Editorials

Today, more than ever before, the individual is aware of his need to be of service to others: to his neighbor, his community, his world. Class instruction brings to the student of Christian Science an individual blessing, spiritual and practical.

If a sheep is lost, he is usually unhappy about it. He feels deeply the need for his shepherd, but he does not see him.

Every advancing step in spiritual progress includes overcoming materiality and hence involves a fight with entrenched material thinking. History shows the persecution of the advanced spiritual thinker by worldly-minded mortals, and the greatest example of this fact is the life of Christ Jesus.

Christ Jesus taught the need of spiritually guarding the children. On one occasion he took a child in his arms and said, "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me.

Questions received from the Field indicate a rather general misunderstanding of the present status of Youth Forums and Junior Forums. No action has ever been taken by The Mother Church either to discourage or to discontinue the activities of the Forums.

Not infrequently one hears the questions, "Why has this trouble come upon me? What have I done to deserve this?" And there may be a tendency to try to find some external cause for the difficulty or perhaps some other person upon whom one can fasten the blame. This is a familiar form of sidestepping the issue, and it should not be permitted to divert our attention from the point of responsibility.

At the top of a mountain Jesus was transfigured. A divinely mental power—a power not related to time and space—brought to view two men who had disappeared from the earth hundreds of years before.

If the world knew that its need is Christliness, it would get down to work and strive for this high goal. Instead of spending time and energy on its many materialistic pursuits, it would devote itself to purifying human consciousness and bringing mankind to an awareness of God and His Christ.

Students of Christian Science are familiar with Mrs. Eddy's definition of Church: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

Many individuals faced with important decisions ask, "What shall I do?" There is only one really adequate reply, and that is, "Turn to God for direction. " Individuals frequently seek human advice from Christian Science practitioners or from friends, and then perhaps recriminate when all does not turn out in the best possible way.