Editorials

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written by Julia Ward Howe when the United States of America was engaged in the Civil War. It begins: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword.

After referring to a respected British natural science magazine, an American publication recently summed up the prediction of some physicists investigating the cosmic phenomenon of black holes: ".

Why is it that the congregation of most Christian churches is greatly increased at Easter—that many who may not look inside a church the rest of the year are impelled to come? Surely more than tradition and ceremony are involved. May it not be that mankind is in awe of the love that led Jesus to lay down his life for his friends.

Mary Baker Eddy discerned profound possibilities for those who fully understand the Science of Christianity she discovered. What she saw was impelled by Mind.

Immediate healing of another or ourselves often comes about through a deep feeling of God's unchangeable goodness and of man's eternal experiencing of goodness. But in the event that we momentarily lack this feeling, and healing does not take place, prayerful Christian Science treatment lifts us to that higher spiritual altitude, which does heal.

Progress, impelled by divine law! Operating with certainty. Fundamental to man's existence.

Anyone who is in touch with his own feelings and has experienced unselfed love knows that its source is something outside a mortal selfhood. More than emotion, more even than human affection, this love impelling one to forget himself in blessing another begins to approximate the divine.

A useful, healing distinction is made by Christian Science between superficial human emotion and genuine inspiration. Inspiration has a spiritual source, divine Soul.

What does one do if a mental night comes, if thought is filled with doubt— even intimations of death itself? Much depends on what he has been doing. If he has been cultivating his spiritual understanding through study and prayer and practice, he is aware of a tested inner light that will see him through—perhaps without the help of another.

[Companion to January editorial: "Both old and new"] Suppose you decided to sit back and begin rereading the entire Bible—gain a wholly fresh perspective on its vast and profound message. You open the book and begin at the beginning: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.