Part 53 (1/2)

ing footprints, to the G.o.d-crowned summit of unselfish and pure aims and affections.

To be two-sided, when these sides are moral oppo- sites, is neither politic nor scientific; and to abridge a [5]

single human right or privilege is an error. Whoever does this may represent me as doing it; but he mistakes me, and the subjective state of his own mind for mine.

The true leader of a true cause is the unacknowledged servant of mankind. Stationary in the background, this [10]

individual is doing the work that n.o.body else can or will do. An erratic career is like the comet's course, dash- ing through s.p.a.ce, headlong and alone. A clear-headed and honest Christian Scientist will demonstrate the Prin- ciple of Christian Science, and hold justice and mercy as [15]

inseparable from the unity of G.o.d.

Unchristian Rumor

The a.s.sertion that I have said hard things about my loyal students in Chicago, New York, or any other place, is utterly false and groundless. I speak of them as I feel, [20]

and I cannot find it in my heart not to love them. They are essentially dear to me, who are toiling and achieving success in unison with my own endeavors and prayers.

If I correct mistakes which may be made in teaching or lecturing on Christian Science, this is in accordance with [25]

my students' desires, and thus we mutually aid each other, and obey the Golden Rule.

The spirit of lies is abroad. Because Truth has spoken aloud, error, running to and fro in the earth, is scream-

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ing, to make itself heard above Truth's voice. The [1]

audible and inaudible wail of evil never harms Scientists, steadfast in their consciousness of the nothingness of wrong and the supremacy of right.

Our worst enemies are the best friends to our growth. [5]

Charity students, for whom I have sacrificed the most time,-those whose chief aim is to injure me,-have caused me to exercise most patience. When they report me as ”_hating_ those whom I do not love,” let them re- member that there never was a time when I saw an op- [10]

portunity really to help them and failed to improve it; and this, too, when I knew they were secretly striving to injure me.

Vainglory

_Comparisons are odorous._-SHAKESPEARE

Through all human history, the vital outcomes of [16]

Truth have suffered temporary shame and loss from individual conceit, cowardice, or dishonesty. The bird whose right wing flutters to soar, while the left beats its way downward, falls to the earth. Both wings must be [20]

plumed for rarefied atmospheres and upward flight.

Mankind must gravitate from sense to Soul, and human affairs should be governed by Spirit, intelligent good.

The antipode of Spirit, which we name _matter_, or _non-_ _intelligent evil_, is no real aid to being. The predisposing [25]

and exciting cause of all defeat and victory under the sun, rests on this scientific basis: that action, in obedi- ence to G.o.d, spiritualizes man's motives and methods, and crowns them with success; while disobedience to

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this divine Principle materializes human modes and con- [1]

sciousness, and defeats them.

Two personal queries give point to human action: Who shall be greatest? and, Who shall be best? Earthly glory is vain; but not vain enough to attempt pointing [5]

the way to heaven, the harmony of being. The imaginary victories of rivalry and hypocrisy are defeats. The Holy One saith, ”O that thou hadst hearkened to My com- mandments! then had thy peace been as a river.” He is unfit for Truth, and the demonstration of divine power, [10]

who departs from Mind to matter, and from Truth to error, in pursuit of better means for healing the sick and casting out error.