Editorials

THE theory and practice of Christian Science are, of course, inseparable. The theory includes an understanding of the nature of God as primal cause and of the continuing, uninterrupted relationship that exists between God and man.

PERHAPS the human race needs nothing so much as intelligent direction: how to think, what to do, where to go, when to act, which course to pursue. But men need a true sense of direction in more than minute by minute personal decisions; they need it in the full course of their lives.

" Christian Science is absolute; it is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point and must be practised therefrom. " This statement was made by Mrs.

Soul , God, is supreme in earth as in heaven, Christian Science affirms. That the power of Soul is not always evidenced in human affairs does not mean that Soul is absent or incapable of controlling our lives in the minutest details.

When our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, gave the directive that the Christian Science periodicals are to be kept abreast of the times, she opened the way of progress for these messengers of Truth for centuries to come. Today her wisdom is displayed in the progressive step being taken in the method of distributing The Christian Science Monitor to the world.

Through Christian Science we learn that God is supreme good, immutable good, total good. In "Rudimental Divine Science," Mrs.

Membership in a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, provides a unique spiritual experience. The simple and dignified steps leading to and comprising membership, divinely impelled, bring splendid opportunities to work harmoniously with others who share similar aspirations.

Christian Science reveals spiritual concepts, defines them accurately, and demonstrates them scientifically. One such concept is Christ.

Perhaps no question has been more eagerly asked and less satisfactorily answered than the one that serves as the title of this editorial. The difficulty lies in the fact that the question asserts and impliedly assumes the reality of something that is not real, something that appears to be real only to a false sense of things.

" Pure Mind gives out an atmosphere that heals and saves," declares Mrs. Eddy in her work "Miscellaneous Writings" (p.