Editorials

THE recognition in Christian Science that there is but one source of truth, whence radiates all that is real, beautiful, and good, impels the inference that every impulse for better things which has wrought itself into the web of human progress has, in an important sense, registered the divine appearing. We are thus led to explain revelation as the result of an opening, or at least a thinning of the enveloping mists of mortal sense through which the ever-present light of Truth has found its way into human understanding.

THE present age little appreciates the magnitude of Mrs. Eddy's discovery and statement of the divine Principle of being, and the application of spiritual Science to all the problems of existence which is thereby made possible.

AN English contemporary, the British Congregationalist , recently expressed this opinion: "We believe that if the church of Christ, in humble dependence upon its Lord, would resolve to keep step with him, the ancient miracles would be repeated. " Not only is every word of this statement true, but the wonder is that after nineteen hundred years of Christianity there should be such general obliviousness among the professed followers of the master Christian to the truth therein expressed, as to make it startling.

THERE is perhaps no other question of such vital interest to humanity at large as that of man's immortality, even the attainment of present good giving place to it, possibly for the reason that here we "walk by faith, not by sight," and must continue to do so, to some extent, until the belief in materiality yields to spiritual reality. That the religious teaching of the past on this subject has been mainly unsatisfying is shown by the intense and sometimes hopeless grief displayed by those whose dear ones pass on, and also by the fact that so many turn eagerly to the modern interpretations of oriental philosophy, hoping to find therein that which they have missed in the orthodox teaching on death and the hereafter.

THAT a very great change is taking place in the thought of mankind respecting God's relation to the world about us, is indicated by the fact that whereas fifty years ago the dominant word in theological writings regarding the matter was sovereignty, today the dominant word is immanence. The mechanical concept and explanation of the universe, in which the creator is thought of as simply the supreme ruler whose will is law, has very naturally found its parallel, and in large part its explanation, in the controlling lordship which men, and especially kings, have exercised over the things which they have instituted or made, and this point of view was given distinction for long years by the fact that Paley built his famous and impressive argument for design upon it.

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul tells us that he who "ascended up on high .

PROFESSED Christians of every shade of belief are altogether at-one in declaring that Christ Jesus is the world's greatest Exemplar, the authoritative guide in' all matters of faith, of conduct, and of endeavor. There is hardly a sermon or prayer heard in any Christian church that does not thus recognize him in some statement or phrase, and yet a comparison of the teaching and doings of the Master with the thought and works of most Christians cannot fail to disclose many and grievous contrasts, differences in point of view and in deed which indicate how much he has been and is honored by the lips alone.

THE thoughtful student of Christian Science will readily admit that one of the most important things in its teaching and practice is the distinction which it makes between science and superstition, under whatever guise the latter may present itself. It is true that some people unthinkingly assume that, because Christian Science heals the sick without the use of material means, it must therefore be some form of superstition; yet these same people would probably admit that Jesus healed the sick in this way.

THE Master's parting command to his disciples, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature," is commonly cited as unimpeachable authority for the establishment of missionary movements in all parts of the world. When, however, it is taken into consideration how great a proportion of the Master's own ministry to the children of men was given over to the healing of their bodily ills, coupled, as it is so often recorded, with the command, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee," it is surely pardonable to ask if, in all the ages since that divine command went forth, the whole gospel has been preached.

Among Scripture writers, Isaiah may well be called the prophet of far-reaching spiritual vision. His gaze pierces through the dark clouds of material sense and beholds the spiritual fact, which to mortal sense "is dim and distant, gray in the somber hues of twilight" (Science and Health, p.