Editorials

Pleasant View, Concord, N. H.

We publish on pages 641 to 649 of this issue, with permission of the Cosmopolitan , the splendid article by Mr. Charles Klein which appears in the February number of that magazine.

Several years ago, after Mr. B.

Attention is called to the publisher's announcement on page 654 of this issue of a new edition of the Christian Science text-book which is now on sale. This edition is printed from new plates, and contains a number of important changes and additions, which have been made by Mrs Eddy in keeping with her statement on page 361 of this book, viz.

Apart from the immediate effects of any great religious movement, such a movement always enters into a large surrounding area, to modify conditions, to awaken thought, and to beget truth-seeking inquiry concerning a great many things which have previously been accepted as a matter of conventional habit. In the extent and vitality of the penumbral influence thus exerted by Christian Science one may find confirmatory evidence of the truth of its message and the present and prospective significance of its coming.

We are glad to give prominence in this issue of the Journal to an article by Mrs. Eddy, in which she concisely and dispassionately states some facts concerning her early life, in contradiction of the erroneous statements published by a magazine which claims to be writing history.

Another eventful year has passed and the thoughtful are asking what the next will bring in the way of human progress,— emancipation from the bondage of ignorance, sin, and suffering. Of old the light of Spirit shone high above mortal darkness and chaos, and at the coming of Christ Jesus this light was manifested in "one lone, brave star" (Christ and Christmas by Mrs.

The utter unreliability of the alleged story of the life of Mrs. Eddy which is appearing in McClure's Magazine may be determined by the manner of its exploitation and the methods employed in the so-called "investigation" conducted by the staff writers of the magazine.

The following correspondence between the Countess Fanny von Moltke of Frankfurt, Germany, and the Rev. Mary Baker G.

Concord, N. H.