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Preach the Gospel iJ Heal Sick ‘‘Ye shall know Ike truth,and the truth shall m ak e y o u f r e e ’.’ VOL. II KANSAS CITY, MO., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911 No. 52 Praise the Good and Forgive the Evil Extracts from Mr. Fillmore’s Sunday morning talk in Unity Audito- rium, April 30, 1911. We stand for certain propositions in sci- ence and religion, and it is our aim to give a reason for the statements we present as Truth; also to show them as fundamental in the Universal—that is, true always, at all times, under all conditions, whether in science or religion, whether in the natural world or the spiritual. The subject “Praise the Good and For- give the Evil” is not new. Sages have oft proclaimed it, and it is found in nearly all sacred scriptures. But the reason why we should commend the good and forgive the evil is not always scientifically explained. Men build up in their minds the thought of evil until it seems very large and very real — even equal to the good. But evil has no reality, no power, and no principle. As Jesus taught, man has power to forgive the evil, remit it, dissolve it, wipe it out of consciousness. This brings us to the consideration of the character of thinking. We make our world by our thinking. This should be understood by every thinking mind, be- cause all the conditions of one’s life de- pend on what he thinks. This understand- ing will solve all the problems of religion and science, and bring man out of the fog of ignorance and superstition. Why should we praise the good? Be- cause in the thought process we increase the good. Whatever you hold in mind and dwell upon becomes real to you, and the more you think about a thing the larger it becomes to you. Then we may increase and make real in our lives all that adds to our happiness if we keep our minds stayed on the good, think of the good only, and praise it continually. Our every thought should be brought into line with the Prin- ciple of Being, and the Principle should be so magnified that it fills the conscious- ness and evil drops into the pit of noth- ingness. This may be accepted by the un- derstanding, but it must also be put into operation. The demonstrations made by Jesus Christ and the apostles and prophets may quicken your faith, but you must know the Principle and apply it for your- self. But what shall we do with the appear- ance of evil? Forgive and forget it, and thus take away its power. Only the good is true. This means that in every experi- ence you have you should try to find the good. If you do not understand the law, you will pronounce conditions evil because they seem adverse. You will be saying that vqu have a hard time and that things are all against you. That is not the way to forgive evil. You will get out of every- thing just what you put into it. Then put the thought of good into everything you meet, and you will get good out of it. You cannot evade the law. If you want good, you must see good and do good. We
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Preach the

GospeliJ

H eal

Sick

‘‘Ye shall know Ike tr u th ,a n d th e tr u th sh a llmake y o u f r e e ’.’

V O L . I I K A N S A S C IT Y , M O ., T H U R S D A Y , M AY 4, 1911 N o . 52

Praise the Good and Forgive the Evil

E xtra c ts fro m M r. F illm ore’s Sunday m orning ta lk in U nity A ud ito ­

rium , A p ril 30, 1911.

W e stand for certa in propositions in sci­ence and religion, and it is our aim to give a reason for the statem ents we p resen t as T ru th ; also to show them as fundam ental in the U niversal— th a t is, tru e alw ays, at a ll tim es, under a ll conditions, w hether in science or religion, w hether in the n a tu ra l world or the sp iritual.

T he sub jec t “P ra ise the Good and F o r­give the E v il” is not new. Sages have oft proclaim ed it, and it is found in nearly all sacred scrip tures. B ut the reason why we should commend the good and forgive the evil is not alw ays scientifically explained. M en build up in th e ir m inds the thought of evil un til it seems very la rge and very real — even equal to the good. B u t evil has no rea lity , no pow er, and no princip le. As Jesus taugh t, m an has pow er to forgive the evil, rem it it, dissolve it, w ipe it out of consciousness.

This b rings us to the consideration of the character of th ink ing . W e make our w orld by our thinking. T his should be understood by every th ink ing m ind, be­cause all the conditions of one’s life de­pend on w hat he th inks. This understand ­ing w ill solve a ll the problem s of religion and science, and b ring m an out of the fog of ignorance and superstition.

