Editorials

The word "dominion," used in the first chapter of Genesis to indicate the nature of God's provision for man, does not signify authority that is conditional or limited. Some of the terms defining it in dictionaries are "sovereign or supreme authority," "the power of governing," and "independent right of possession, use, and control.

The writers of the Old Testament visualized a world where there would be no further conflict. This is symbolically described by Isaiah as the Lord's house, which would be established in the top of the mountains, and all nations would flow unto it.

Writing on the subject of atonement more than sixty years ago, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, said, "The time is not distant when the ordinary theological views of atonement will undergo a great change,—a change as radical as that which has come over popular opinions in regard to predestination and future punishment" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 24 ).

All Christian Scientists are familiar with the definition of "Church," on page 583 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Doubtless many have observed that this definition is in two paragraphs, the first being as follows: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

Christ Jesus came lifting up a standard for the people. Throughout his whole experience on earth as the Son of man this standard was never lowered.

In true or divine being, which is absolutely harmonious, there is perfect peace. Consider how Christian Science reasons on the subject of peace.

International Distribution of Literature The branches of The Mother Church in countries where men are mobilized for participation in the war now going on in Europe are doing what they can to supply Christian Science literature to enlisted men who are in training, as well as to those who are in active service, and who have an interest in Christian Science. Many inquiries indicate a need for assistance in this work, and in an effort to help meet this urgent need The Mother Church will furnish a part of the literature required.

At this hour when people the world over are in the throes of human warfare Christian Scientists should be awake to the thought conditions which lie back of these discords and disturbances, and should be dealing daily with such errors for the sake of themselves and the world. In this it is plain that as Christian Scientists we cannot be isolationists, inasmuch as we recognize that we are living in a world of thought and are dealing with mental conditions which are neither local nor personal.

One of the great purposes of Christ Jesus was to teach his disciples that he who is watching cannot be robbed of what he already possesses and of the blessings which await him. The good man whose home was broken through suffered because he had not expected the thief at that hour.

The unsatisfying and impermanent nature of human so-called life and experience has been the theme of poets, sages, and philosophers throughout the centuries. A Spanish poet wrote of mortal existence: "What is life? 'Tis but a madness.