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t5£$#:»; 10 THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919 tained through the unlocking or un- folding of the Scriptures. The student is not required to accept anything simply because Mrs. Eddy says it. This needs to be stated, because humanity has been influenced to con- sider all things religious as more or less dogmatic, whereas true religion is the realization of man's individual and direct relationship with his Maker, with no self-constituted human authority set up between. One who would %ain quickly the largest benefit from his study of this book will do well to remember that it is not a philosophical essay but a scien- tific textbook, and therefore offers not a theory to be argued but a method to be tried and judged by re- sults. The keynote of Christian Science is demonstration. Advice to the Seeker One of the surest ways to postpone the day of your getting something helpful out of the Christian Science textbook is to refuse to try to put any of its teachings into practice un- til you have mastered all of them. I recall, in my own experience with the study of this book, how long it was before I awoke to the fact that I had been spending most of my time trying to get hold of things I did not understand, instead of trying to use the things that were perfectly clear to me. A simple illustration has helped me to correct this fault. Sup- pose Tenter a large department store to make some purchases. On the shelves and counters all about me I see hundreds of articles that do not seem to meet any present need of mine, and many that I should be puzzled to regard as of value to any- one. Shall I stop to consider all ♦hese things and try to figure out why they are there and what they could mean to the patrons of the place? Of shall I depart in anger or dis- couragement, declaring I will have nothing more to do with an estab- lishment that deals in goods for which I can see no need? Of course I will do nothing of the sort. If I consider at all the things that mean nothing to me, it may be merely to •recall that the management is meet- ing the needs of an entire communi- ty, and that everything offered may we of some use to some one. It may occur to me also that my own needs may change, and that when I come again I may greatly appreciate some of these very articles. For the pres- ent, however, I shall take the things I know I need and put them to the use for which I know they are in- tended. If you will go to the Chris- tian Science textbook as you would go to the department store, bent on obtaining that which is manifested good for you. and with no time to waste in puzzling over things whose value does not at once appear. I am sure you will be surprised to find how much of Christian Science is im- mediately available. Victory Over Drink An example of the effect of wrong thinking is the victim of the disease known as intemperance. His material body appears to have been educated to desire artificial stimulation. Noth- ing of the kind actually has occurred. Education is a mental process, and desire 1s an activity of thought. A body composed of unthinking water and mindless tissue could not have been educated to desire. So then. the inebriate's big devil of so-called physical craving is only a figment of mistaken thinking. And so, by the way, are all devils. It was the great- right thinker who denounced the personification of evil as a self-con- stituted lie, utterly devoid of truth. When the victim of drink begins to see how he has been deceived by the lie about physical appetite, he is in a fair way to further awakening. Having observed that craving is not physical but mental, he sooner or later must look his oroblem squarely in the face and ask himself, "How can I apply a material liquid to a mental condition? How can a drink of whisky correct a wrong thought?" Were we to trace the drinker's difficulty to its source, we would come to where- he first began to look himself over and was not pleased with what he saw. It is a common experience of mortals, and no doubt the verdict often is justified by the evidence. One who can take a thorough view of mortal self and not wish to quench the recollection somehow or other, surely is in a worse state than any drunkard. If you have observed those who drink, you may have noticed how often the illusion of intoxication expresses the opposites of human conditions. He who is weak imagines himself a marvel . of strength, the pauper is prodigal with money, the timid grows bold, the silent one insists on being heard. All this is significant. It voices the inherent protest against the unnatural limitations that marjk the human sense of existence. Some- thing in the heart of man telKs him he does not belong in such a state. It teHs truly. Man, in his real or spiritual selfhood, is the image and likeness of the true God. Dominion is the birthright. Anything short of that is, properly repugnant to him. We sympathize with the purpose of the drunkard. We regret only that he has sought to get out of intoler- able conditions through oblivion in- stead of through intelligence. It is i the same wi^h those who seek for- Igetfulness in excesses of money- I getting, social pleasure*, or intellec-, tual diversion, or in zealous devotion to ceremonious sanctity. In the lon<^ run all such expedients will be found to have aggravated the conditions they were expected to relieve. The simple fact is that the human sense of self, from which we instinc- tively struggle to be free, must be fairly and squarely met and master- ed. Running away will not do. Nor may we hope to evade the issue by staving it off until so-called friendly death shall give release. The Bible rightly describes death as an enemy, not a friend. It is the business of an enemy to be everything but helpful. Besides, for one person to be requir- ed to face his task and work it out while another is relieved by a con- venient process of dying into glori- fied life, is so unjust as to be unthink- able. It is the doctrine of the moral slacker and is out of touch with the fair-play spirit of our times. Mental Transformation To the man afraid of himself. Christian Science offers a message of good cheer. First and foremost, it is not going to ask him to be satisfied with any of the limiting, hampering, belittling conditions from which he has been struggling to be free. It thoroughly approves his dissatis- faction, as evidence that the right idea of manhood