Editorials

WRITING to the Corinthians, and with pertinent reference to the polytheism which shaped the religious thought and practice of their city and nation, Paul said: "To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him. " This spiritual monism was the fundamental statement of the Hebrew Scriptures, it was the basic teaching of Christ Jesus, and it is the insistent note of Christian Science.

IN the great English classic "In Memoriam," the poet says. — Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.

THE advent of the Messiah was signalized by the angelic prophecy of peace and good will to the children of men, the "glad tidings" that he whose coming was thus heralded was the long-looked-for "Prince of Peace," through whom God's chosen people were again to possess the kingdom. But when, thirty years later, Jesus entered upon his work of redemption, preaching the coming of the kingdom of God, and healing the multitudes of their sicknesses and infirmities, there were comparatively few who grasped his teaching that the kingdom to which they were heirs was a heavenly one, that it was within themselves, and that the enemies to be subdued before dominion could be declared were the evil thoughts which again and again strove to assert their claim to place and power.

IF there is one thing more than another which calls forth the admiration of all men, it is the calm courage which bravely faces danger and difficulty and endures without murmuring the buffetings of adverse fate. Without characters of this type, the pages of history would be barren of any real interest to the one who desires inspiration for true living, and the wonder is that so few of those who are thrilled in the records of others' heroism are themselves willing to take the steps which lead to a place among the immortals.

IN no respect, perhaps, is the teaching of Christian Science more significant to the advance of religious thought, than in its statement of the nature of evil. Considered from the human point of view, the problem of evil seems to have compassed all times, places, and events, and to have secured the service of all that selfishness and fleshly appetite, the love of power and the pride of life, stand for.

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IF one were to note the things which men think of as having immediately to do with the issues of life, the circumstances, conditions, and possessions to which they look for success and satisfaction, he would find an interesting and reliable basis for human classification. The number of those who pay tribute to the insignificant is surprisingly large, and they give proof thereby that either ignorance or an educated bias has robbed them of a due sense of proportion.

IT is an interesting fact, too little known, that what are termed miracles are rejected by professed Christians almost as much as by those who deny in toto the Scriptural statements and who take the position that miracles would be violations of law, and therefore impossible. It is also interesting to note that the reasons assigned by scholars, philosophers, and natural scientists for their rejection of so-called miracles, are repeated by those who are not acquainted with their writings, but who fail to see that they are thus not only denying revealed truth but placing an entirely needless and foolish limit upon man's possibilities.

NO thoughtful Christian Scientist can fail to recognize more and more clearly, as the days go by and the opportunities come to him to put to the test the truth of Mrs. Eddy's teachings, not only for himself but for others, and in their demonstration to prove again and again the power of Truth to heal and to save today through reliance upon the one true God, as in the time of the Master and his disciples, how increasingly great is the debt of gratitude and loyalty that he owes to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science,—gratitude for the blessings that have come to him through his utilization of its teachings, and loyalty to the cause and its forever Leader.

IN the book of Acts we find that when Peter and John were brought before the rulers, charged with the offense of having healed a man lame from the time of his birth, they were asked, as a preliminary to their judicial examination, "by what power, or by what name" they had wrought this miracle. They answered that it was through the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that this man had been healed, and they declared that the healing truth thus exemplified was the truth referred to by the psalmist as "the stone which the builders refused," but which "is become the head stone of the corner.