Editorials

Does the Christian precept "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" Matt. 5:48; seem formidable?—a demand that is beyond the capacity of any human being to fulfill? In fact, this injunction from Christ Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is a promise as well as a demand.

The Christian Scientist is grateful not only for the freedom he receives in healing but also for the system of metaphysics that enabled him to understand enough about God to be healed. If our appreciation for the healing system diminishes, so may our ability to practice it.

Sometimes Christian Scientists wonder how they should live. What shape and texture should their life have? The query must be answered mainly in generalizations—the lives of people endeavoring to scientifically understand God and their real nature as God's expression are colored by openness and fairness in their dealings with others, civic-mindedness, impartiality, unselfishness, and the like.

The divine Science of being is understandable, exact, and pure. It holds no uncertainties.

New Year resolutions, if wisely made and wholeheartedly kept, can have a marked effect on our physical health as well as our mental and moral well-being. The mental, moral, and physical aspects of humanity's identity are indissolubly related.

Terror—either as apparent cause or effect—can be lessened. It can be controlled and eliminated because terror is simply stress manufactured, magnified, and spread by mortal thought.

As bells ring out their Christmas message of "on earth peace, good will toward men," Luke 2:14; millions will remember and in their own way pay homage to a man born nearly two thousand years ago in Bethlehem. Many will read again the familiar story of his mother, Mary, taking shelter in a stable "because there was no room for them in the inn.

A woman who was ill for many years was healed as a result of her faith in the Saviour. Because of a man's faith in the Saviour, a member of his household who nearly died recovered instead.

The links in our lives. What an influence they have—the links we need, and the links we'd be better off without.

A child grasps his parent's hand, and in an attempt to take his first few steps, moves hesitantly forward. He may sense something of the possibilities of walking, but his efforts are modest when compared with what he will later accomplish.