Article October 3, 1908 Issue

THOUGHTS FROM A DISTANT FIELD

HUGH MORETON FREWEN

A traveler in the heart of tropical Africa frequently feels appalled by the sense of separation from the ties of his childhood and his race, and if he allows himself to brood upon the supposed dangers which surround him, his attitude toward circumstances and his fellow-men becomes colored by a sense of fear and uncertainty. The student of Christian Science, however, when in these wilds feels himself near home, for in the quiet domain of nature the spiritual light is made manifest even more clearly than in the atmosphere of crowded cities, and a primitive order of life carries us straight to the fountain of Truth.

When attuned to the infinite goodness around him, one learns the secrets of the plain and of the woodland, the music of harmony echoes among the waterfalls, and the distant hills are veiled in the blue of heaven. Wonderful indeed are the lessons written by the hand of God for him who has eyes to see and ears to hear. While trekking across country, not long ago, I noticed a beautiful orchid growing in the long grass. It was a wonderful Cattleya, and but one of its many blooms would have fetched in England a considerable sum of money. There it grew.—in its rare beauty a treasure in the field, a symbol of lavish plenty and of the ever-presence of divine Love.

For three miles around this town from which I write, Zungeru, the capital of Northern Nigeria, there is a game-preserve, and the little ourebi, roan antelope, and gazelle will frequently come and look through the palings into the grounds of Government House. Often, too, they are to be seen at play on the outskirts of the polo-ground, and neither horse nor horseman seems to disturb them in the least. They are a delight to all. Do they not afford us an example of the joy which will come to all through the conquest of the demon fear? Their trustfulness and joy and health are a standing rebuke to those of us who do not behold God reflected in everything.

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