Editorials

The position of The Mother Church as to Mary Baker Eddy's place in the fulfillment of Bible prophecy is clearly set forth in the following paragraphs. These conclusions are not new; they are confirmed by our Leader's writings, and the steadily unfolding fruitage of Christian Science bears witness to their truth.

To be taught does not necessarily mean to learn. "Give instruction to a wise man," we read in Proverbs, "and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Ah , to build, to build! That is the noblest of all the arts. — Longfellow Each of us is a builder.

MANY a genius has searched for perpetual motion quite unmindful that he already possesses it in the form of thought. He can direct his thinking, happily enough, but he cannot for an instant stop it, because spiritual thinking is living, and Life knows neither start nor finish.

" The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil," said James. Mortals know this, but do little or nothing about it.

The separation of the ideal and the practical finds no endorsement in the teachings of Christ Jesus. He demanded of others, and put into effect himself, that which he preached, and this was the most exalted idealism.

In these days of widespread doubt and anxiety it is reassuring to remember that heretofore nations have gone through rigorous tests and trials, and have survived. They have more than survived.

The statement, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," is the acceptance of perfection not for a part but for the whole. Here is set forth one standard, one workmanship.

Christian Science is here to educate men, to educate men spiritually, and so enable them individually to demonstrate man's oneness with the Life and Mind that is God. Much of the system of spiritual education established by Mary Baker Eddy provides self-instruction for students through thoughtful study, in quiet hours, of the Bible and her inspired works.

How impressively true it is that human experiences have their testing as well as their joyous aspects! Hagar fled from the jealousy of Sarai into the wilderness. As she sat by the fountain of water, an angel declared that the Lord had heard her affliction and instructed her to return to her mistress.