Editorials

Christ Jesus taught the lesson of obedience to true leadership in his parable of the sheep ( John 10:1-15 ). Here he likens his spiritual selfhood, the Christ, to the shepherd who leads his flock, and those who follow the Christ to the sheep who know the shepherd's voice and flee from strangers.

In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy asks this stupendous question ( p. 469 ): "What is Mind?" And with summary directness she replies in part: "Mind is God.

From time to time the effort has been made to connect the teachings of Christian Science with spiritualism. A thoughtful study of the teachings of Christian Science leads us to the logical conclusion that spiritualism and its manifestations have no scientific foundation.

That our Camp Welfare work is continuing to fulfill its original purpose of promoting the spiritual welfare of Christian Scientists and others who are serving in the Army, Navy, and Air Forces is affirmed by many letters which have been received in connection with this activity. A mother writes: "I am truly grateful for this service provided by The Mother Church—it certainly exemplifies the motherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.

The basis of true being is spiritual. The spiritual basis is boundless by reason of its divine character, and it is also perfect in all its manifestations.

The human protest against the deterioration of age is well epitomized in the words of Mary Baker Eddy, found in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 248 ), "Men and women of riper years and larger lessons ought to ripen into health and immortality, instead of lapsing into darkness or gloom.

In her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 Mary Baker Eddy writes ( pp. 4, 5 ): "Do religionists believe that God is One and All? Then whatever is real must proceed from God, from Mind, and is His reflection and Science.

Christmas hymns echo the joy in human hearts that God's love has reached mankind and that a Saviour has come to redeem the world from mortality. But to the Christian Scientist Christmas means more than the celebration of the coming of the infant Jesus.

One of the most remarkable instances of God's spiritual provision is to be found in the incident of the feeding of the five thousand as related in the Gospels. This wonderful proof of divine abundance, coming as it did through Jesus the Christ, forms an object lesson for those who would more fully understand God's affluence.

For Christian Scientists the coming of Christmas always presents an opportunity for a reappraisal and increased appreciation of its meaning. As we lift thought above the merely material sense of a human celebration we bow, figuratively, in deep gratitude and reverence, realizing its all-important spiritual significance in our own lives.