Article July 2, 1938 Issue

"Change the pace"

[Written Especially for Young People]

TERESE ROSE NAGEL

In a newsreel motion picture showing the details of a basketball game, an interesting point was brought out by the coach. When he found the players in a position where they were not making progress or headway, he would call upon them to "change the pace," as it is technically termed. He would then urge them to try tactics other than those previously employed, and invariably the changed routine would aid the players to make a score.

Many times in our daily routine we encounter inharmonious business conditions, unprofitable friendships, and difficult home relationships. Are these making inroads into our peace and happiness? If so, the time has come for us to take a definite stand on these particular situations. Perhaps we have to let go of some cherished condition or belief to which we have been clinging, merely because we have not had the courage to part with it. Mrs. Eddy states in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 452): "When outgrowing the old, you should not fear to put on the new. Your advancing course may provoke envy, but it will also attract respect." As the desire grows upon us to "put on the new," divine Love will open the ways and means with which to do so. The work of Truth is not impeded or delayed, and good results can be instantaneously secured. The Bible states, "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

As the players in the basketball game listen to the coach and pattern their play thoughtfully after his instructions, so the student of Christian Science must know that "the word of God" enables him to discern the "thoughts and intents of the heart" in his daily contacts and relationships.

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