Article March 26, 1904 Issue

Steadfastness and Strength

WILLIAM B. TURNER.

In our eagerness for spiritual attainments, let us take heed that we do not fall into the error of thinking that we can lift ourselves unaided, or in any way force our growth.

Mortals, as mortals, do not hold the initiative in their process of salvation. Our Leader has said, "Meekness, moderating human desire, inspires wisdom and procures divine power" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 360), the power of the Christ: and that "through this redemptive Christ, Truth, we are healed and saved, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God" (Message to the Mother Church, 1901). Patience, temperance, and perseverance are necessary to reach the goal. "He that believeth shall not make haste," says Isaiah: and we can remember that we abate no whit of true earnestness in our endeavor to do away with the restless anxiety and over-seriousness which so frequently pass for spiritual advancement, and which never help but invariably hinder.

"The best spiritual type of Christly method for uplifting human thought and imparting divine Truth, is stationary power, stillness, and strength" (Retrospection and Introspection, p. 117).

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