Editorials

A grain of mustard seed. At times we've perhaps not taken seriously enough just how much faith Christ Jesus recommended for moving mountains.

To pray effectively for our church we need to keep before our gaze, crystal-clear, what the church really is. Then Truth's spiritual standard will uncover the erroneous beliefs needing to be destroyed, and we will be enabled to deal conclusively with them through scientific prayer.

The first chapter of the Bible offers a breathtaking view of man as being the very likeness of God. Jesus, transforming this concept from theory to a practical ideal, said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

So many events in life portray more than what appears on the surface. Turning in an assignment on the due date or keeping an appointment at the agreed time is important not only in itself but because it symbolizes something of major significance.

Few lines of study could be more fruitful in spiritual growth and healing than to explore prayerfully, in the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, the coincidence of the divine with the human. And few topics in Christian Science metaphysics are more important to understand.

Christian Science fulfills Bible prophecy. Christ Jesus promised mankind a Comforter.

We can expect much more good to come of our relationships with each other. Each meeting with another person, or with many others, can be elevated above the merely mortal occasion where human personalities attempt to relate and communicate.

The Christian Science method of healing brings to human sense a growing recognition of divine Love's infinite power and availability to heal and save. To material thought the existence of a restorative spiritual power, unseen to the senses but available to mankind, seems quite incomprehensible.

Mrs. Eddy opened up a new view of reality and individual capability when she began to teach, "Intelligence is omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence" Science and Health , p.

Who hasn't, at one time or another, puzzled over a Bible verse? Skeptics may puzzle over the book as a whole. Many scholars have poured their lives into the Scriptures in an honest effort to understand and explain their profound implications.