Editorials

With the approach of the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, every member of a Church of Christ, Scientist, may well consider what he means when he says, "I am a Christian Scientist. " He may well examine his thoughts and actions, measure his progress, and resolve to work more earnestly to prove the truths of Christian Science in daily living.

We should understand the world in which we live, note the changes taking place in its chief modes of thought, and make a definite contribution toward bringing ultimate spiritual perfection to light. The three outstanding means of mortal thought—science, theology, and medicine— are being transformed as humanity rises from a material to a spiritual basis of life.

When one obeys God completely and understandingly, he cannot do anything which would place him in a position of jeopardy. Compliance with the laws of God is an ever-active immunity to danger, disease, distress, or disaster.

When speaking at an Easter service in her Church, Mary Baker Eddy said that the service spoke to her not of death but of Life (see Miscellaneous Writings, p. 180).

While walking by the Sea of Galilee at the inception of his brief ministry, Jesus saw two fishermen, Simon Peter and Andrew, casting a net into the sea. Without ceremony or explanation Jesus called to them ( Matt.

Whatever lives progresses, for progress is the law of Life, God. Mary Baker Eddy says in her book "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

Christian Science rejects all evidence of the material senses. It acknowledges only the testimony of Spirit.

When church officers are to be elected by the members and when appointments are to be made by the executive board of a branch church or society, the one question of paramount importance must always be: Is the candidate spiritually qualified for the duty? The primary aim of all who have a part in church elections or appointments is to choose those who have given faithful proof of their fitness by consistent loyalty to the teachings of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and by their genuinely Christian living. Only as we consecrate thought and action unselfishly to the divine purpose of Church in Christian Science can we demonstrate the truth of Mrs.

The moment one begins to discern the spiritual facts of existence as Christian Science reveals them, he has entered the infinite path, which leads to man's immortal life in God. Through dynamic living, not helpless dying, one gains the heavenly kingdom.

When our great Master, Christ Jesus, "sat at meat" with a number of publicans and sinners, the Pharisees were considerably shocked. Jesus rebuked them with the statement ( Matt.