Editorials

" I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord. " So said one of old; and this is the sentiment of one who should be mentioned in connection with the church work in Boston—our usher, Richard Palmer, C.

When Jacob Hertline, of Brooklyn, was said to be dying of hydrophobia a week or two ago, it was remarked in these columns that his madness was probably due to a strong imagination, rather than a dog's bite. The poor man was bothered by a strike which affected his business; and when he broke down entirely, his nervousness was attributed to rabies.

In this beautiful place, provided by the late Edwin Forrest for aged and needy members of his profession, several actors and actresses reside. Among them is one to whom was sent, by a friend, a package of Christian Science Journals.

This paper has a pleasant word about our JOURNAL. In the same number may be read how Mr.

As the discoverer of the Science of Mind-healing, and the Founder and President of the first Metaphysical College for teaching it, I owe it to the public to state, that a book called Mind-cure on a Material Basis, by Sarah E. Titcomb, is shockingly unreliable, incorrect, and misleading on the subject of Christian Science, and my students will sustain me in this assertion.

A new metaphysical school has been legally incorporated in Boston, under this title. A meeting of the six corporate members was held at 40 Water Street, June 26.

From Life: Its Nature, Origin, Development, by Salem Wilder, are taken the following pithy extracts:— If we assume that something is self-existent, or always existed, what is that something? Mind certainly exists, and matter certainly appears to exist. Did Mind precede the existence of matter? or have both Mind and matter existed eternally? or has Mind been evolved from matter, as some suppose? If so, by what process was this evolution accomplished? Or, on the other hand, did Mind, through its act or acts, cause matter to be spoken into existence? Our minds are so constituted that it is easier to conceive that both Mind and matter existed eternally, than to suppose that something material was created out of nothing.

Somebody has written these wise words:— A courtier once told Constantine that the mob had stoned the head from the imperial statue. The Emperor lifted his hands to his head, saying, "It is very surprising, but I don't feel hurt in the least.

That crimes have been accomplished by means of the peculiar influence possessed by certain minds over weaker minds, will scarcely be questioned by experienced legal practitioners. That persons have made statements, and even written solemn retractions of previous statements, under the influence of this subtle power, is as clearly demonstrable as any other fact in mental philosophy.

It is sometimes said, cynically, that Christian Scientists set themselves on pedestals, as so many petty deities; but there is no fairness or propriety in such an aspersion. Man is not equal with his Maker.