Editorials

DOES the Christian Scientist believe in what is called direct action in social affairs? When direct action is properly defined and analyzed, we can answer Yes without any doubt. There is always room for balanced, sober, and intelligent participation in fundamentally right social action.

IN the outstanding executive there appears a spark of character that spells the difference between routine performance and brilliant success. Christian Science enables one to find that spark, to understand its source, and to develop it in himself as well as in others.

ANYONE with a right purpose in life is at a great advantage, for purpose always helps to give direction to action. And people need direction.

ONE dictionary definition of "consecrate" is "to devote to a purpose with deep solemnity or dedication. " "Church," defined by Mrs.

IN reading the Bible, particularly the four Gospels, one realizes that there is a definite relationship between holiness and health. Christ Jesus proved this and left undeniable evidence that a life dedicated to holiness has power over illnesses and defects, whether they be mental, moral, or physical.

MARY BAKER EDDY makes the goal of Christianity clear when she says in "Christian Science versus Pantheism" ( p. 13 ), "Love all Christian churches for the gospel's sake; and be exceedingly glad that the churches are united in purpose, if not in method, to close the war between flesh and Spirit, and to fight the good fight till God's will be witnessed and done on earth as in heaven.

ON page 1 of "The People's Idea of God," Mrs. Eddy writes, "The footsteps of thought, as they pass from the sensual side of existence to the reality and Soul of all things, are slow, portending a long night to the traveller; but the guardians of the gloom are the angels of His presence, that impart grandeur to the intellectual wrestling and collisions with old-time faiths, as we drift into more spiritual latitudes.

GOOD and evil have faced each other in human consciousness since the beginning of history. But it was not until the discovery of Christian Science by Mrs.

THE enduring love of Jesus is an example for mankind, whose affections are often unstable. On the night of the Last Supper, when the disciples were gathered together, the Master gave parting instructions to the little band of followers who were to continue his mission by taking Christianity to the world.

Animal magnetism is the action of a so-called mind other than God and the influence of that action on human belief and human conditions. Other names for it are hypnotism and mesmerism.