes the soil sol prunes prune awa away useless branches with ono clear object the development of ot his tree that It ma may bear ear fruit after aCor Its Ia kind Yet how much more wonderful is a man than a ahe he tree The mellow melo fruit of ot all al climes excellent In beauty and luscious In favor how faintly does docs It I compare comparo with wih the fruit of ot tho the Spirit Spirit And how mow permanent the fruit bearing of oC love lo e jO Joy peace gentleness gentleness gentle gentle- gente ness nes goodness goodne When hen once these have become characteristic of oC a aman's amans amans aman's amans aman's mans man's thinking his mind cannot be again unfruitful but continues to bear fruit unto eternal life In order to 10 become fruitful a n man must become aware that mere accumulation accumulation ac ac- ac- ac is 15 not growth grouth He lie may Intellectually gather ather facts acts or politically politically cal cally gain distinction or socially achieve honors honor yet et these are ure merely In un juxtaposition they are arc not vitally connected with wih the man since the facts la may be forgotten the political al advantages lo lost t. t the honors die dis credited Likewise o wealth and the power It gives Is of oC uncertain tenure Its Is accumulation sometimes retards the tine true growth since wealth should bo be an Incident in iii life le rather than the tho ho object abject of or life No o orchard keeper would pile pie heaps of or stones about his trees and amid because of or the these o noticeable mounds unmake make claim that his trees w were tn-en-c re better beter than those of his neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor yet men are arc ml misled led b by mindless and heap together possessions from rom which they the gain aln no more actual enrichment than a tree e from up piled pled up cobblestones It I I Is the tine fruit bearing ability that I Is estimated in lii a tree andIn and andin in In man main it is 18 character that Is es es- es teemed TIne The beauty of oC his surroundings surroundInG surround surround- InG ings may evidence character since stance choice hoice must bo be made manifest In such matters ns os housing and clothing and any my man main who is 18 really useful should have enough to provide adequately for Cor these transient necessities and be able it to manifest his choice and selection Character however has haM subtler evi ovi deuces dences A king bereft of or his hI kingdom may mar still tl be kingly The leader of or a alost lu lust lost t cause ma may still be great Ono One who was crucified may many ma win the honor anti and love of all al mankind And why Because at its Ut victors In lifes life's conflict themselves to bo be they the prove TIo O representatives of or Mind whose qualities are and chan changeless ele slach s. s Each Kach man nutty may J ay then place before himself u it I defnie purpose In life lite namely that lint ho hc Hhall shul bo be victorious and lower vcr prop pro- pro u r nit nil ni p ii OV M- M control and l o por over will and amid personal onal cal caprice rice by means mens oC of those which mental qualities express Jig InK diameter character Promises of or good areman are aro man many to him that o The The Thene Zinc Sue ne who for tor our OUI and salvation sal sal- oven ovon to tho the uttermost utter utter- overcame u uter- uter most uton proving Jn time the triumph of or Mind lInd over death Itself Is spoken ot of as a n and brightness from Gods God's presence t the expressed cd Imago o of ot His Ills character character char char- acter actor hence wo we ma may mn say sn that overcoming overcoming over over- coming is manifest in those whoso whose way ny of thinking and doing loing resembles of ot Christian Christan Chris Chris- this example Tho ho purpose huh tian Science teaching Is to instruct men tan how to live 1 0 the time life victorious victorious- how mow to bo be animated and energized ener by hy that same sarno Mind nl which was also In Christ Jesus ClA ChANGE J CASSIUS C. M. M LOOMIS It I was for fOI or years NH the writers writer's habit of ot belief that tho universe Is 19 subject to constant beler t change Sense observation such errors Now ow has line led u us Into unto man many in un Christian Science one ono must pause to ask What Is It that changes ChangeR Can an God anti and anc His universe chan change f I How 0 restful tho the assurance that comes n over 1 I him who knows 8 whereof hereof lie he I Ill speaKs ll Ln universe uni We ro are sure ure that God Goc and aund His verse r c is changeless s eternal and anc that It Is forever It will abide like 1110 man wi I Di Divine our out human concepts that lint Dl DI change vine light and wisdom never mover novel change chango and Mrs rs Eddy says Tine Tho elements clements functions oft of the physical body hody and of the tho th physical world orld will wi change chan e us 09 mortal mind changes Its Is beliefs Science and anti Health chanres p. p I Is there thoro not a complete Complete sermon In these situ sim simple pl pie words Th TIne The more we ponder tho the truism the tine de deeper pC and broader It I that Wh when whon I wa waa seems I remember 1 WI a CL mere lad living on a farm thoro thore was wasa a variety of or potato that had lund become agriculturists for Cor among vcr very popular various reasons It I was waR a n prodigious striped blue grower a rather line and It was lauded anti and vegetable I sought ought for fOl everywhere but ono one year tho the almost the entire crop rotted rolel In hills and because of this tho tine variety fell fel his Into unto quick tHick disfavor Repeated after attempts to raIse rai l them proved aCer more or 01 less leM futile What hatos was os lauded before was vas now condemned and antI the tine became the time subject of Innocent potato farm farm- much discussion among amon expert after that newer and even en e ers e Yet Yot better varieties sprang up and amid took tool beter of the their places In the th markets world For some ome reason chango had conic como upon tho the vegetable getable I a