W hy should we p raise the good? Be­cause in the thought process we increase the good. W hatever you hold in m ind and dw ell upon becomes rea l to you, and the more you th ink about a th ing the la rger it becomes to you. T hen we may increase and m ake rea l in our lives all th a t adds to our happiness if we keep our minds stayed on the good, th ink of the good only, and p raise it continually . O ur every thought should be brought into line w ith the P rin ­ciple of Being, and the P rincip le should be so m agnified th a t it fills the conscious­ness and evil drops into the p it of noth­ingness. This m ay be accepted by the un­derstand ing , but it m ust also be put into operation. T he dem onstrations made by Jesus C hris t and the apostles and prophets m ay quicken your fa ith , but you must know the P rinc ip le and app ly it for your­self.

B ut w hat shall we do w ith the appear­ance of evil? F org ive and forget it, and thus take aw ay its pow er. O nly the good is true. T his m eans th a t in every experi­ence you have you should try to find the good. I f you do not understand the law, you w ill pronounce conditions evil because they seem adverse. You w ill be saying th a t v q u have a hard tim e and th a t things are a ll against you. T h a t is not the way to forgive evil. You w ill get out of every­th ing ju s t w hat you p u t into it. Then p u t the thought of good into everything you meet, and you w ill get good out of it. You cannot evade the law. I f you w ant good, you m ust see good and do good. We

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have an illu stra tion of th is in the h isto ry of Joseph. H e was sold and taken down into E g y p t, and everything seemed adverse and evil in his life. B u t he was a God w or­shiper, and he praised the good. In the land of E g y p t he was made prim e m inis­te r, and when the re was a fam ine in his own land his kinsm en had to eome to him for corn. Suppose he had looked upon his experience in its beginning as a t r ia l ; he would have rem ained in a low sta te of consciousness. B u t he saw the L ord in it, and good came of it.

In our S unday school lesson to-day the story of Jo n ah is given, and it illu stra tes the experiences of those who believe in evil. Jo n ah was a p ro p h et of the L ord , and yet he believed in evil as a reality . H e did not have a clear understand ing of the good. T he L ord sent him to prophesy against N ineveh fo r its g rea t wickedness, but when the people of N ineveh repented Jonah was not w illing to forgive. H e wanted his prophecies to be carried out. H is reputation as a p rophet was a t stake, so he was “displeased exceedingly, and he was very an g ry ” when the 'people re­pented and the L o rd forgave th e ir sins.

N othing re ta rd s progress so effectually as a resis tan t sta te of m ind. See the good as om nipresent and all resistance w ill be done aw ay w ith. T he belief in both good and evil as realities makes the divided mind. Jo n ah was in a resis tan t sta te of mind. T he L ord to ld him to go to N ine­veh, but he w ent the other way. T he force of his opposition was so g rea t th a t it d is­tu rbed th e elem ents and a g rea t storm arose. T he sailors knew Jo n ah to be the cause and they th rew him overboard. E ven the w hale th rew him up , because he was so strong the w hale couldn’t hold him down.

I f you are not a success, some adverse state of consciousness is ru lin g in you. Do not d rop into self-justifica tion , bu t le t go of the evil and it w ill pass away. I t has no pow er b u t th a t which you are giving to it, and w hen you w ithdraw your pow er the evil w ill d isappear. T he divine Law

always brings success. You w ere born to succeed. Pow er, au thority , dominion were given to m an in the very beginning. N o th ­ing can oppose you if you believe in the om nipresence of good and p raise and w or­ship it. A ll men should be successful, healthy , and happy . W hy are we not all in th a t sta te of m ind? Because of the be­lief in the rea lity of evil. Rem em ber that, no m atte r how la rge the evil m ay seem, good is the one and only rea lity , and good w ill become dom inant in a ll your life ’s experiences if you behold it as th e Su­prem e and only Pow er in existence.

The Absolute GoodM rs. C harles Sm ith Lee, of N ew Y ork

city, addressed the S unday evening m eet­ing in U nity A uditorium A pril 30th. M rs. K eith M cC lintock had been announced as the speaker fo r th a t evening, but she k indly gave way to M rs. Lee, as th e la tte r expects to re tu rn to her home next week. M rs. M c­Clintock w ill speak nex t S unday evening.

M rs. Lee gave a he lp fu l ta lk , encourag­ing her hearers to acknowledge the Abso­lu te Good a t a ll tim es. T he follow ing are a few points b rought out in the course of her rem a rk s:

In the com mandm ents given by Moses to the ch ildren of Is ra e l the very first was, “ T hou shalt have no other gods before me.” A sim ilar idea is announced, in the w ords, “A cknowledge me in a ll th y w ays.” A ll th rough the S crip tu res the same th ing is given over and over again— given even more definitely in the la te r S crip tures. “God in the m idst of me is m ighty .” You see it is located rig h t w here we can get hold of it. “ Ye are the tem ple of the liv­ing G od.” “ T he L ord is in his holy tem ­ple .” I t is a ll definite, a ll d istinct, so th a t even the w ayfaring m an cannot e rr o r go astray .

S p irit lias the same dissolving pow er as' the ex-rav. I t knows only itself, pure S p irit. I f we take th a t g rea t ray of sp ir­itua l ligh t and tu rn it upon ourselves, upon th is ex ternal m entality of ours, a ll the

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hum an consciousness, a ll the personal ideas and eccentricities, w ill be u tte r ly w iped out. I f we continue stead fas tly to tu rn this g rea t pow er of the infinite S p irit, the ab­solute Good, upon ourselves, we shall see ourselves as God sees us.

D ay a f te r day you have been taugh t the m ethod of using th is C hrist S p irit. You have learned to use it a t a ll tim es, and if you have been fa ith fu l you have realized th a t i t is a g rea t w orking power. God in the m idst of you is m ighty, om nipotent, a w orking power fo r every circum stance, for every day. N oth ing is too g rea t for th is g rea t, infinite pow er to w ork out.

T hought has to be trained . T his tra in ­ing comes to be perp e tu a l— every m inute of every hour of every day. H as some one spoken an unkind w ord? I f you have been fa ith fu l to your teaching, you w ill tu rn the searchlight of S p irit upon the cir­cum stance. “ T here is nothing bu t S p irit in a ll things. I am th a t I am, and beside me the re is none else. T here is no diffi­cu lty .” A ll th a t seems un true and un rea l is dissolved, and only good rem ains. You have acknow ledged th e pow er and it has w orked for you. I f i t has w orked once for you, you become strengthened. You go from difficulty to difficulty, un til you are a g ian t in T ru th . In th is g rea t gam e of life we have to stand steadfast. Tem ptations come. T hey seem very real, but we must learn to stand in peace, s tead fast, unmoved in S p irit. “ I am th a t I am, and beside me the re is none else.” A re you doing th a t every day? T h a t is the g rea t gam e of T ru th . You m ust learn it. You m ust know it.

I t is an axiom in the game of golf th a t you keep your eye upon the ball. T h a t is w hat we are learn ing to do— to keep our eye upon the Infinite. “ I3eside me the re is none else.” I f we are going to p lay th is game of T ru th and w in out in the g rea t gam e of life , we m ust keep our eyes fixed s tead fas t on the heights. W here are the heights ? W ithin . B u t they are not encom­passed w ith in the lim its of the ind iv idual­ity. I t is the g rea t w ithin of th e Infin ite,

in which the re a re no lim itations. We learn how to en ter into the kingdom of heaven by s tead fast, persis ten t practice of holding w ords of T ru th . W e cannot take sin into G od, but we can take the W ord of God into the sin and cleanse it. W e drive the w ord of T ru th home, and the word of T ru th does the work. E very word of T ru th has a content to fill your need. To the S crip tu res we go for these words of T ru th , but the rea l m eaning of the words we have been using comes from within. A ll we need to do is to l if t up our eyes and take the riches th a t God is holding out to us. “ Son, all th a t I have is th ine.” We do not have to w ait fo r riches, but we do have to en large our m inds to grasp the content of the One G rea t M ind. T he very desire fo r good is the urge of the S p irit of God, m ighty in the m idst of you, m ighty to give, to pour out upon you his boundless blessings. Ask of G od much, th a t he may give much.

L et us realize the content of the great w ords th a t we are holding in consciousness every day , every week, and le t us p ray and give thanks for the knowledge of the un­lim ited good. “A cknowledge me in all thy w ays.” L e t every thought of every min­ute, every hour, every day and night, “Ac­know ledge me in a ll th y w ays.” L et us em pty our m ind of its lim ited, un true, hu­m an concepts, th a t we m ay see ourselves as sons and daughters o f the M ost H igh. “ T he k ing’s daugh ter is a ll glorious w ithin: her clothing is of w rought gold,” w rought in p a tte rn s of beau ty , th rough steadfast acknow ledgm ent of Good alone.

