Editorials

THE one commandment which is most frequently iterated throughout the Bible is that very terse one of three words, "Fear thou not. " Isaiah, the great prophet of promise, of good tidings and beauty, is particularly emphatic in his admonition to the people of Israel to fear not.

BEING is always identified. The Life that is God is individually evidenced in a permanent universe of spiritual ideas and individualities, the highest of whom is man.

MORE and more the deep thinkers of the day, unbiased seekers after truth, are descrying in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy the inspirational wisdom of sage and prophet. Let us consider, for example, the remarkable, revolutionary definition of "time" which appears in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

WHEN a picture has been taken on a film, prints are made by placing the film over chemically sensitive paper and exposing both to strong light. Chemical changes then take place on the paper, and the impression left on the paper by the film is the picture.

SCIENTIFIC humility may be likened to the attitude of a mathematician before the principle of numbers. He knows that no exercise of human will, no personal opinion or desire, will change one iota or divert in the slightest degree the operation of the rules of that principle; therefore he cannot outline the solution of the problem according to his own personal dictation.

THAT holy man of Israel, the inspirational prophet Isaiah, whose name in Hebrew signifies "the salvation of the Lord," is without doubt one of the great luminaries of the Scriptures. His sweet songs of certain deliverance from earthly woes, for those who turn from the material to Spirit, have lightened the path of pilgrims in all centuries.

" Matter's supposed selfhood"—this is the arresting marginal note to be found on page 479 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " It is related to a paragraph which contains these epochal statements made by the author of this textbook, Mary Baker Eddy: "Matter cannot see, feel, hear, taste, nor smell.

Where does evil come from? is a question which puzzles many people. What is its origin? "The origin of evil," says Mary Baker Eddy, "is the problem of ages.

The sixth chapter of John's Gospel records some of Christ Jesus' most revolutionary utterances; in fact, so incomprehensible were his spiritual teachings to ears dulled by materialism that the Scripture states, "From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. " One can well imagine the wistfulness with which the Master put the question to the twelve, "Will ye also go away?" There must have been comfort to Jesus, and an awakened devotion in the hearts of the disciples, in the prompt reply of the sturdy Simon Peter: "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

The Founder of Christianity not only thought deeply of his great mission, but he also thought of the vast harvest that the seeds of Truth which he was planting would produce—a harvest that would be garnered by his followers in the years and centuries to come. On one occasion, as he looked out upon the multitudes who followed him, "he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.