is working in consciousness. It will show him more ways of being dissatisfied with his old self than ever he had dreamed of. He will be astonished to find how much dissatisfaction he is capable of, and how grateful he is for his in- creasing quantities of dissatisfaction. Instead of wishing to run away and hide in some form of forgetfulness, he will find he is developing an enthusiasm for lifting the lid off of every receptacle in his mental house- hold that might be hiding something unworthy. All this means that the man who was afraid of himself is being transformed by the renewing of the mind. The instant one learns that the unsatisfactory human sense of self is not man's real self, and that he does not have to go any- where nor wait for anything in order to begin to rise out of the false sense of self into the true, that instant ex- istence takes on for him a real mean- ing and purpose. Having tasted of the joy of his first small victories over mistaken belief, he is glad-to dis- card every makeshift that would postpone the larger conflicts ahead. Thus when the victim of drink or drugs turns to Christian Science for help he finds, first, a sympathetic ap- preciation of his yearning to get away from an unsatisfactory sense of self, and secondly, a means by which this may be done, through the stimulus of right thinking instead of through intoxication. In place of the momentary respite of the debauch, with its remorseful n wakenings, Christian Science offers the perman- ent freedom of an enlarging realiza- tion of man's true being, from which there could be no desire to escape. The notable success of Christian Science in the heating of intemper- ance is attested by a mu!titud>' of witnesses. In cnurse of time will come such recognition of the effect of right thinking, not only on the individual, but in the leavening of the whole mass of human thought, that tho^ who look back on this age will con- sider it to have been altogether na- tural that the possibility of world- wide elimination of the curse of al- cohol should have come into view within 50 years after the reappear- ance on earth of the science of Christianity. Helps the Business Man Right thinking is the business man's best asset, his surest guaranty of success. There is a scientific reason why the so-called success that is built on deceit, fraud and greed is not genuine success and brings to its possessor no real happiness. The scientific reason is that the product of evil cannot be good, no matter how good it may appear to be for a time. The right thinker in business knows how to resist the subtle sug- gestions of a false and unreal men- tality that would justify a wrong act for the sake of a seemingly worth- while purpose. He knows how to build success on wisdom and fair dealing. Business to him is not a system of fattening on the weakness or credulity of his neighbor, but a system of helpful service. If is gen- erally agreed that business ethics to- day are on a higher plane than be- fore. Most of us can remember when ! the merchant in advertising his wares was not always expected to tell the whole truth about them, when the trickery of the "hoss trade" was more or less typical of trading in general, and scrupulous honesty frequently was regarded as distinctly not the best policy in business. The reasons for the improvement in commercial morals are not fully known to those who are unaware of the extent to which business men are turning quietly to Christian Science for the solution of their business problems. As an example of how the ideals of trade have risen, let me quote the words of a man of world-wide repu- tation for business success. In dis- cussing the subject of salesmanship recently he said: **We are beginning to see that the success of any business does not con- sist in failure of its competitors. The greatest salesman is a man true to the interests of his customer. The highest salesmanship consists in mak- ing a buyer understand the true merits of the article you are seeking to sell. My experience has taught me that the effort to make a man buy something he does not need, in the long run defeats its own purpose. No business can develop except as it promotes the interests of those who use its goods or its services. In sales- manship, the greatest possible un- selfishness is the most enlightened selfishness. The best salesman puts his ideals above his profits, in full confidence that profits will surely ac- crue to fine ideals intelligently exe- cuted." Such a declaration from a modern captain of industry means that the business man of today is catching a glimpse of the operation of divine law in business. He is beginning to realize that the presence of such qualities as justice, truth and love in a business transaction has a definite relation to ultimate success, and that the absence of such qualities will work eventual failure. The Christian Scientist in business not only knows that such results occur, but he has the advantage of knowing why they occur and how he may avail himself of the operation of divine law in business in constantly increasing de- gree. He is a trained observer of mental conditions. He knows that justice, truth and love, and like men- tal qualities, are certain signs of the presence of the true God, a presence necessarily active and good. Chris- tian Science has taught him that a right result never is due to chance, that it always is the outcome of the operation of divine law. He knows that this law is everywhere present and is self-operative Therefore he knows that he manages his business best when he manages to keep out of his business those qualities of think- ing that would prevent divine law from managing it for him. That is scientific Christianity, the religion that proves itself. What has been said here concerning business is ap- plicable to business in its broadest sense, to all the affairs of all men. A Remarkable Church A notable manifestation of right The Local Chicago Telephone Directory Goes to Press Soon In the interests of good service subscrib- ers are requested to call The Telephone Company 9903 and give notice of any changes or corrections that should be made in their listings CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY Subscribe for Your Local Paper .*fc«j SHOPPERSâ€"ATTENTION Save Time Avoid Delays o Lhicapo into the heart of the business and shopping district, convenient to Hotels, Theatre^. Stores. 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