Article April 13, 1918 Issue

Perfection Demanded

MARY PAULINE PERKINS

At the present time a great deal is heard about knitting, and it seems to engross the feminine portion of each community, from the children whose hands are so tiny they can scarcely manage the needles to the grandmothers and great-grandmothers. In this work a certain number of stitches must be cast, then each stitch must be carefully knitted until a row is completed. Proceeding with the work, stitch by stitch and row after row, and following the directions carefully, the knitter will eventually finish the garment. If through carelessness a single stitch has been dropped or some other mistake made, it will show in the garment, and the work must be taken out to the point where the mistake occurred, and done over again.

In working out our problems in Christian Science it is well to remember that Mrs. Eddy tells us (Science and Health, p. 174): "Truth is revealed. It needs only to be practised." If we put into practice Christly thoughts, true thoughts, as they come to us, we soon have a demonstration or proof of the allness of Truth. Continuing to accept as true or real only good thoughts and rejecting all others, we have more demonstrations and begin to grow in understanding.

There must, however, be no careless work. We read on page 240 of Science and Health, "If mortals are not progressive, past failures will be repeated until all wrong work is effaced or rectified." Should a mistake occur, it must be rectified immediately, or it will mar our work and may cause us much trouble to find where the wrong thought crept in. It can, however, be found and corrected.

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