Editorials

Nothing is plainer, to those who have eyes to see, than that Christianity is on its defense in the world today. It is true that its teachings have been combated by many throughout the ages, but probably never before have they been so ruthlessly spurned as at the present time.

It is a fact well known to students of Christian Science that the Golden Text, Responsive Reading, and citations constituting the weekly Bible Lessons, published in the Christian Science Quarterly, are taken from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Of the Bible Lesson, Mrs.

When Solomon advised mankind that the principal thing was wisdom, he did not explain how the getting of it was to be accomplished. On the other hand, Mary Baker Eddy in her writings gives us explicit instructions in this connection.

" Mind's control over the universe, including man, is no longer an open question, but is demonstrable Science," writes Mary Baker Eddy on page 171 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " That is a sweeping statement of spiritual truth.

From the standpoint of Christian Science, every experience is informative and progressive. It is a test of character and an exercise of intelligence.

Doubtless many students of the Bible have been inspired and encouraged by the assurance contained in the following verse from the one hundred and forty-seventh Psalm: "Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. " This verse takes on added meaning when read in the light of Christian Science, which reveals that man, being the spiritual likeness of God, reflects perfectly the divine nature.

Christian Science has done more than any other system of religion for womankind. Christianity, as founded on the teaching of Christ Jesus, opened wide the kingdom of heaven, the reign of spiritual harmony, not to men alone, but to women as well.

It is probable that the Israelites of Old Testament times did not generally accept the fact of individual immortality. Even in the New Testament, disputes on this subject between Pharisees and Sadducees are referred to.

Were we to search the Scriptures, we could find no words that more perfectly define the ideal of the true humanitarian than those of Jesus: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. " This Christly gift of life, in all its wealth of joy and beauty, was his to bring, because he both possessed and understood it; he knew whence it came, how it might be preserved, and he brought it not to the circumscribed few, but to all who were willing to accept and utilize it.

Christ Jesus was the greatest healer the world has ever known. The Gospels of the New Testament contain the record of his healing work among men, and plainly indicate that it was the direct result of his spiritual understanding; that is, of his knowledge of God and God's creation.