Editorials

In the Glossary of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy gives as the metaphysical definition of the name of the river Gihon, "The rights of woman acknowledged morally, civilly, and socially" ( p.

This is the ninth month, though by its name it is numbered the seventh. It marks the time when harvests are gathered, and fruit glows on the orchard trees, rich and glorious compared with the pallid blossoms of spring.

True censorship is necessary, but how shall it be exercised? Shall mortal mind or divine Mind set down and apply the rules for the conduct of mankind? Mrs. Eddy's writings strike the keynote of the chord of harmony by which the discords of mortal mind are censored.

In a wonderful way, yet withal briefly, St. Paul defines the destiny of Christians in every age and among all peoples when he says at the beginning of his first epistle to the Corinthians that they are "called to be saints.

In these days of so-called "big business," when we talk of billions of money as lightly as we used to talk of thousands, it is well for Christian Scientists not to be swept off their feet by the mesmerism of enthusiasm and large figures. We have not far to seek to find the reason and occasion for Christian Scientists to be moderate in their views, our revered Leader with her marvelous foresight having clearly set forth "God's requirement" in this direction in Section 5 of Article XXIV of the Church Manual.

It is possible that there are none outside of the Christian Science movement who are aware that all its activities are related in a most vital way to the church. It is even possible that a good many within the ranks do not readily recognize the significance of this fact, but it is bound to grow upon the student's thought as he advances along the line of demonstration.

Jewish prophets were statesmen as well as religious leaders, because the Jewish state was theocratic. Jeremiah's career seems to have exemplified this fact in a particular manner.

In her address before the Alumni of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in 1895, our revered Leader said: "The systematized centers of Christian Science are life-giving fountains of truth. Our churches, The Christian Science Journal, and the Christian Science Quarterly, are prolific sources of spiritual power whose intellectual, moral, and spiritual animus is felt throughout the land.

During the past two years publishers of newspapers and periodicals have been called upon to meet a situation unprecedented in the history of the publishing business, due to the increased price of paper and other expenses of production. According to a recently published statement by the president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, "most of the newspapers of the country have been compelled to increase the subscription price of their papers as well as their advertising rates, in an attempt to obtain earnings sufficient to carry on their business.

In human affairs the line of cleavage between Christ and anti-Christ is sharply drawn. For many years Mrs.