hal kingdom not miot that lint tho ho potato family was rol to bo ho wiped out aLit but only this ono on van ety variety be be- those farmers farmers' Did God chango Gol elongo Did ho me put the tine germ of decay lers Into unto tho tine In brief can cain an infinite In Infinite In- In potato that lint finite perfect Father cognize which does not inot manifest perfection loes the tine difficulty must bo be Certainly not traced to a finite rRth rather r than thal on an Infinite latin- latin ite source During those thoe same amo 1 years 1 I I of or 11 my boyhood wo we 0 had lau not HI HII a I row DOU- DOU Uy Ve We lund had primitive nam namus 9 and aind our remedies wore for them 81 homespun and primitive o also alRo loday Today oca To lo o and amid scholarly new W day men havo have many I Ind ca for human ills and yet ct tho they hey names and blindly blind are still groping In iii 11 the dark an ly guessing sti Burbank Bur the now famous fa fa- a- a horticulturist Is quietly at work vork moms human beliefs But say the th ih changing mat materialists he Inc Is H only showing us u that thal the time species can be improved seeming Improvement Im mi- but evel every el True v very eil true truo I the th t one step p nearer provement is 1 Just ju Wo Vo or are aie divine flower wo we do not ol ceo seo o. o dl fowe to the time 0 conclusion that mortal forced tending lending upward Its Ihl Ideal in is thought 1 of oC un haven Ie 1 is the spiritual n ha ho harmony feel deep down lu In our not Do we of ot chango chango-a chango a. a love change change-a this tills vory lo e beings s thinking change in our oU quality of oC Unit ut beside the tine still waters of or leads baths us helco hence and contentment What change convert con coin It that lint comes over the tine recent or o Is 11 but hut the tho lifting lift lift- vert vOrt to Christian ChrIstan Science and amid error ing of tho tine veil of or lethargy I InS his bin face Mark tho thin enthusiasm upon the tIme hot hot- tho lie chan changed cel look in iii his ce eyes eyes' i his God IsI la Is of ot I L. changeless s it Is J mortal man wino who chan changes es During tho o same sro boyhood days das had a religionist so 90 much as a iii hinted hinted hint hint- nt- nt ed that that God Is not the time author of or sin shin sickness and death dentin that ns as al principle Ho could not any any of these such Buch an ono one would have been boon called a n troublesome dreamer dream or unworthy un unworthy un- un worthy worth of notice yet ret religion was I taken on era belief beler m fin t a a most unsystematic fashion Good healthy chango change is l legitimate It mo may make ono one seem Inconsistent inconsistent- well wel and ana good bettor better betor seem eem Inconsistent ent cat than to burn In th tho crucible of or bigotry Let tho the chango In mortal thought go on lot varieties be improved im Im- proved let rel religion lon nestle nearer tho time great Set Father Father- Mother Father Iother heart heat It Is Is but the leaven that Is 18 leavening the whole lump of ot religious wanderings It I i Is i but tho the dawn of ot da day to him who oth Tho The thought frequently comes conies to tome mo me What is this title ono one brief brier phase phao of lifo compared to eternity If I so 80 much progress has hM taken place during our personal memories what must mu eternity have in store storo for tor us Ono One fools tk Ilk's uttering thanksgiving hourly that weare wo we are learning bettor botor to know him whoso whose bounty Is limitless We e do know this this that all 01 visible Isble change going on In society church church and state In Invert Invert- lons Lions In our methods of ot doing bust buel- bustness i ness or In our tending upward upward upward up- up ward that every eer fond aspiration toward to- to toI toward I ward the tho good lifts us out of darkness I i Into oto light Every Evory true truo apostle aposto of ot Christ helps release us from bonda bondage e t I vision and make mako helps to quicken our i u. heaven for tor us horo here and now Did our beloved leader leador ledor not know whereof sho she has spoken would a a busy I world have havo paused to listen Has Hashe Ht she he not riot solved the tho problem of or eternal j ifo and placed her hor solution within reach of or tho the most humble Do wo we WI not know that she sho has hs found tho the I silken nikon thread that led Theseus out of t the he labyrinth tho the light that smote soto I ISaul Saul aul and mado made Paul a beacon of or spiritual spirit spirit- j ual ml power Yes wo we do know kno but I v ho low do 0 we know By BY tho the actual dem- dem demI of healing and reform gong go- go going go ing ng on oil in our midst mIdst These Thee are aro no per per- peri porI i orco the most convincing proofs proof j Without Burbanks Burbank's demonstrations lu In 1111 the tho floral foral kingdom wo would I ha hays havo passed assed him by as os a a mere mera Idler working working to o no purpose p Without the proofs proof I i gave us his name namo would have have dropped at once Into oblivion More Mere ar theory Is iii distasteful to a 0 dl discriminating I ing ng race Demonstration colors the tho 1 wine vine of life to a healthy glow Demonstration Dom Dem Is the tho handmaid of change i and md change In the tho mental arena IB is 1 hence that We are scaling the heights that Wat lead to the sunrise oC of eternal life Written for tho Sentinel THY BE DONE 1 MAUDE A. A RICHARDSON My God my Father Love Lovo divine divine- Help mo me to blend my will with Thins i iI I have no ao cares when Thou art near Thy will and guidance I hold dear I know thou all things well And discord may not with mo rue dwell All joy and good shall then bo be won When L I. cart can say Bay Thy will be done To do Thy will brings pence peace and rest i With strength and health shall I b be l blest Thou me In Joyous ways And my sadness Into When Thoo I trust In itt every V bour our I Know that ovit nan han no w po-w power r. r Supply and ana and ana Joy arcs aro wom won When Whon I can soy say Thy will bo be dons done |