Editorials

Professor C. C.

Never was a profounder truth uttered than that by Paul when he declared that "the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. " He preceded this remark with another which led directly to it: "Let no man deceive himself.

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.

Among the many beautiful and valuable furnishings of the Mother's Room is a magnificent eiderdown blanket, the gift of a loving student. The rug or blanket contains one hundred skins of the duck.

The following letter may serve to answer other questions similar to the one therein referred to, and it is therefore published. "Dear Sir:— Your letter of the 7th is before me.

The indications from many parts of the field seem to be that a greater spirit of brotherly love, trust, and fellowship, in act and fact, rather than in word and profession, is the crying need of the hour. It is useless, nay, it is sinful, for us to prate about brotherly love unless we do so in sincerity and truth, and make good our prating with actual demonstration.

One of the most flagrant instances of plagiarism from our text-book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which has yet come under our observation, is an article published in The Daily Statesman of Salem, Oregon, entitled:— " CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: WHAT IT IS.   A SALEM WOMAN REVIEWS THE WORK OF THIS ORDER.

April first, 1895, closed the twelfth volume of the Journal , which was established by our Leader in 1883. This was the day she visited the Mother Church.

The best device for finding the references to the Bible and Science and Health, known to us, is a narrow ribbon inserted at the last reference and wound back to the first, inserting at each page when there is a reference. Care must be taken to wind so that the ribbon comes in at the top of the page, being wound once across the back of the book at each reference.

The following is a list of questions sent in by a correspondent, and as they cover substantially the ground of many inquiries sent us, we publish them, with such answers as we are able to make. Our good friends should remember that we have no more information upon the subject of their inquiries than they have.