Editorials

Among the things for which many people are thankful is the freedom they enjoy to turn to God in grateful acknowledgment of His goodness and power. The custom of gathering in places of worship to publicly express thankfulness for the benefits and blessings God bestows upon them brings vividly to thought their dependence upon Him for their very existence.

In January, 1962, two new editions of The Herald of Christian Science will be launched by The Christian Science Publishing Society. Their languages will be, respectively, Japanese and Bahasa Indonesia.

IN 1866 Mrs. Eddy discovered that the healing power of Christ, the Truth which Jesus taught and practiced, is as available today as it was in the early days of Christianity.

PAUL wrote to the Colossians:"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God" ( 3:2,3 ).

ON October 19, 1961, a meeting will be held in the Extension of The Mother Church in the interest of the Christian Science Sentinel . Similar meetings will be held in all branch Churches of Christ, Scientist.

While struggling with a physical or moral ailment, or some other inharmonious condition, we may find encouragement in the Psalmist's plea to God, "Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins" ( Ps. 25:18 ).

" Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness" ( Isa. 41:10 ).

A doctrine which evoked much argument among the theologians of the early centuries of Christianity was that of incarnation. There were various sects in those days of emerging Christianity which recognized the erroneousness of matter, its delusive nature, and its basis for sin.

The unbroken line of spiritual unfoldment runs from Genesis to Revelation. One who follows it is rewarded by being led safely through entanglements of pantheism, paganism, idolatry, ecclesiasticism, and other phases of materialism that have baffled men for centuries into the divine Science that reveals man's original, spiritual perfection, untouched by the claims of evil.

The author notes that “the law of God, good, properly enforced, is the law of elimination to all error, wherever it may seem to appear.”