Editorials

Christ Jesus claimed his unity with God. He said ( John 10:30 ), "I and my Father are one.

Age and time have no place in the Science of being and therefore do not touch man's true selfhood. Referring to this, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Many observers of human nature admit the necessity for greater spiritual enlightenment. Some feel that civilization will not survive unless there is a return to the practice of the spiritual values as found in the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount.

Those attuned to Spirit, God, realize the presence of the Father and note the working of His power among men. They feel the spirit of Christmas abroad, the joy of the nativity of the true sense of life, and are drawn to Truth by the resistless power of spiritual good.

In an article which Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote at one time for the New York World and which now appears in her book "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" she says ( pp. 259, 260 ): "Christmas respects the Christ too much to submerge itself in merely temporary means and ends.

The book of Revelation is a book of overcoming. It depicts in colorful figures the individual and collective victory of mankind over all sin.

Spiritual sense bears witness to Spirit and to all that emanates from God, or good. In this evidence are included the perfection and permanency of spiritual existence.

Science And Health, the textbook of Christian Science, has been rightly termed by its author, Mary Baker Eddy, the key to the Scriptures because it reveals the spiritual significance of the Bible in both word and incident. On page 320 of this textbook Mrs.

Divine Love is expressed in service to God and man. Such service is divine service; it is the grace and activity of Love which make all burdens light.

In her "Tribute to President McKinley" Mary Baker Eddy speaks in highest terms of his humane character, his affection, tenderness, and sympathy. She says (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.