Article November 21, 1931 Issue

[Written Especially for Young People]

Sing Praises

ALICE CORTRIGHT

In Proverbs the wise man says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine;" and all through the ages the joy and spontaneity of youth have brought inspiration and encouragement to many. These are precious qualities, and as the youthful student of Christian Science grows up into the responsibilities of more mature years, he needs persistently to prove the words of the Master, "Your joy no man taketh from you."

The habitual mental attitude of glorifying God is a sure protection against the erroneous claims of mortal sense. God is Love, and if one is constantly endeavoring to honor God and to be loving in all his thinking and acting, he is immune from evil suggestions, for these can find no point of contact in his consciousness. It is a happifying experience to start out each day with the resolve to let no thought or act enter one's experience except it be worthy of God's loving and much loved child. In "Science an Health with Key to the ScriptureS" (p. 571) Mrs. Eddy says, "Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you."

But what of the misunderstanding and injustice which sometimes seem insistent in the student's association with others, despite his best efforts to unsee and disclaim them? Paul writes, "The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves." This is wise counsel, and from a study of Paul's life we feel sure that he learned it from experience. If, when faced with a problem of injustice or misunderstanding, one will honestly lay aside all self-interest, self-will, criticism, resentment, and judgment, he can then submit the situation to divine Mind with full assurance of its solution. He can and will rejoice that "the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." Removing his thought from persons and seeking obedience to divine Principle, he may be surprised to see his own viewpoint changing, and may presently discover that the other persons involved were not so much in the wrong after all. And if, relying upon the clear light of Truth to guide his thinking, he sees that his fellow worker was deceived into wrongdoing, then, instead of resentment he will feel a sense of compassion and charity.

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