Editorials

" There are many who forget— ministers of the gospel as well as laymen—that by prayer many cures have been accomplished—cures of bodily as well as spiritual ills. If the gospel had been properly preached, if it had been preached in its entirety, there would have been no occasion for the Christian Science Church.

Article XXVI. Private Communications.

In response to an invitation received by her from the New York American, Mrs. Eddy has contributed a brief but comprehensive article upon a subject which has engaged the attention of humanity for centuries.

The following editorial, which recently appeared in the Salem, Oregon, Daily Capital Journal, bespeaks a general recognition of the Christian spirit in which the work of the Publication Committee and the Board of Lectureship has been carried forward. This tribute to the good temper and uncontroversial tone of the public utterances of Christian Scientists, is proof that the editor is an observant critic and believes in fair play and justice,— [Ed.

IT is true of every genuine religious reform that its visible, organic expression, at any given period, represents the lesser part of its effective influence and achievement for good. While the early Christian church wasyet so small and inconspicuous as to be regarded with indifference, if not contempt, by the ecclesiasticism of Judah, the culture of Greece, and the power of Rome, its truth was revolutionizing the world's thought and life, and thus removing the very foundations of lordly empire.

A Religious contemporary, The Examiner, in a recent issue, says, "The measure of any propounded system of theology is its capacity to arouse the highest emotions and prompt to the noblest action. The impatience of the common man with theology arises from the fact that so much of it seems useless for the purposes of life.

THE subject of religious ordinances is frequently referred to by those who are interested in Christian Science, adversely or otherwise, and the neophyte is often called upon to give a reason for his changed views concerning Baptism and the Communion. With respect to the former, we find it first mentioned in the Bible as the distinguishing feature of John the Baptist's ministry.

The following correspondence between our Leader and First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, upon the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the new edifice in that city, will be read with interest. London, S.

The following appreciative telegram was received by our Leader from the December, 1904, Primary class of the Board of Education:— Boston, Mass. , December 9, 1904.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, N. H.