“G row th is a v ita l process, an evolution, a m arsha ling of vagran t, unorganized forces into definite form s of beauty, h a r­mony, and u tility . G row th in some form is about a ll th a t we ever take any interest in ; it expresses about everything of value to us. G row th . . . is the architect of beauty , the insp ira tion of poetry , and the bu ilder of life— for life itse lf is growth, an ever-changing m ovement tow ard some ob­je c t or ideal.”— L u th er B urbank.

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W E E K L Y U N I T YP U B L I S H E D W E E K L Y BY

U N I T Y T R A C T S O C I E T YUNITY BLDG., 913 TRACY AVE.

KANSAS CITY, MO.

L O W E L L F LLL M O R E , M a n a g in g E d ito r

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITY SOCIETY

V o l . 2 • J i.o o per jea r , 2 c . per copy N o. 52

A Point of ViewT he festa l board was laden

W ith all dain ty th ings to eat.F rom frosted cakes and celery

To the toothsome tu rk ey m eat;“A nd now, O L ord , we th a n k thee,”

Said the p a re n t’s solemn voice.“F o r these our m any blessings

W e would p raise thee and re jo ice .”

B ut little Joe was silentW hen his fa th e r ceased to p ray ,

F o r he had k illed a robinIn his childish sp o rt th a t day.

H is h eart was heavy laden.F o r his bosom still was ren t

W ith burn ing recollections O f p a te rn a l chastisem ent.

H e wondered if the F a th e rW ho would “note the sparrow ’s fa ll”

W as keeping trac k of tu rkeys,O r of cattle in the s ta ll;

A nd if he loves the robin,W ith his song so clear and sweet,

W hy doesn’t he care for tu rkeys,A nd the th ings we k ill to ea t ?

—E d . B . W arren, in “Sw astika .”

L et not kindness and tru th forsake thee: bind them about th y n ec k ; w rite them upon the tab le t of thy h ea rt: so shalt thou find favor and good understanding.

Things to Be RememberedRem em ber to tu rn your sorrow ful ex­

pression upside down and m ake a smile of it.

Rem em ber th a t in o rder to en joy the good in yourself you m ust see it in every­thing.

Rem em ber th a t your good thoughts are your best friends.

Rem em ber th a t good thoughts and good deeds a re inseparab le companions.

Rem em ber th a t you cannot afford to be stingy.

Rem em ber th a t you grow tow ard your ideal: the re fo re keep your ideal high.

Rem em ber th a t no evil condition can stand aga inst the C h ris t thought.

Rem em ber th a t the best w ay to overcome your enemies is to love tliem.

Rem em ber th a t you have no tim e for gossip.

Rem em ber th a t you are a hera ld of T ru th , and should speak when the S p irit moves.

Rem em ber th a t a thought in your mind is a seed sown in your affairs, and th a t w ith p roper care and cu ltu re it w ill b ring fo rth an abundant harvest a f te r its kind.

Rem em ber no t to ju d g e by ap p earan ces : T he la rg est grapes are not alw ays the sweet ones.

Rem em ber th a t “ if you would have a friend you m ust be one.”

Rem em ber to love your neighbor as yourself, and don’t always take an end seat.

Rem em ber th a t vegetarian meals are served in U nity Inn th ree tim es a day.

Rem em ber the U nity B uild ing Fund , and keep it growing.

Rem em ber W ee W isdom , the ch ild ren’s tru th m agazine.

Rem em ber th a t the next issue of the W e e k l y U n i t y will begin the th ird vol­ume.

T lie Responsive Service in this issue of the W e e k l y was w ritten by M ary W . F ry , of New Y ork city.

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RESPONSIVE SERVICE

Sunday, May 7, 1911

From doubt and fea r, double-m indedness and indecision; from despondency, d is­couragem ent, and all sinking of hea.rt.

D ear L ord , deliver vie.F rom all belief in th e perm anence or rea l­ity of ev il; from all yield ing to feeling or m ere surface emotion.

D ear L ord , deliver me.From idle and useless ta lk ; from idle th ink ing as w ell; from all vain reg re ts ; from an ticipation of fu tu re ill,

D ear L ord , deliver me.F rom all criticism and condem nation of self or another, which breaks down, but does not build up,

D ear L ord , deliver me.From all undue sense of m y own im por­tan ce ; from all indulgence of the wish to ap p e ar well to my neighbor ra th e r than to do well for the jo y of doing,

D ear L ord , deliver me.H a lle lu ja h ! ’tis done! I believe on the Son. I ’m saved by the pow er o f the glorified One.

