Article November 16, 1907 Issue

PARALLELS FOR PROGRESS

KATHARINE J. SMITH.

Thou renderest to every man according to his works.— Psalms.

The measure of divine equity meted out by infinite wisdom is not the wage doled out by the grudging genius of toil. He who stands at the door of Christian Science discerns this fact more clearly when he withdraws from self humbly enough and long enough to discover that his reward is not according to erroneous estimate and human miscalculation, but solely according to that which, when done, is good. "According to his work," therefore, does the Christian Scientist measure each joyous mental ascent, or by contrast, account for any degree of discouragement. Every mortal day, though beset by countless counterfeits of true experience, presents an equal number of parallels for progress, as the following homely incident may illustrate. Herein is shown the human attempt to prove the existence of law and order by chance and guesswork, and the consequence of giving to a delusion the prominence of truth.

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