Editorials

Do we as Christian Scientists place due estimate upon our privileges? If we do, we should never for a single moment become discouraged. We are engaged in a grand and noble work, the work of leading mankind out of the darkness of woful conditions and wrong conceptions,—out of the "slough of despond" which would hold them in bondage to the law of sin, sickness and death,—into the glorious Light which comes from an understanding and demonstration of divine Truth.

Our notice in the last Journal concerning the Church Manual was somewhat premature. We fully expected it would be out and ready for distribution before the Journal reached the field but some errors crept in, and some changes have been made which have caused unavoidable delay.

Believers in spiritual or divine healing are very commonly referred by non-believers to the incident of Jesus' applying clay and spittle to the eyes of the blind man, as set forth in the ninth chapter of St. John.

A frequent charge against Christian Science is that the claim of inspiration for its text-booK, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and that its author, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy was divinely appointed to its preparation, is preposterous.

On behalf of the treasurer of the Mother Church, we take occasion to remind the members of the following resolution passed by the Church Committee on July 25, 1893. "That every member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.

THE taking of drugs and medicines to cure sickness seems a harmless thing. If it is right it should be harmless.

The following is an editorial in a recent issue of the Cedar Rapids Commercial , a daily newspaper, published in Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

On behalf of the treasurer of the Mother Church, we take occasion to remind the members of the following resolution passed by the Church Committee on July 25, 1893. "That every member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.

The Communion Services of July 7th in the Mother Church were admitted by all to be unusually uplifting and helpful. There were two hundred and forty-seven new members admitted, making the total present membership, 5,391.

We are glad to receive expressions and testimonials concerning the New Order of services. While no Christian Scientist questions the wisdom of its ordination, believing it to have been divinely imparted, yet it is gratifying to hear from the different parts of the field as to its practical effects.