Editorials

THE interpretation of Jacob's arduous struggle with error which Mrs. Eddy so strikingly sets forth in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," contains a valuable lesson for the student of Christian Science.

ALTHOUGH , speaking generally, a much truer appreciation of Christian Science now obtains than formerly, there is still much need of enlightenment regarding it. This is perhaps not to be wondered at when one remembers that it is only a little over sixty years since Mrs.

IN "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 308 ) Mrs.

A VERY common belief held by mortals is that environment determines one's career, that is, that "circumstances make the man;" and that, accordingly, there is no escape from the constrictions forced upon one by the conditions in which he lives. This conclusion, however, grows out of an erroneous concept of life—an utter lack of understanding of the truth about God, man, and the universe.

AFTER deliberate consideration over a substantial period of time a decision was reached and an announcement accompanied by architect's drawing was made in The Christian Science Monitor of April 26 that the Pacific Coast Sanatorium would be located in San Francisco. Plans of the building have been accepted, subject, however, to a number of minor adjustments and revisions relative to the exact sizes of the rooms and the necessary preliminary work to be accomplished.

FROM the time that Mrs. Eddy permanently founded her Church down to the present day there have been misguided persons who at different times, under one pretext or another, have publicly claimed to be her equal or her successor.

FOR ages man has been spoken of as the likeness of God, but it has been little realized how tremendous is the term. Ever since it was recorded in the first chapter of Genesis that God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness," this truth about man has been proclaimed far and wide.

EVERYBODY will readily admit that for anyone to be successful in the application of any science or any art he must be obedient to the rules or laws regulating the specific science or art. What would be thought, for instance, of a student of mathematics who tried to solve mathematical problems without having regard to the very definite rules determining every branch of the subject? One would be certain that such a so-called student must necessarily fail to solve the problems—and deservedly so, because of his disobedience, his lack of loyalty to what admittedly is the correct method.

WHAT , precisely, did Paul mean when in his second letter to the church in Corinth he exclaimed, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation"? These significant words follow a statement also of great import. Repeating a sentiment uttered prophetically by Isaiah centuries before, the apostle declared that God said, "I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee.

NOTHING stands out more clearly in the lives of the Hebrew prophets than the fact that it was when they felt God's presence, realized God's immanence, that they were able to overcome the difficulties which presented themselves for solution. In the case of Moses this was very marked.