Editorials

Spiritual inspiration is the heavenly characteristic which changes the standpoint of thought from the material to the spiritual. This change of standpoint is necessary in order to understand and demonstrate Christian Science.

Traditional religious teaching and human experience stemming from it have led mankind to believe that the way of progress must be one of suffering that suffering must necessarily accompany one's spiritual progress. But the concept of suffering can only be associated with the belief that man is material and mortal, never with the consciousness of one infinite spiritual being.

Christian Science gives positive assurance of redemption from sin, disease, and death. In absolute Truth it is correct to regard redemption as already complete.

A Bow in the cloud marked the covenant which God made with Noah and his sons and with all living creatures— a covenant which implied that life belongs to Deity and is indestructible. In the Scriptural account God's voice is recorded as saying ( Gen.

The Master's unequivocal declaration and demonstration of man's inseparable relationship to God not only was misunderstood, but constantly aroused the intense opposition of false theology, as witnessed in the antagonism of the rabbis and the dogmatic resistance of the Pharisees. Demanding his crucifixion, they said ( John 19:7 ), "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

The acme of anything is its highest point reached, its culmination. It is helpful to note that Mary Baker Eddy, in a passage found in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

The history of early Christianity reveals the struggle which took place between the primitive purity of the Gospel message and the numerous philosophies and pagan cults of the ancient world. These cults held sway for centuries; in fact, they constituted the science, theology, and medicine of mortal, material thinkers.

Among the followers of the Master, John is known as the beloved disciple, and his words and life indicate why he was loved. Sitting at the feet of Jesus, he caught perhaps more clearly than all the others the essential quality of the Christ as demonstrated in Jesus' life and works.

The edifice of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, is unique. There is no church building exactly like it.

The very name "Church of Christ, Scientist," implies activity, for the Christ, God's infinite idea, manifests or exhibits the activity of divine Mind. The Christ is always acting to accomplish good—waking mankind from the mortal dream, destroying the delusions of sense, healing the sick and sinful, revealing brotherhood, bringing Love's justice and mercy to light, inspiring mankind to recognize real life in Spirit.