Editorials

You can almost picture the wide-eyed, inquisitive five-year-old carefully taking hold of the pocket compass that his father had brought to his bedside for him to see. What impressed the boy most about the compass was not that the needle pointed in the same direction regardless of which way he turned the case; rather it was that whatever was acting on the needle was something outside the case, something in space, "the space that had always been considered empty.

It happens all the time. One politician heaps blame on another.

All living things grow. By their very nature they will certainly undergo change.

"Jesus established his church and maintained his mission on a spiritual foundation of Christ-healing. "  Science and Health, p.

Society's institutions come and go. Some last longer than others.

The Church, more than any other institution, at present is the cement of society, and it should be the bulwark of civil and religious liberty. Miscellaneous Writings, p.

The "called-out ones. " This is the essential meaning of the original Greek word translated "church" in the New Testament.

In the Southern Hemisphere, Easter is at harvesttime, while in the Northern Hemisphere it comes at a time when days begin to grow longer and the warming sun coaxes out the tender new shoots that are harbingers of spring. The Easter message of newness of life and regeneration, however, has practical power that is far greater than any seasonal change.

While an active, healthy, dedicated church may have many things in common with other active, healthy, dedicated groups and organizations, it isn't just another organization or group. While church is certainly an association of heart and soul, where people reach out to God and can find fellowship with similar seekers, there's much more to church than warm association and fellowship.

It wouldn't make sense for God—who is omnipotent—to be powerless in certain instances. It just wouldn't add up for God, divine Love, to create man in His perfect likeness and then leave him as if he were a mortal put in some cosmic obstacle course to test his wits and endurance.