Editorials

It has ever been a peculiarity of human nature to relegate prophecy and prophets to the past. It is as much a truism that a prophet is not without honor save in his own age and generation, as that he is not without honor save in his own country.

Do Christian Scientists believe in war? Christian Scientists look to the Bible for their authority in all affairs, divine and human. If the Bible teaches that war is a divine institution, Christian Scientists should feel themselves obliged to regard it as such.

In The Washington News Letter, published in Washington D. C.

A short time since we sent out to those interested a letter of which the following is a copy. For the information it contains we publish it in this number.

It is always a pleasure to read a sermon or discourse which is the product of a liberal mind, especially when it is evident that the author has boldly set aside the traditions and trammels of a stereotyped theology and struck out upon broad and independent lines. The people are growing more and more weary of the old theological plough and harrow.

At this writing the war clouds hang heavily over the horizon. We have hoped that war would be averted.

We will say for the information of the Field that we have no copies of the decisions of the courts affecting the rights of Christian Scientists to carry on their work that can be said to be authority such as would be binding upon other courts. No single case against a Scientist has yet reached an appellate, or court of last resort, and it is only the decisions of these courts that become authoritative as precedents.

Not long since the Hon. W.

" If ye love me, keep my commandments. " This might be rendered thus: "If you would obey me, follow my example and my teachings.

Last month we spoke of the attempts of certain physicians of the country to secure what purported to be protective legislation,—that is, legislation ostensibly to protect the people, but really to protect the medical profession. We had previously read a bill proposed by the Board of Registration in Medicine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.