Editorials

Spirit is the source of all power. Therefore the only real and enduring power is spiritual.

The compassionate and warmhearted long to restore happy associations and normal health to those who have lost them. They deeply desire to bring the moral wanderer back to the innocence of former days, to return sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf.

" I Thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" ( Matt. 11:25 ).

Probably all of us have opened the door of a welcoming household at some time in our lives and have suddenly felt the balm of hospitality and affection in that friendly atmosphere. No condemnation greeted us there, but only understanding and approval that made us feel that we had found a heaven of refuge and peace.

The use of vitamins to supplement and balance the food which is prepared for men, animals, and plants has grown to large proportions. It is almost impossible to read a newspaper or listen to the radio without having the subject thrust upon one's attention.

Members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, are called upon to keep Christian fellowship one with another. They do so in obedience to Article XI, Section 3 , of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy, which, under the caption "Violation of Christian Fellowship," reads, "Any member who shall unjustly aggrieve or vilify the Pastor Emeritus or another member, or who does not live in Christian fellowship with members who are in good and regular standing with this Church, shall either withdraw from the Church or be excommunicated.

Christian Science is a religion of joy. It proclaims to all men that the presence and power of the Christ are ever available to take away all the world's ills, and to establish the kingdom of heaven in human consciousness.

" To coincide with God's government is the proper incentive to the action of all nations. " This statement, which was made by Mary Baker Eddy near the beginning of the Spanish-American War, sets a perpetual standard for international action.

The greatest solvent in the world is Love. The Love referred to is divine, not human.

" It is 'a consummation devoutly to be wished' that all nations shall speedily learn and practise the intermediate line of justice between the classes and masses of mankind, and thus exemplify in all things the universal equity of Christianity. " These words, written by Mary Baker Eddy, are found in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.