Editorials

The first inquiry of Christian Science is; What is God? To the answer to this question is devoted the greater part of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," for in this question are embraced the correlative questions: What is man? What is the universe? From page 578 of said text-book we quote the glossarial definition of God:— "The great I Am; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; Substance; Intelligence. " All through the text-book God's omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence, as well as His absolute supremacy, are most strongly emphasized.

Since writing the foregoing article we have received a copy of the Indianapolis News containing the following able article from the pen of the Hon. Clarence A.

A Recent number of The Watchman contains the following editorial paragraph: "The explanation is given of Mrs. Eddy's popularity as an author that 'she writes what the people desire to read.

William A. Childs , a leading representative of the Christian Scientists in this state, who lives at Englewood, contributes the following in reply to recent sermons on his religion delivered in this city:— To the Editor of the State Gazette.

Those who are at work in the Field, endeavoring to reveal to the world that "beauty of holiness" which Christian Science establishes, intelligently appreciate the office of the Publishing Society in its service to the Cause. There may be some, however, who have not learned that the business belongs beneficially to the Mother Church, and that it is administered in trust, so that all profits are paid over semi-annually into the Church treasury; and it is unnecessary to say that all Christian Scientists are equally interested in the welfare of the Mother Church.

In an article bearing the above caption, Mr. Charles Brodie  Patterson , editor of The Arena, in the October number of that magazine, discussing the status of the modern church in its attitude toward the religion of Jesus Christ, thus refers to Christian Science:— "His [Christ's] command to his disciples was to preach the gospel and heal the sick.

April 28, 1901, Sheldon Leavitt, M. D.

We herewith publish the full text of the decision of his honor, Surrogate Fitzgerald, of the Surrogates' Court of the city and county of New York. Most of our readers are no doubt familiar with this celebrated will contest which occupied weeks of time in its trial and in which eminent counsel were engaged on both sides.

" The Revelation of Christianus and other Christian Science Poems" by the Earl of Dunmore, is the title of a book of poems by Lord Dunmore printed by the University Press, Cambridge, U. S.

There are, and ever have been, philosophies many, but how much true philosophy apart from the Bible? The world has grown gray with speculation along philosophical lines based on material premises, or in attempts at the admixture of the material and the spiritual; and with what result? The result that the larger part of it is still speculating, and is as far away from the goal of real philosophy as ever. To find the true Philosopher's Stone mankind must turn away from the material to the wholly spiritual,—in other words, to the Bible; especially to the life and teaching of Jesus.