Editorials

Keeping his sheep under the sun and under the stars, what manner of a boy was David? When Saul had proved himself to be inadequate as a king, the prophet Samuel was sent forth by God's command to find another king and was led to visit Jesse, the Beth-lehemite. He passed this man's sons in review until he came to the youngest, David, of whom the record says, "Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.

The great struggle of humanity has undoubtedly for its object the full realization of man's identity, with all that this implies. It is needless to say that mankind is by no means conscious of this, unless a large measure of spiritual enlightenment be granted; but just the same it is the dynamic influence forever at work shaping the destinies of the race as no lesser consideration can ever do.

Great events were happening in the world in 1780. Not the least of these was the formation of the first Sunday school by Robert Raikes in Gloucester, England.

If there is one thing for which Christian Scientists are more thankful than for any other, it is that the teachings of Christ Jesus have been so illuminated for them and have become so practical that they are never for a moment lost sight of. This spiritual illumination is linked so closely to the healing work in Christian Science that the student turns instinctively to the words of the Master as recorded in the gospels, whatever be his problem.

Beauty and glory shine round about New Jerusalem. It is a state of consciousness which comes with the new birth of water and the Spirit.

All those who in the world at the present time are following after righteousness must find great comfort from the promises in the Bible. Take for example the assurance given by Isaiah when he says, "The Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

EVERY quality pertaining to God and man has its specific use. Grace is a saving attribute; it is an adjunct to the healing of the sick and the sinning, an expression of love which clothes science and law with spiritual attraction and causes truth to be recognized by human consciousness as lovely and of good report.

IN all lands and times people have looked for signs in the heavens above and in the earth beneath. The sick look for signs of cure, while those around them are often seeing signs of death.

WHEN men spoke of comfort originally they meant distinctly that which enabled them to be strong together, as when a garrison sorely forfought receives aid and strengthening, not only because of actual reserves, but because of the heartening such fresh helpers bring. It is in this light that we understand that phrase describing treason as giving "aid and comfort" to the enemy.

In all times thinkers have agreed that the commonwealth is the highest ideal for a nation, although there have been widely differing views in ancient and modern times as to how this form of government could be realized. It goes without saying that the ideals embodied in the commonwealth have been worked out in a more practical and satisfactory way in the United States of America than in any other country, and this is undoubtedly due to the fact that religious freedom was made the foundation stone of the great edifice which has been built up during the last two hundred years.