Article July 30, 1904 Issue

Rejoicing

FLORENCE M. SMYTH.

Boston Traveler

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Psalm 150.

THE glorious conviction came to me lately while repeating the scientific statement of being, given in Science and Health (p. 468), that we are not half grateful, or thankful, or joyous enough while endeavoring to reflect the truth this statement conveys. Why should we ever repeat this comprehensive and wondrous statement of truth, with perhaps a sense of sadness, or doubt, or coldness, or perchance with a sense of the letter rather than the spirit? Such a sense of warmth and love seemed to pervade my consciousness as I realized the duty of rejoicing while uttering the truth, that I have been enabled to rejoice in a greater degree ever since, and in realizing the strength of joy, to make several demonstrations over errors to which I had hitherto been blind.

How subtle is the error of discouragement! The uncovering of this has been truly wonderful since I began to rejoice in Truth. Discouragement plays almost as large a part in the lives of mortals as does fear; it is difficult to detect, and very demoralizing in its effect. This error sometimes suggests that we are not progressing as rapidly or worthily as we should, that we are incompetent to help our brother while we cannot demonstrate over our home problems, etc.

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