Editorials

Physical force, being neither intelligent nor moral, has no control over its own use and so is subject within certain limits to the will of men. Spiritual thinking, on the contrary, thinking based on the allness of Spirit, embodies divine intelligence and so expresses the divine will.

Christ Jesus opened his Galilean ministry with these stirring words: "The kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel" ( Mark 1:15 ). A new realm, the kingdom of heaven, at the door of mankind! Here, unseen to the physical senses, beyond the material and mortal, the evil and destructive, is a kingdom of light, order, and harmony.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS are the beneficiaries of a heritage, a living heritage, perpetual, irrevocable. It is the heritage of the reborn, those "born of water and of the Spirit" ( John 3 ).

THE mature student of Christian Science does not fear animal magnetism or evil; neither does he ignore it or personalize it, that is, give it identity. This Science teaches him how to strip error of its covering and to destroy it through the application of the power of Christ, Truth, God's infinite idea.

Through the sheer might of unfolding good, Mind asserts its presence, its government, its law, its allness—eternally and universally. Patriarchs and prophets heard the voice of God, and the Scriptures record His glorious statements.

Evidence of the natural inclination to trust in Deity is indicated by the national motto now inscribed on coins and in increasing degree on paper currency of the United States, "In God we trust. " To some, the motto may signify a mere hope that He will help us.

Christ Jesus sent forth two groups of disciples, twelve in one instance and seventy in the other, directing them to preach the gospel and heal the sick. Both groups were successful.

The world is looking to materialism for remedies for the very difficulties that materialism has produced. But can materialism ever solve these difficulties? Christian Science shows that it cannot, and history confirms this.

Religion is a general term. It can mean different things to different persons.

As long as there is one thought in consciousness which is inconsistent with God's bestowal of good on man, we are not to that degree demonstrating our true nature as God's reflection. God declared man to be good in the beginning, and He has not retreated, nor can He ever retreat from that declaration.