Editorials

In the New Testament one finds many allusions to the Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit. This implies a development of spirituality which came to human thought with the life and teachings of Christ Jesus.

" I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do" ( John 17:4 ). In these words Christ Jesus prayed to his Father-Mother God just prior to his betrayal.

One of the outstanding economists of the world states in a current issue of a well-known magazine that in his estimation a critical need of today is education in citizenship. And he adds that moral education, as well as the acquisition of knowledge, is important.

WHILE in the interest of preserving world peace it may seem imperative at this stage of progress for a nation to maintain strength which equally balances that of certain other world powers, the time will ultimately come when only one power, God, divine Mind, must be acknowledged as supreme over all. The power of God, Christian Science makes clear, is indivisible.

WHETHER the world is ready to admit it or not, the twentieth century is witnessing to the gradual disappearance of matter. The material limitations that have held men relentlessly in subjection to conditions of space and time and lack of power are being broken down.

TO every student of Christian Science the season of the Annual Meeting may well be a period in which to measure prayerfully his love and gratitude for our great Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who brought to mankind the pure Science of Christianity, the light of Christ, Truth, "which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" ( John 1:9 ). The Mother Church and its branches are engaged in a great crusade, an inspired and inspiring activity, the purpose of which is indicated by our Leader as follows (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

In Matthew (Chapter 24) we read that Christ Jesus warned mankind of the disturbance that would come as materialism is forced to give way before the appearing of the Christ, God's true idea. Some of the Master's prophecies are somber indeed.

" The Christian Science God is universal eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death," writes Mary Baker Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 140 ).

In his earthly career, Christ Jesus demonstrated the nature and qualities of the original man of God's creating. This man is described in the first chapter of Genesis as made in God's image and likeness, as good, and as having dominion over the lesser creations of God.

Perhaps nothing is more important to the progress of the student of Christian Science than church membership. It opens up an entirely new field of activity, and when the student makes the most of the opportunities afforded, great spiritual growth follows.