Editorials

AT a recent annual convention of one of the largest and most honored Christian bodies, the report of church growth, for the year, revealed the fact that only one for every twenty-seven hundred of the "great mass of people, who as is fairly presumed, are not receiving religious instruction at home" had been received into the church; and the presiding bishop is reported to have commented upon the subject in the following words:"— "'What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. ' Granting that the time of miraculous healing for the sick, together with other things of this nature that Christ taught, is no longer possible and I grant it only for the sake of argument even then is it right that we should be satisfied with one soul out of every twenty-seven hundred? "If we have done our utmost, then God has failed us.

One of the beliefs about Christian Science most commonly held by those who have no practical knowledge of the subject, or who seek to account for its healing work upon the plane of faith cure or suggestion, is accurately stated in the following words, which we quote from a testimony of healing in the August issue of the Journal . The writer of this testimony says, "I wanted relief; I did not want Christian Science; I did not want to be a Christian Scientist.

Says the Boston Herald of to-day: A transfer of more than usual interest has just been concluded in Brookline, and deeds filed at the Norfolk registry, Dedham. The transaction conveys to Mary Baker G.

To the Editor of The Herald . A dispatch from Amesbury, Mass.

[Excerpt from a letter. ] Frank N.

What is called the higher criticism of the Bible is awakening fresh interest on account of some recent utterances by one of the teachers in the University of Chicago as reported in the daily papers. According to these reports the Bible is declared to be "inferior to many profane documents being inartistic and fragmentary.

On several occasions our readers have been reminded that no money, or orders for literature should be sent to the editorial department. We again desire to call attention to this, and at the same time would request all our contributors to write on one side of the paper only, and always to leave sufficient space between the lines for possible corrections.

In an age of aggressive commercialism and material aggrandizement, questions concerning rights of possession and of property can but acquire great prominence, and it is not surprising, therefore, that to-day, as never before, many claims as to "Mine" and "Thine" are being vigorously challenged. This challenge is world-wide, insistent, vital.

One of the duties imposed upon The Christian Science Publishing Society is that of passing upon the eligibility of the churches and societies which seek to have their services announced in the official organ of the denomination and thus become identified as component parts of The Church of Christ, Scientist. The individuals' who have this duty to perform have frequently found themselves seriously hampered in their work by reason of the loose methods and lack of proper organization which prevail in some of the smaller churches and societies.

First Number of "The Book of the Presidents" sent to Christian Science Leader—Only Woman whose Biography Appears. [ We are indebted to The Boston Herald for the following interesting article regarding our Leader's copy of "The Book of the Presidents," which she has recently received.