F rom all irrita tion and pertu rbation of m in d ; from all haste and h u rry — all im­patience w ith m yself, m y neighbor, or c ir­cum stances, pa rticu la rly from im patience w ith T hee,

D ear L ord , deliver me.F rom all dw elling on my own actions un­duly— good, bad, or indifferent— past, p resen t, or to come,

D ear L ord , deliver me.From all malice tow ard my neighbor by reason of w hat he does or does not do; from uncharitableness of thought, word, or action,

D ear L ord , deliver me.From all fea r of lack or fa ilu re to realize the abundance of my supp ly as a child of the M aker of heaven and ea rth , and th a t

when I ask in th y nam e, believingly, I shall receive.

D ear L ord , deliver me.H a lle lu ja h ! ’tis done! I believe on the Son. I ’m saved by the pow er o f the glorified One.

F rom all belief in the possibility of pos­sessing augh t save my own soul; from all holding to the th ings of th is world, people, places, personal belongings, p roperty of any sort, as though they could be perm a­n en t; from all belief in the enduringness of tran sien t th ings and conditions.

D ear L ord , deliver me.F rom all fa ilu re to understand th a t the rea l p a r t of a ll th ings th a t belong to me is a possession for e tern ity which cannot be lost or taken from me.

D ear L ord , deliver me.F rom all belief th a t any condition of mind, body, dr estate is unchangeable or th a t it can be changed except by the power of the divine S p irit w orking w ithin.

D ear L ord , deliver me.From all fa ilu re to hear and heed the voice of th y S p irit speak ing always within the depths of my own soul.

D ear L ord , deliver me.A nd in so delivering, according to thy prom ise to g ran t the requests of thy chil­d ren who d iligently call upon thee w ith believing hearts, g ran t likewise tha t I may be atten tive to thy softest w hisper and plastic in th y loving hands, to the end th a t th y perfec t thought in which I am created m ay be expressed in visible form , th a t all m ay see th y effulgent glory and rejoice in the beauty of th y holiness. Am en.

H a lle lu jah ! ’tis done! I believe on the Son.I ’m saved by the pow er o f the glorified One.

In connection w ith the choir rehearsal, which is to take place on T hursday even­ing, M ay 11th, M rs. Comstock will begin a course of lessons in Solfeggio, which is to music w hat gram m ar is to language.

Those not w ishing to jo in the choir, but desiring th is w ork in sigh t-read ing and ea r-tra in ing , are invited to be presen t on th a t evening.

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The Drug IdeaThe philosophy of the D ru g Idea is to

give a sick person some deadly poison th a t causes another kind of sickness, or makes the m an ill in another way. So the patien t is given a disease in o rder to cure him of another, or make him im m une-from one. Vaccination is the in jection into the sys­tem of a virus or poison which gives the person a disease in o rder to keep him from catching one— the d rug idea in another form.

T he whole scheme of swallowing poisons or inoculating the body w ith a v irus had its rise in the belief th a t disease was caused by a devil, and in o rder for the m an to get well you have to drive the devil out. T he casting out of devils was a lite ra l propo­sition. W e were told th a t God had provided a rem edy fo r every disease. T hey d id not tell us th a t God had first supplied the d is­ease. I t was assum ed th a t the devil sent the disease, and then God, in his love, sent the remedy.

O ur belief is now th a t N atu re never con­tem plated disease, b u t th a t constant health is the most n a tu ra l th ing in the world. I f we live righ tly we are proof against dis­ease. W hat we w an t is resisting pow er, or resiliency. A ll d rugs first, excite and then reduce v ita lity , lay ing you open to disease. T here is really no im m unity except th rough health. D rugs, v irus, and poisons always mean danger. M any so-called diseases are the results of the d rug habit.— D ecem ber<( 77r ra.

T he next issue of the W e e k l y U n i t y will begin the th ird volume. T h e little paper w ill be enlarged w ith th a t num ber, and w ill continue to grow during the com­ing years, both in size and in usefulness. A ll friends of U n ity a re invited to co­operate in m aking it a success. T h e sub­scription lis t has been grow ing du ring the p ast week a t the ra te of th ir ty new sub­scribers a day. T his means success. W e e k l y U n i t y w ill h e rea fte r be mailed

on W ednesday instead of T hu rsday , in o rder th a t it m ay reach the out-of-tow n readers in tim e for Sunday.

