Editorials

Starting the week end of September 11, 1955, Christian Science television programs will be broadcast in a number of areas in the United States. The programs are on film and will be telecast by individual stations rather than by network.

The time may come when the twentieth century will be designated as the period in which occurred the greatest struggle between individualism and conformity with the mass. On one side of this struggle are those who feel driven to think with the crowd.

At the close of the vacation period, when schools are opening and when many people return to work after the summer holidays, the statement is often made, "Now we go back to work. " It would be well at such times for the Christian Scientist to think definitely of going forward to work.

If we think of life in terms of divine laws, we shall draw nearer to the spiritual meaning of existence. Spirit is not nebulous, changeful, or vaguely expressed by mysterious phenomena.

The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippians admonishes them to live in harmony with each other. And he adds ( 2:5 ), "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

The search for wisdom concerned the ancients, and it greatly concerns us today. Men naturally long to discern the meaning of life and to deal soundly with human affairs.

On page 313 of her "Miscellaneous Writings" under the heading, "Words of Commendation," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, pays a tribute to the Editor of The Christian Science Journal for a particular number of this periodical. The Journal she referred to is that of August, 1895 , just sixty years ago.

The great Christian reformer Martin Luther had an abiding sense of God's unfailing dominion and His availability to all men under all conditions. Looking to Him as an ever-present help, he could write, With Him we shall prevail, Whatever may assail; He is our shield and tower, Almighty is His power; His kingdom is forever.

The Bible proclaims the liberty which the understanding of God's presence bestows. Paul said ( II Cor.

The kingdom of God is as natural and available as the multiplication table because it is ever present. Jesus evidently meant that it was a state of consciousness, not a locality, for he said ( Luke 17:20, 21 ), "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.