Editorials

" THIS corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. " These words of Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians clearly state what every sincere Christian Scientist understands to be a necessity: the material sense of things, and all that pertains to it of change and decay, must give place to the spiritual sense of being with its perception of enduring substance.

UNTIL thought is leavened by some glimpse of spiritual truth, it is the almost invariable custom of mortals to look upon the problems of life—its illness, sorrows, losses, lack —as hardships to be overcome, if possible; or, as happens all too often, in cases where it is believed there is no remedy, as something to be borne with such fortitude as one can command, even with resignation. There is, it seems, little inclination to look upon such experiences as offering the slightest possibility of blessing the sufferer.

Article III, Section 6, of the Church Manual specifies that all Readers in branch churches must be members of The Mother Church. The rules for the recognition of a Christian Science Society include a similar provision; so that when Christian Scientists apply for the recognition of The Mother Church, and for a card in The Christian Science Journal , as a branch church or as a society, they should have for Readers members in good standing in The Mother Church, Substitute or temporary Readers, as well as the regular Readers, must likewise be members of The Mother Church.

THERE are those in our midst who are under the entirely erroneous impression that Christian Science is not Christianity. They will admit the healings that are wrought through Christian Science, healings of disease, sin, sorrow, and lack, but these healings they believe to be the effect of the so-called human mind, and not the result of anything essentially Christian.

THE teachings of Christian Science are of great value in clarifying one's outlook with regard to what should, or should not, be acknowledged as real. In the religious tenets of Christian Science, set forth on page 497 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" and on pages 15 and 16 of the Manual of The Mother Church, Mrs.

PAUL shared to the full the common belief of Christians of his day that Jesus, his Lord and Saviour, would again appear in person, to complete his works for the full redemption of mankind. In his first letter to the church at Corinth, Paul discourses upon the Lord's supper, describing the method of its observance and its meaning, and including in his dissertation these words: "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

At this season, when many branch churches and societies are holding their annual elections of officers, various questions arise as to Readers' terms of office. Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has said much on the subject in two brief articles entitled "Words for the Wise" and "Afterglow," republished in her book "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( p.

Because of aggressive propaganda, apparently circulated to discredit Mrs. Eddy and to induce belief that she abandoned her own teaching, "Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

ON page 335 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, states, "Spirit is the only substance, the invisible and indivisible infinite God. " What an inspiring, strengthening thought is this indivisibility of one infinite God, represented by our Leader in the seven synonyms for Deity see ( Science and Health, p.

THROUGHOUT the ages the search has been going on for the real, for eternal truth as distinguished from temporal error—for reality. Philosophers have devoted themselves to this search, and the records of their work are contained in many a tome.