Editorials

ACCORDING to their uniform testimony, those who enter a. upon an honest, truth-seeking study of Christian Science invariably realize a great purification and exaltation of sense.

IN her discovery and gift to the world of Christian Science, "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony" ( Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1 ), Mrs.

IN January, 1895, at the dedication of the first edifice of The Mother Church, the following statement by our revered Leader was given out in the sermon prepared by her: "I have ordained the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,' as pastor of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,— so long as this church is satisfied with this pastor" ( Pulpit and Press, p. 7 ).

UPON the human plane, individualism, the independent living of one's own life, may have both a noble and an ignoble expression. In its demand for personal freedom, its right to work out its own salvation subject to none other but God, the democratic idea is altogether worthy.

IN an address to the alumni of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, twenty years ago, Mrs. Eddy said: "Christian Scientists cannot watch too sedulously, or bar their doors too closely, or pray to God too fervently, for deliverance from the claims of evil.

STUDENTS of Christian Science are often asked to explain the difference between its teachings and those of other churches. It is of course assumed that there is a vital difference, for otherwise those who have accepted Christian Science would remain in their former denominations.

WHEN the advertising association of a large city was asked by a body of representative ministers recently, to explain the small attendance at their churches, these business men informed themselves of the facts in their own businesslike way, and expressed their resultant convictions in terms which merit careful attention. While much of their criticism can but bring pain and humiliation, it is expressed in that kindly way which marks the rebuke of a friend.

" WISDOM is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. " Such was the counsel of David to his successor on the throne of Israel, and it is counsel by which all may well profit today.

There is no Christian belief which is more universally  entertained than that in the divine illumination and impulsion of the Scripture writers, and this belief has begotten a prevailing mental attitude of reverence toward the Bible, a sense of its uniqueness, its value, and its authority. Nevertheless, inquiry as to just what is meant by the declaration that the Bible is an inspired book would disclose much indefiniteness if not contradiction in the views held, and some of these involve such vital issues as render the subject worthy of a consideration it has never received at the hands of the great body of Christian people.

A new year has come, and we find ourselves wondering what it will bring to the world and to ourselves as individuals. With respect to the latter, we may well ask what lessons the departed year has brought us.