Article November 29, 1958 Issue

USING, NOT LOSING, COURAGE

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

MARIETTA K. HORNIMAN

There is a fable that the devil once offered for sale all of his tools. A prospective buyer, looking over the stock, noticed a harmless looking tool laid apart from the rest. He asked what the tool was and why the price was so exorbitant. The devil replied, "That's discouragement." And he added: "It is more useful to me than any of the others.... Very few people know that it belongs to me."

In divine Science, the truth is brought to light by the reversing of evil's claims. The opposite, or reverse, of discouragement is courage. Courage is derived from God; therefore it is ever present and ever available. Courage is fortitude; it is persistence; it is perseverance as opposed to the depression of discouragement. Courage maintains with joyful assurance that all is well, even in the face of material sense testimony to the contrary.

Christ Jesus, during his brief earthly experience, was the exemplification of courage. He acknowledged God as the sole source of the great power with which he was endued. He stated (John 3:35), "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." Because he knew the giving was from God, Jesus knew it was eternal and irrevocable, for the Father neither withholds nor withdraws His gifts.

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