Editorials

A SENSE of freedom of choice is the invariable accompaniment of the asserted knowledge of good and evil, and it would seem therefore to come under the Scriptural condemnation of that knowledge. Regardless, however, of the questionable, company this "freedom of the will" is wont to keep, theology has declared that it is a desirable thing; that it is a gift from God; that it pertains to the spiritual man, and that it supplies this man with an essential basis for the attainment of character.

" AND the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy. which shall be to all people.

Beloved Christian Scientists :—Keep your minds so filled with Truth and Love that sin, disease, and death cannot enter them. It is plain that nothing can be added to the mind already full.

Beloved Students :—The holidays are coming and I trow you are awaiting on behalf of your Leader the loving liberty of their license. May I relieve you of selecting and name your gifts to her, in advance? Send her only what God gives to His Church.

The political events of the present month should enlist a profound interest on the part of all who love the freedom-born institutions of America, and Christian Scientists are certainly included in that class. It sometimes occurs, however, that the beginner in Christian Science thinks he should no longer concern himself with what he has been accustomed to consider human authority and government.

The gradations of spiritual attainment among professed Christians may be accurately determined by noting the things for which they express a sense of gratitude. For some, thanksgiving means simply the taking of an inventory of their material comforts and advantages, the rehearsal of their exemption from the ills of the less fortunate.

The list of names and addresses of practitioners which appears each month in the Journal has grown to such an extent as to be unwieldy, and it has now become so much out of proportion to the number of pages of reading matter as to be a serious problem to the publishers, so serious that they are about to adopt new rules by which they hope to reduce this department to a size more nearly in keeping with its original purpose. It has never been the intention of the publishers to make this list a complete directory of Christian Scientists, yet it has been so regarded by some who have inserted their cards in order to be officially identified with the Christian Science movement, while others have patronized this department as a means of contributing to the financial support of the denominational publications; and thus the distinctive character which was originally planned for this list has been more or less interfered with, and not a little disappointment has been occasioned to seekers after help who have applied to some of these advertisers only to find them unable to respond to their call.

The case of Spead versus Tomlinson, which has been pending for some time in the courts of New Hampshire, has just been decided by the Supreme Court,—the court of last resort,—in favor of the defendant, Rev. Irving C.

The following telegrams prefaced the delivery to Rev. Mary Baker Eddy at her home, Pleasant View, on Tuesday, September 27, of four magnificently bound copies of the edition de luxe of "Bohemia," a notable book just published by the International League of Press Clubs.

To put move faith in lies and hate than in Truth and Love is the work of Atheism. —James Russell Lowell.