T he classes in the U nity S unday school are now devoting a portion of th e ir tim e each S unday m orning to the study of the new Catechism s. T he questions and an ­swers seem to b ring out m any in teresting and helpfu l points.

T he combined m eeting of the B oard of D irec to rs , th e W om an’s A uxiliary , the U nity G uild, and the Sunshine Club will be held on T uesday evening. M ay 9 th , in U nity parlo rs. A ll members of these or­ganizations are u rged to be present.

In a recent le tte r from M rs. H aseltine, who is spending a few weeks in Texas, she sta tes th a t the people th e re “are sow­ing rice and p icking straw berries.” S urely th is is not according to the S crip tures, which say, “W hatsoever a m an soweth, th a t shall he also reap .” I t m ay be d if­fe ren t in Texas.

Scientist Predicts Passing of Farms

Food W ill B e In s ta n tly Created W ithoutN a tu re ’s A id , in O pinion o f Chemist.Chicago scientists are discussing a re ­

m arkable assertion m ade by D r. H erm an H ille , a w ealthy chem ist, who, in a lecture before the Chicago M edical school, la s t w in ter, declared th a t w ith in the lives of the p resen t generation the old system of grow ing foods w ith the aid of n a tu re would be a th ing of the past. D r. H ille ’s sta te­m ent b rought fo rth m any derisive rep lies, bu t generally was accepted as an advanced theory. H e asserted th a t w ithin a few years the p roperties of the ground and air could be converted alm ost instantaneously into food, and th a t the stockyards, farm s, and food-preparing p lan ts would be th ings of th e past.

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To Picture Our ThoughtsA W ide U sefulness I s P redicted fo r T his

W onder o f Science T h a t photographs of hum an thoughts,

p ictures o f the ideas th a t pass th rough the brqin and are la te r expressed in w ords or action, m ay he taken on d ry p la tes or films, developed and kep t as records of m ental processes, is the la test w onder of science, fo r which a wide and s ta rtlin g usefulness is p red ic ted by D r. M ax Baff, psychol­ogist, of C lark College, W orcester, M ass.

“W e hear th a t such experim ents have brought su rp ris in g resu lts when carried on by Jap an ese savants,” D r. Baff says; “an d it seems to me th a t the nex t things is for us to go into the m atte r in th is country:

“As a m ethod of tak ing such thought photographs a cap ita l way would be to expose the film in a vacuum tank and have th e sub jects whose thoughts are to be pho­tographed placed near the ta n k / even w ith the ir heads against it. To develop the film roll, a f te r it had been unw ound in d a rk ­ness, w ith a p a ir of sub jects th ink ing on a given sub jec t while i t was being unrolled, would show in teresting resu lts .”— N ew Y o rk W orld.

tie Would, Indeed“W h a t’s th is word, p a ? ” asked W illie,

po in ting it out in his book.“ ‘Phenom enon,’ ” replied pa.“W ell, w hat is th a t? ”“ T h a t, my son, is w hat you would be

if you never d istu rbed your fa th e r w ith questions.”— Catholic S tandard and Tim es.

“W hat I m ust do, is a ll th a t concerns me, not w hat the people th ink. This rule, equally arduous in actual life , m ay serve for the whole distinction between greatness and m eanness. I t is the hard e r because you w ill alw ays find those who th ink they know w hat is your du ty b e tte r th an you know it. I t is easy in the w orld to live a fte r the w orld’s opinion; it is easy in

solitude to live a f te r our own; but the g rea t m an is he who in the m idst of the crowd keeps w ith perfec t sweetness the independence of solitude.”— Emerson.

H um an life as a whole moves, and can­not help moving, tow ards the eternal ideal of perfection , only by each separate in­dividual advancing tow ards his own per­sonal and equally unlim ited perfection.

W hat a d read fu lly pernicious supersti­tion is th a t under the influence of which men— neglecting the inw ard w ork upon them selves, which is the only th ing really needed fo r th e ir own and society’s wel­fare , and also the one th ing in which man has fu ll power— direct all the ir strength tow ards a rran g in g the life of others, which is beybnd~~their pow er, and (fo r the a t­ta inm ent of th is im possible aim ) employ violent m eans, certa in ly evil and in jurious to them selves and to others, and which m ore surely than any th ing else remove them both from th e ir personal and from the general p e rfe c tio n !— Leo Tolstoy.

