Editorials

The temptation some of us may face in dealing with this question is to wonder about church membership figures. But the purpose of this editorial is not to analyze figures.

True being is the eternally perfect, spiritual expression of God, divine Life. Its development is the unfoldment of the ideas of infinite Mind, God.

It's not extravagant to assert that a spiritually scientific approach to study, rather than the standard human one, makes an infinite difference to its value and results. The practice of Christian Science involves turning away from the material senses as unreliable witnesses to reality and acknowledging the present reality of Spirit and its perfect ideas.

If the kingdom of heaven is at hand, as Christ Jesus said it is, why should anyone be troubled, impoverished, dissatisfied, sick, or in pain? In fact, nobody should be and nobody need be. It is possible for even the most unhappy of mortals to claim and to take possession of the good that the Master assured us abounds in the heavenly universe, and to do this today.

A significant lesson for Christians to learn from the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus is that we must become men and women of vision. Jesus was clearly a man of incomparable vision.

There's a difference, a significant one, between getting out of trouble and being out. The real man, forever held as an idea in Mind, God, could never fall away from Mind, never lapse into trouble out of which he must climb or be hauled.

Although it would be unusual to find armed guards stationed at places of worship throughout the world, it wouldn't be so unusual to find them at banks, military establishments, or in some industries. But churches, mosques, pagodas, and synagogues have not generally been institutions in need of defense.

Allness is at the same time inclusive and exclusive. The allness of God, or good— which is an accepted fact of Christian Science—implies that everything that exists in the universe is included in God and His idea, so all is good.

The effectiveness of the truth of being, as explained in Christian Science, has been proved too often to be fairly questioned. Suppose, though, we've experienced a time when—to our sense of things—truth was not fully demonstrated.

Many people cherish favorite concise sayings to inspire them as they go about their daily round—mottoes that convey messages they feel are helpful in guiding their lives. In her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 Mrs.