Editorials

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The average Christian materialist would stoutly deny, no doubt, that his belief in the reality of matter and his acceptance of the philosophy of material evolution rules God out of the universe. He would insist that God uses matter simply as a means of expression, of effectiveness upon the plane of present human sense; that God is ever in and working through material substance and natural law to will and to do of His good pleasure.

The International Congregational Council which recently convened in Edinburgh was a most interesting religious event, and one of the most impressive utterances on this occasion was a sermon by Dr. George A.

We have been asked about certain unpublished manuscripts said to have been written by Mrs. Eddy in the early years of her discovery of Christian Science.

WHEN Christ Jesus counseled his little band of followers that they "fear not;" when he said, "Lo, I am with you alway," he no doubt intended to comfort them at a time when they were overwhelmed with the thought of what it would mean to face the world without him. He was moved with that compassion which ever led him to enter so sympathetically into the heart-struggle of humanity.

NEVER before in the religious history of the world has the question of likeness to God been considered and discussed as it has since the advent of Christian Science. Prior to that time, the opinion seemed to prevail to a large extent that mortal man was the "image" and "likeness" referred to in the Bible, and here logic was dropped to make room for mere belief, since it is axiomatic that an effect can never be unlike its cause.

The general Communion service of the Christian Science denomination, held annually in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, has been abolished by order of Mrs. Mary Baker G.

As announced at the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, the Readers elected for the ensuing term of three years are:— First Reader, Judge Clifford P. Smith, LL.

My Beloved Brethren :— When I asked you to dispense with the Executive Members' meeting, the purpose of my request was sacred. It was to turn your sense of worship from the material to the spiritual, the personal to the impersonal, the denominational to the doctrinal, yea, from the human to the divine.

ALL profound thinkers have seen the logical necessity for a concept of being apart from materiality, but with great pertinacity the majority of mortals have clung to the belief of a soul in body and partaking of the nature of the material rather than the spiritual. Not so long ago the possible location of the soul—whether it dwelt in the heart or the brain—was frequently discussed, sometimes in public debate, but little attention was given to its nature and potentiality.