Editorials

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.

I have the pleasure of saying, that, on June 27, 1905, my beloved student, Mrs. Augusta E.

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.

Is God infinite? Yes. Did God make man? Yes.

The request from Mrs. Eddy which follows was published in the Christian Science Sentinel of July 1.

In telling of their great deliverance from sin and sickness, through Christian Science, its beneficiaries may sometimes seem unfair toward the religious opinions of others, opinions which were once dear to themselves, inasmuch as they then represented their highest concepts of truth. It would be well for all Christian Scientists to note their Leader's gracious and grateful utterances respecting those who have been faithful in the Christian ministry up to their highest light, but this has not deterred her from pointing out the great difference between the Truth of being and "the doctrines of men.

We are glad to reprint the following editorial from the Nashua (N. H.

In discussing the present trend of the Church, and of Christian thought, President Harper of Chicago University has spoken of the religious significance of a knowledge of physical science, in terms which challenge attention to-day, and which would have awakened a storm of religious protest a generation ago. He says;— "The work of the theological student should be brought into touch with the modern spirit of science.

The Annual Meeting of the Executive Members of The Mother Church was held in the church edifice, at nine o'clock, June 10th. There were present about fifty members from Boston, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and other near-by States.

The annual Communion service of The Mother Church was held in its edifice, June 11. No special arrangements had been made for visiting Scientists, except that one extra service was held.