Editorials

It is highly improbable that when, as related in the gospel of Mark, "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome" were met at the empty tomb of the crucified Savior with the information, "He is risen; he is not here," that they grasped either the import of the words or the tremendous significance of the event. In the flush of surprise and of consternation, with a sense of fear, and, perhaps, also of disappointment at their inability to perform the gentle rites which they had planned in token of their tender affection for their beloved Master, it is more than probable that they quite failed to comprehend the meaning of the occurrence which held such boundless promise for all the generations to come.

Amos writes, "Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me;" and then he goes on to say: "Behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

The world! What do we mean by the world? The place where men dwell; where men live out their little day in the midst of pleasures and pains, joys and sorrows, friendships and enmities, likes and dislikes; and then to mortal sense cease to be? A strange medley is the world, made up of the whole gamut of human emotions and sensations, enlightened undoubtedly to some extent by spiritual understanding. For the world is not merely the name of a place where it is all evil; that would surely be an erroneous view of it.

The so-called mortal or human mind from its very nature appears to be static, and, in consequence, is resistive of spiritual truth, in which, when waking to a sense of its own nothingness, it recognizes its destroyer. This, it will be seen, is the inevitable antagonism of opposites, the flesh lusting against the Spirit, falsity arrayed against Truth, which it presumes to counterfeit.

IN his epistle to "the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad," James has much sage advice to give on such themes as patience, prayer, faith, and works; and among the many wise sayings with which his brief letter abounds, perhaps none can surpass those which deal with divine wisdom. Almost at the beginning the apostle writes, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him;" and farther on, he characterizes that divine wisdom which he entreats his fellow-Christians to ask of God, in the following terms: "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

WHEN Jesus gave the command, "Judge not," he presented an obligation which it has taken mankind many ages to begin to understand, and consequently complete obedience thereto has been long delayed. Paul also taught, "Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

JESUS' reply to the lawyer who, in an effort to confound him, propounded the searching question, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" typifies the very essence, the spirit and the letter of Christianity. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind," is, indeed, the first and greatest commandment, for in effect it proclaims the obligation of mankind to gain the Mind of Christ, to seek eternal life, to purify completely human consciousness,—to attain to that state of spiritual-mindedness which constitutes the kingdom of heaven.

Mankind is ever reaching out for that which satisfies. It is ever looking for something which will bring it happiness and contentment.

The word "law" is often on the lips of the Christian Scientist. Very often it is coupled with the words "moral" or "spiritual;" then, moral or spiritual law is referred to.

The importance to all students of Christian Science of a clear understanding of divine or true metaphysics is apparent from a single paragraph in the Christian Science textbook. On page 111 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs.