Editorials

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.

IT can be said without much fear of contradiction that the great majority of mankind are oblivious to the power of God. They believe tremendously in the power of matter, in what they call the forces of nature, manifested, for example, in the electric current, gravity, and so forth; and those among them who are versed in so-called physical science are firmly persuaded that what mortals call matter has stored up in it incalculable power, which some day may be liberated and harnessed in the service of men.

IN "Miscellaneous Writings" ( pp. 205, 206 ) Mrs.