Editorials

Christian Science bases its conclusion that human tribulations are unreal upon the revealed truth that God is infinite good and that evil and inharmony cannot derive from a good God. Hence its firm stand that mortal existence is a self-constituted mesmeric dream, which peoples itself with its own misconceptions—a dream which Christian Science dispels.

If Christian Science is to be scientifically demonstrated, every aspect of its teaching should be intelligently considered, for every point clearly understood aids the student in proving by healing that he is dealing solely with divine facts and an invariable spiritual law. Because men and women believe that they live in a world of matter and dwell in material bodies, their so-called scientific study and investigation have led them directly away from the great spiritual fact which, when grasped, gives them the understanding of reality and of their true, perfect being.

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.