Editorials

When Christ Jesus healed the sick, he went straight to the mental cause of the trouble and corrected that. He knew that all diseased conditions were externalized pictures of disturbed thought, figments of the human mind, and he destroyed them with the healing balm of spiritual Truth.

The world hungers for the Comforter, "the Spirit of truth" that Christ Jesus prophesied would come and "guide you into all truth. "   Mankind as a whole does not recognize the nature of its hunger.

In the testimony section of this issue we find a healing of an internal condition that was supposed to end the patient's life within an hour. There are also healings of a broken back, pregnancy complications, a skin disease that had defied skin specialists for years, tuberculosis, trench mouth, goiter, psoriasis, weeping eczema, and a severe burn.

Christians love to commemorate the coming in the world of the manifestation of God. They treasure the thought of Christ, the Son of God, appearing to human sense first as an innocent, helpless babe, later as mankind's mighty Master and Saviour.

"I can of mine own self do nothing. "   John 5:30; These are the words of Christ Jesus, the most able man who ever lived, and without explanation they seem strangely inappropriate.

Sometimes when we look about us, we may wonder about the many young men who have been killed in the wars. What of the careers they would have pursued? Would the world be different if they were here? And where are they? Now we talk of limiting the population.

In an era that seems to be losing sight of man's spiritual origin in a welter of genetic theories, it behooves those who have glimpsed something of spiritual reality to keep clear their vision of the real man. Christian Science is leading its students to a view of man that rarely has been glimpsed since the days of Christ Jesus and the primitive Church.

Referring to the importance of heart qualities to the practitioner of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy once wrote to one of her students who was then serving as a member of the Board of Lectureship, "Dear one, cultivate this tender emotion, have a cell less in the brain and a fibre more in the heart in yourself and it will do much for your lectures and in healing the sick.

When a teacher of Christian Science is no longer available to his pupils, the responsibility for the continued progress of the association appears to shift to the members themselves. In the Manual of The Mother Church,  Article XXVII , Section 2, Mary Baker Eddy provides that "Those beloved brethren whose teacher has left them, can elect an experienced Christian Scientist, who is not in charge of an association of students and who is ready for this high calling, to conduct the meetings of their association.

A city's economy depends upon the mental condition of its citizens. It is the people who live in it, not its streets, shops, parks, and offices that constitute a community's assets, and the way these people think and act determines whether the city flourishes or is stagnant, and whether it is rich or poor.