IT has been proven to me lately that nothing is overcome till demonstrated over in Science, and that we must repeat our experiences until we are willing to face them fairly, and know their nothingness. As a child I had a great fear of bears. Alone at night I could see their big black forms moving about the room, and I suffered as keenly as though there had been what mortal mind calls a real cause. This fear I naturally outgrew, and would have said I probably never should have it to deal with again.
From being a quite timid child, I have, through the understanding of Truth, been able to demonstrate over fear of the water and of horses so completely that I have almost forgotten that it was ever anything but a pleasure to have to do with either.
But to return to the question of bears. A while ago, I was for a few hours alone in the woods in a region where bears are not infrequently seen; in fact, fresh tracks had been found there a few days before, and while I stayed alone from choice, in order to have a quiet time for study and work in Science, no sooner did I realize that there was no one within call than the thought of bears came with all its old time belief of fear; but this time I had a remedy, and it was near at hand. I opened the Bible, and read the eighth Psalm, and when I had finished I realized that I had dominion over the beasts of the earth, and that Love was ever present, and then a beautiful sense of the world of God's creating came to me, and I knew that I was only "Alone with Thee, in breathless adoration."
