Editorials

Everything in God's universe is original. Springing freshly from the divine Mind, it is brilliant, beautiful, and unique.

In these times, when many people are turning to Eastern philosophies, the occult, and the blatantly fantastic in their search for deeper meaning's to life and for explanations of existence, the question is often asked: Does the Church, which is based upon the teachings of Christ Jesus, still have a contribution to make to the well-being and progress of the modern world? Thoughtful consideration of the spiritual origin, nature, and past accomplishments of this divinely inspired institution must lead to the conclusion that it does. To the degree that it has been built on the revelation of God as the universal Father and of man as God's son, as demonstrated by Christ Jesus, the Christian Church has been a strengthening, guiding, spiritualizing power in the community, and its divine message ensures that in proportion as it is humanly discerned as present and operative it must continue to exert a beneficent influence in mankind's affairs in the twentieth and ensuing centuries.

If one watches his thoughts carefully, he will note that much subjective argument goes on in the course of a day. The pros and cons of various questions and problems are silently argued and decisions made.

He was a child. But they came from far places to pay their respects.

Have you encountered the real you? If not, then you are missing much, for your real self is well worth knowing. What you really are is much more than the composite of physical characteristics you see in a mirror.

Gratitude is not merely a social grace; it is a spiritual element of thought essential to humanity's well-being. In its highest expression it is a quality of uplifted faith by means of which men respond to God, acknowledging His power and the divine affluence even though, as yet, it may be unseen to mortal eyes.

Christian Science emphasizes that the divine Mind is eternal, without beginning or end, and that the real man is the spiritual reflection of this eternal Mind. Whether or not we are accepting the eternal Mind as our own Mind can be determined by our attitude toward age.

According to the law of God we have authority over our own thinking and therefore over our own experience. This divine fact is revealed in the Bible, and Christian Science insists that it can be proved in daily life.

Christian Science shows us that man's potential is infinitely greater than that of the fallible mortal we see walking around. We learn how to reassess our identity in new, spiritual terms by relating it to God, divine Mind, as its source.

Three months after Moses led the children of Israel across the Red Sea, God told him to say to them, "If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, .