Editorials

LONG ago, the prophet Jeremiah said, "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed. " Just before this he had deplored the mortal tendency to turn away from God, — "the fountain of living waters," — and to seek help elsewhere.

WHEN one thinks of the amount of unmerited sickness and suffering endured by Christian people in all the centuries, and remembers that the removal of this pitiful human handicap was included in the Master's purpose and plans for the world's redemption, some larger sense is gained of the vastness of the loss to the Christian world involved in the lapse of that spiritual healing which was the distinctive feature of our Lord's earthly ministry, and which Christian Science has again inaugurated. And yet this is but a minor part, surely, of the totality of loss.

THE trend of popular thought for many years has been toward scientific methods, and some teachers of physical science have admitted that sooner or later these methods must also be applied to religion. They, however, have failed to see that in the study of spiritual Science evil cannot be admitted as a factor, since God, the Principle of being, the only cause and creator, is good and good alone: hence evil is no part of His infinite manifestation.

NATURALLY the to which Mrs. Eddy here makes reference has called out considerable newspaper comment, and the following, from an editorial in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald , is indicative of the broader view which is becoming more and more general:— Whether one agrees with her [Mrs.

IT is a great thing to be an honest man, to deal squarely with one's neighbor, one's ideal, one's better self, one's God, — to be entirely worthy of confidence, to be genuine through and through, — and the value of Christian Science lies in part in this, that it gives us the Principle and rule by which we may reach this splendid achievement. Honesty, in the best sense, includes everything in the line of duty, it is the sum and substance of true living.

Chestnut Hill, Mass. , June 7, 1909.

Mrs. Eddy thus replies, through her student, Mr.

AT the present time as never before the Bible is being explored by eager searchers for truth, those who desire to acquaint themselves with reality, and who seek to learn from its pages how God has dealt with those who have sought after Him in all ages. In spite, however, of a sincere desire to know God, many of these seekers are troubled by apparent contradictions in the sacred record, and it is important for us to know that these seeming discrepancies are only apparent, for when we grasp the spiritual facts we are bound to agree with Mrs.

HOWEVER substantial the visible foundations of a structure may seem, unless they are laid upon the solid rock there is no absolute assurance of stability; hence the wise builder spares neither patience nor expense in his effort to gain this end. He continues to excavate the superimposed earth and debris until he reaches a ledge which has the planet behind it and which will not fail him when the fortieth story is added.

On April 29 our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, made an important change on page 55 (69 of the old edition) of "Unity of Good," and requested that it be published in the Journal.