Editorials

Even amid shame and degradation may be found two qualities of thought which, if nurtured, can spring up, reverse the downward trend, and raise the individual to heights of spiritual vision and expression. These qualities are self-knowledge and humility.

Enoch never died. With spiritual significance the Bible tells of one whose days "were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Periodic self-examination can be very helpful to our spiritual progress. Paul commended it when he wrote, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.

As Christian Scientists, we're eager to communicate to humanity the scientific truths of God and man that have blessed us so amply. The vital point is that these truths essentially have a spiritual rather than a theological source.

God is the infinite Mind of man. Thoughts that proceed from Him have the qualities of this Mind.

Love urges each of us to extend his prayer beyond personal and local concerns to include the specific and general needs of humanity. But there's more to it than breadth of concern.

When Mrs. Eddy's name is mentioned, a student of her books may have a mental picture of her.

An honest, humble thought of oneself in the light of infinite Truth is something like the view from a high point in the Sierras or the Alps; there is seemingly no end to the heights, depths, forms, textures, colors, to be seen in any direction. And the farther one walks, the more there is to be seen.

Inspired thought is the only real remedy for mankind's ills. It brings the light of the understanding of true being to human consciousness and thereby heals the body, for the body is mortal mind's subjective state.

In the allness and eternality of Mind, God, all that can be known is already known, all that has to happen is already happening. As these divine facts begin to take hold of us, they bring a new concept of education.