Editorials

Probably many mortals have a feeling akin to Ben Jonson when he wrote, "O, for an engine to keep back all clocks. " Yet clocks do not make time.

In the parable of the wheat and tares the servants of the householder were told to let both grow together until the harvest, lest in rooting up the worthless, they destroy the other also. Does this mean a call to procrastination, to the acceptance of a process which must take time and ensure delay? Not if we take it in conjunction with another statement by Jesus.

Of all religious festivals, what is more thought-stirring, hope-inspiring, and joy-bringing than Easter? "For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. " So run the poetic lines in Solomon's Song.

The average individual for the most part takes for granted the world in which he lives; he is more interested in effect than cause, in his own reactions and achievements than in seeking reasons for them. He therefore does not expect to analyze, far less take masterful possession of, the events and circumstances that appear to make or mar his life.

Our human environment includes many things. Some are trees, grass, flowers, animals, buildings, and machines.

Possibly much more than they realize, those who take their stand in a community as adherents of Christian Science are meticulously watched and their actions weighed by their fellows of differing faiths. Many people who stoutly maintain that they know nothing of and care less for this religion, show a startling familiarity with the Christian ideals for which it stands.

When some material object is made, for instance an automobile, it is first conceived in thought; drawings are made; materials are assembled, mechanical processes set to work; and the car is completed. The making is over; so many strokes and it is done; there is a beginning and an end of the making.

Christian Science honors those intellectual qualities which are guided by and subordinated to Spirit. The greatest intellects have always been the humblest.

In the first issue of The Journal of Christian Science, on April 14, 1883, Mary Baker Eddy, its Founder and Editor, called this newcomer in the field of journalism "An Independent Family Paper, to Promote Health and Morals;" then at the head of its columns she placed this virile statement of the Apostle Paul: "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. " Here then is a guiding light for every man, woman, and child enlisted for service in this great Cause.

On pages 115 and 116 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy sets forth what she calls the "Scientific Translation of Mortal Mind" in three degrees, beginning with "depravity" and ending with "understanding. " Here we see the states through which mortal man rises from the total unreality of evil to the comprehension of those qualities of Spirit which express the real.