Article January 3, 1901 Issue

Perseverance

BY EDWARD EVERETT NORWOOD.

The colored preacher's definition of perseverance was, "First taking hold; second, holding on; third, never letting go." It is very true, and the word is one to be understood and demonstrated by all who are trying to be Christian Scientists.

It is only by persevering effort and long continued endeavor that things are accomplished in this world, and in no case is this more true than when applied to those who are trying to look through the seen and temporal to behold the unseen and eternal, who are rising above sense-testimony, and discerning the impersonal Christ.

All spiritual growth, at this stage of progress, is comparatively slow. The abstract belief of the world in materialism, to which may be added the individual's faith in matter and its laws, induced by the seeming necessity of their maintenance, all conspire together to make the way to spiritual dominion over the flesh seem long and the path rough. This is but another reason why those who are making this effort should constantly be on the watch that malicious mental influence should not produce a mental or physical haziness or laziness, blind their intellect, or retard their spiritual growth.

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