Editorials

The dreams we have in sleep, though they often seem very real, are merely transient phenomena. What we see, feel, and experience may appear real while we are dreaming; but when the alarm clock goes off and we wake with a jolt, we wonder how we could have seen and heard in our dream without any physical senses.

People in a tiny apartment in Japan, in a baroque concert hall in Europe, or on a broad summer lawn in America can be deeply touched by the same music. The beauty and affirmation of Brahms's music, for example, reaches out to millions.

For a Christian, religious intolerance must be fought with truth and patience—the methods of Christianity—not with harsh words. Always the response must be according to the Golden Rule.

There's so much today that suggests "Take it easy .

An article entitled "Those healthy-minded Christian Scientists" appeared in a provincial Canadian newspaper, The Whig-Standard. The Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, March 9, 1990.

Perhaps our closest neighbor is our husband or wife. Christ Jesus advised that those who marry "are no more twain, but one flesh.

Mary Baker Eddy's love for the practice of Christian Science never wavered. She saw practical demonstration as utterly essential to the continuance and growth of Christian Science.

For several years The Mother Church has been facing this question: how to bring more of the public to Christian Science lectures in Boston. We've been finding that the beginning of the answer is to ask instead, How do we bring Christian Science lectures to the Boston public? We have noticed that no matter how much we spent on advertising for a Christian Science lecture in the Boston community, most of those attending turned out to be church members.

The prophet Isaiah glimpsed it through divine inspiration: a child would be born of a virgin and would become known as mankind's Saviour. God's omnipotent government would be made plain through an unparalleled advent of spiritual understanding.

A friend gives you a surprisingly generous gift. It shows tremendous thoughtfulness and discernment.