Editorials

In the sermon by our revered Leader which was read at the dedication of The Mother Church in 1894, she says, "A new year is a nursling, a babe of time, a prophecy and promise in white raiment;" and she adds, "Time past and time present, both, may pain us, but time improved is eloquent in God's praise" (Pulpit and Press, p. 3).

He was an earnest, truth-seeking man, and he had been told that while we are holding steadfastly to the truth of being we need to be alert and watchful, lest we be deceived by the claims of error, and especially in view of the fact that the dawning of spiritual apprehension uncovers the evil in human consciousness, and thus seemingly provokes its more vicious assertion and activity until it is destroyed by Truth. To this he answered, "These two attitudes of your statement appear to me to be mutually contradictory.

FOR most of us there are seasons and places which have such a peculiar charm that their remembrance makes us long for them like a little child, and these appeals often chronicle the simple fact that the veil of material sense has been somewhat withdrawn at times, so that we have looked beyond the seeming, and caught a glimpse of glorious verities of being, which have shone thereafter like stars in the firmament of memory. Were we always equally sensitive to the suggestions of the unseen, we should undoubtedly find that no season of the year and no point of view could fail to bring us these gladdening revelations of beauty and of Truth.

AT Thanksgiving time American citizens are always reminded of the deep gratitude they should feel for the rights and privileges which citizenship in this great republic implies. The names of the brave founders of this nation are recalled, and their heroic struggles and sacrifices for the cause of human freedom are rehearsed, that the people of to-day may be enabled to measure their debt to the men and women who laid the foundations of this country's greatness, and thus may be inspired to do their own part so nobly as to better the present time and enrich the future.

COMMENTING upon the announcement of the early issue of The Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles, Cal. , Pacific Outlook said editorially,— For the first time in the history of the world a religious organization is to become responsible for the regular publication of a daily newspaper which shall print, not simply news of a religious character, but the news of the whole world.

HOW often do we hear the doubt expressed that some greatly needed reform cannot be established because its representatives are few in number and also lacking in the means usually considered essential to worldly success. People seem to forget that every marked advance in human history has resulted from the clear vision of some one who has dared to stand for a great idea in the face of the doubt or opposition of the whole world.

WE are pleased to announce that, with the approval of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, The Christian Science Publishing Society will shortly issue a daily newspaper to be known as The Christian Science Monitor.

THOSE who are more or less familiar with what is known as "the higher criticism," have noted two salient facts respecting it, namely, that of late years it has steadily grown more daring and destructive, more ready to question what have been regarded as the vital teachings of Christianity, and that not infrequently it has found the strength of its argument against theological teaching in the premises and positions of that teaching. This is illustrated in the use which the materialists have made of the theologians' concession to the reality of matter and of evil, a concession from which the philosophically inclined have built up an altogether logical and consistent argument in support of a concept of the universe and its government which practically rules out God altogether, or else gives Him a character which it is impossible either to love or respect.

ONE of the most obscure passages in the Gospels, according to popular opinion, is that found in the 9th chapter of John, in which Jesus' disciples asked him, concerning a man blind from his birth, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered them, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. " The majority of Bible students place undue emphasis upon the first part of the great Teacher's reply to the question of his disciples, and to a large extent ignore the main point, that upon which Jesus unquestionably meant the emphasis to be laid, viz.

IT was to be expected that the late Pan-Anglican Conference, including as it did the representatives of one of the most intelligent bodies of Christian believers, would give a prominent place to those subjects which are of the greatest moment to the Christian Church and the civilized world, and it is therefore interesting to note that the two topics which awakened altogether the profoundest attention were those of Christian Socialism and Christian Science. The extended discussion of the nature of the social unrest and impulse of the present hour, and of the proper relation of Christian thought and activity thereto, elicited a great variety of opinions, and, withal, not a little conflict of judgment.