Editorials

A significant lesson for Christians to learn from the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus is that we must become men and women of vision. Jesus was clearly a man of incomparable vision.

There's a difference, a significant one, between getting out of trouble and being out. The real man, forever held as an idea in Mind, God, could never fall away from Mind, never lapse into trouble out of which he must climb or be hauled.

Although it would be unusual to find armed guards stationed at places of worship throughout the world, it wouldn't be so unusual to find them at banks, military establishments, or in some industries. But churches, mosques, pagodas, and synagogues have not generally been institutions in need of defense.

Allness is at the same time inclusive and exclusive. The allness of God, or good— which is an accepted fact of Christian Science—implies that everything that exists in the universe is included in God and His idea, so all is good.

The effectiveness of the truth of being, as explained in Christian Science, has been proved too often to be fairly questioned. Suppose, though, we've experienced a time when—to our sense of things—truth was not fully demonstrated.

Many people cherish favorite concise sayings to inspire them as they go about their daily round—mottoes that convey messages they feel are helpful in guiding their lives. In her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 Mrs.

True False 1. ---- ---- Drugs, surgery, and other material techniques for healing are developed in response to human ills.

It's the realization of the presence of the substance of God, and of God as the source of all individuality; and the hand-in-hand denial of whatever seems to be in contrast to this. Looking more deeply still, the scientific healer knows that the essence of scientific treatment is divine Truth maintaining its perfection and purity everywhere.

The discovery of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy occupies a definable period in the calendar of history. So does her founding of Christian Science.

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