Editorials

Christian Science approaches the whole problem of sin with fresh insight. It shows what sin is by revealing what it is not.

The solution to every human problem lies in attaining the demonstration of that which is spiritually, eternally true. All that is true is immutably good.

Before setting out to treat in Christian Science, it's vital to know just what this Science heals. It certainly isn't wrong to say that the Science of Christ heals disease, both functional and organic.

We are pleased to announce the election of Harvey W. Wood, C.

A solitary figure sitting on a park bench; a gray-haired man or woman huddled in a cold and sparsely furnished room; a forlorn and hungry child crouched by the wayside —these are familiar images of loneliness and despair. They may be the ones that come to our thought when we remember it is a Christian duty to comfort the lonely and afflicted.

When a Christian Science practitioner is called upon for help, the patient does not —at least he should not—expect the practitioner to bring about his entire salvation. The practitioner's treatment may bring the patient a needed character change; it may even cause him to take on a whole new concept of living.

Because the teachings of Christian Science are so absolutely spiritual and radical, the question may arise as to how practical they are—how appealing to common sense. Experience in Christian Science shows that the more spiritually clear and absolute our prayer is, the more practical it is.

Sir Winston Churchill observed, "It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. " Speech, House of Commons, November 1947; Certainly democracy has proved itself, among human systems of government, to be of enormous support to the development and progress of human liberties.

A glance through Science and Health will show that this book includes many quotations from the Bible. A deeper study of it will reveal that there is hardly a page without some scriptural reference, even though an actual quotation may not be mentioned.

Many of us can remember vividly when we drew back the curtain of matter for the first time. We peered through and wondered at those broad vistas of Spirit, God— no longer obscured—that we glimpsed beyond matter.