A Wayside SmileJ u s t outside w hat used to be the boun­

d ary line of the city , a d ilapidated church stands on a picturesque country road. U p its w eather-beaten sides green ivy clings tenaciously. T h ere is a’little belfry on the edifice, in w hich hangs the bell which sum­mons th e good people to worship. The door of th e church is one of the old-fash­ioned sty le— heavy black wood w ith m etal­lic bands.

O ver the door is a scrip tu ra l sign : “ This is the door of H eaven.”

N ot long ago the re was a sign tacked under th is , on the broad face of the big door, in b ig black words on a w hite card­board background. M any of the parish ­ioners sm iled when they read :

“Closed for rep a irs .’,’— N e w Y ork Times.

T he wicked flee w hen no m an p u rsu e th ; but th e righteous are bold as a lion.

8 WEEKLY UNITY

Punished for Looking HealthyIn the days of the P u ritan s the stocks

were not unknow n as a pena lty for looking too healthy. R uddiness of complexion was a crime, when a gaun t visage was regarded as an outw ard sign of sanctity . D r. Ec- hard , w riting in the early eighteenth cen­tu ry , rem a rk s: “T hen it was they would scarcely le t a round-faced m an go to heaven. I f he had but a little blood in his cheeks his condition was accounted dan ­gerous, and I will assure you a very honest m an of sanguine com plexion, if he chanced to come nigh an official zealo t’s house, m ight be set in the stocks only fo r looking fresh on a frosty m orning.” Few of the Ja n u a ry faces to be seen in a London street, however, would run any risk of draw ing down this p en a lty .— London Chronicle.

A Bit MixedAn instructor in a church school where

much atten tion was paid to sacred history dw elt p articu la rly on th e phrase , “And Enoch was not, for God took him .” So many times was this repeated in connection with the death of Enoch, th a t he thought even the dullest p up il would answ er cor­rectly when asked in exam ination, “ S tate in the exact language of the B ible w hat is said- of E noch’s dea th .”

B ut this was the answ er he got:“ Enoch was not w hat God took him fo r.”

— B rooklyn L ife .

Tommy was en joy ing his glass of milk, when suddenly he gave a lu rch and upset it over his new suit o f clothes.

“ I knew you would do it,” said his mother.

“W ell,” said Tom m y, “ if you knew, why d id n ’t you te ll m e?”

T he rew ard of hum ility and the fea r of Jehovah is riches, and honor, and life. T horns and snares are in .th e w ay of the perverse: he th a t keepeth his soul shall be fa r from them.

Unity Auditorium,U N IT Y B L D G ., 913 T R A C Y A V E.

Sunday, May 7, 1911S u n d a y S c h o o l a t 10 a . m .

A d dress b y M rs . C h a r l e s S m i t h L e e ,

of N ew Y ork C ity, 11 a. m. S u b j e c t : T he O nly B ego tten Son.

A d dress by M r s . K e i t h M cC l i n t o c k

8 p. M.

S u b j e c t : Love.

Callers at Unity Headquarters During the Week

M iss M. L. A lbertson, H ickory , N . C.M r. G eorge C urrie , N ew London, Conn. M rs. B elle Felix , D enver, Colo.M rs. W . M. F rench , H arrisonv ille , Mo. D r. A nnie Key Sw ift, L ivingston, Tenn.

R E G U L A R M E E T I N G S I n U n i t y A u d i t o r i u m

S U N D A Y Sunday School, 10 a. m.

M rs. W . O. H aseltine, S u p erin tenden t.R eg u la r service, 11 a. m. Charles Fillm ore.

E vening service, 8 p. m.M O N D A Y

H igh Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15.Lesson in H e a lth and H arm ony, 2:30 p. m.

T U E S D A Y H ig h Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15.

Lesson in H ealth an d H arm ony, 2:30 p. m.W E D N E S D A Y

H igh Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15. M id-W eek M eeting, 2:30 p . m.

H ealing M eeting, 8 p . m.T H U R S D A Y

H ig h Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15.Lesson in H e a lth an d H arm ony, 2:30 p. m.

F R ID A Y H ig h Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15.

Lesson in H e a lth and H arm ony, 2:30 p. m.S A T U R D A Y

H ig h Noon Silence, 12 to 12: 15.


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