Editorials

The use of the word "city" as a synonym for a place of refuge and safety, in both secular and sacred literature, runs far back into the traditions of antiquity. The habit of people to gather into groups for protection and the consequent building of strong defenses against their enemies led to the use in the Scriptures of the word "city" as symbolizing a place of shelter and security.

When James was writing to the early Christians, warning them against the sins to which men seem liable, he urged them to be swift to hear and slow to speak. He did not stop there, however, but went on to say, "Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves," concluding his exhortation in this direction that if one be "not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

The voice of God may be heard by men. Writing on page 308 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.

No other religious teacher has ever used such compelling parables as did Christ Jesus in the elucidation of his doctrines. The house built upon the sand, the mustard seed, the unfaithful steward, the fig tree, the sower, the strong man, and many other illustrations used by him drove home the point at issue with telling effect.

One of the most tragic features of the so-called carnal or human mind is its blindness to Truth, to reality. This supposititious mind believes that it inhabits an earthly tabernacle called the body for a number of years; and then,—but it cannot tell what may happen afterwards.

" In essentials unity: in nonessentials liberty: in all things charity. " Here are presented three very necessary mental constituents to harmonious fellowship among men.

With a definiteness of statement which carries conviction to the reader Mrs. Eddy, under the marginal heading "A closed question," states in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

JAMES gives us a valuable dissertation on the tongue. He begins by telling us that "if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

OUTSIDE of Christian Science there is no satisfactory explanation of the mediatorship of Christ Jesus. The doctrine that Christ Jesus was God; that God took upon Himself a human form, becoming incarnate, as God, in the humble Nazarene, will not stand the test of reason, since it signifies that the infinite could become finite.

AN English writer thus discusses the virtue of doing one's duty as compared with mere talking about doing it. "If you want an example of those highest things which cannot be spoken but can be acted," he says, "you have it in duty.