Editorials

It is recorded in Mark's Gospel that as Jesus came up out of the water, having been baptized of John, "he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. " To each one as he is baptized of Spirit, as he apprehends the fullness of his stature as a child of God, there comes something of the experience which came to Jesus in that hour.

When Jesus was told upon one occasion that his mother and his brethren "stood without, desiring to speak, with him," it is recorded in Matthew's Gospel that he asked, "Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?" The record continues: "And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. " It is evident that the Master sought at this time to impress his hearers with a broader concept of family and relationship than that which is usually entertained.

The individual studying ideas without putting them into practical effect may become a recluse, imprisoned within a narrow objective world of his own construction. The individual cultivating persons and neglecting ideas, on a shifting stage of inconsistencies and contradictions, though he perfect his art as an observer and analyst of mankind, raises no standard of exalted purpose.

To everyone, however much or little he may know, however skillful or unskillful he may be, Christian Science brings the scientific assurance that he is more capable than he has seemed. As Mary Baker Eddy, the greatly beloved Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, states ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

In the endeavor to arrive at the true concept or right idea of home as it exists in divine Mind it is helpful first to eliminate from one's thinking the finite or limited concepts of home which appear to exist in the so-called human mind. It is well, therefore, to see first of all that home, absolutely speaking, is not a material house, a flat, a hotel room, or anything existing in time or finite space.

A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST generally recognizes that he is especially blessed in having seen definite proof of the healing power of Christian Science. He recognizes that, widespread as Christian Science healing now is, the great majority of mankind have not yet been thus blessed; and his endeavor on all suitable occasions, through sheer gratitude, is to let others know of this healing and liberating power.

To him who has seen as the result of the teachings of Christian Science that evil is not power because God is all-powerful and ever present, the way is clear; the final outcome of every human situation in which he may temporarily find himself, is shorn of all possibility of uncertainty and fear. The result of Daniel's experience in the lions' den whereby he proved the powerlessness of a murderous intent to destroy the human representative of God was the vindication of his faith and obedience.

In her book, "Miscellaneous Writings," Mary Baker Eddy says ( pp. 256, 257 ): "The assertion that matter is a law, or a lawgiver, is anomalous.

The spirit of divine adventure animated Mary Baker Eddy as she set forth to reveal the Science of Christianity to mankind. It was the beginning of the greatest adventure which the world had witnessed since the day when "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

Christian Scientists understand that in proportion as any fact of being is recognized and realized in its true import, it is demonstrated; for by such realization the false sense which alone seemed to obscure the fact is dispelled. It is therefore of great practical advantage to know the nature of the ideas of God, divine Mind, which constitute the true creation.