Putting on record insights into the practice of Christian Science.
Editorials
The moral and spiritual responsibilities of an officer in a Church of Christ, Scientist, are clearly implied in the teachings of Christian Science. These teachings include the worship of one God, the only Mind, who is Truth, Love, Principle.
Christian Science answers satisfactorily such searching questions as, Who am I? or, What am I? or, Why am I here? Perhaps these questions are not as difficult to answer as they appear to be. Certainly the student of Christian Science does not find them so—at least theoretically.
If one is interested in establishing the reign of divine Principle in the minds of men, any event which turns the thoughts of mankind in a particular direction becomes a topic for prayer. Labor Day is such an event.
Many of the changes that are taking place in the world today result from the desire of men to overcome the limits that a mortal, material sense of being has placed upon them. Mrs.
All Christendom believes in a definite, individual God. Christ Jesus addressed God as Father and taught men to pray to Him as to a loving Parent.
Mary Baker Eddy discovered the Science of divine metaphysics in 1866. The following year she established the first purely metaphysical system of healing since the first century.
Prayer for healing in Christian Science brings Truth to bear on error in human consciousness. The result is successful in the degree that this is actually done.
Marriage is a moral state, not a spiritual one, but the measure of spirituality brought to it is what preserves its morality and fulfills its purpose. Marriage is a vastly important human institution.
Truth is God. It is changeless and perfect.
We shall successfully overcome sickness and sin in proportion as we affirm what is true and understandingly deny what is false. One who does not know what to affirm and what to deny is constantly at the mercy of conjecture.