Editorials

If we want enough mental elbowroom to develop our potential for completeness and true satisfaction, then we had better stop believing that even temporarily man's immortal identity is encased in flesh. It simply isn't, and the study and practice of Christian Science can start us on the way to proving this.

In these days of discovery, invention, and rapid change, it is sometimes said that if a business corporation is not planning for ten years ahead it is planning for yesterday. And this could also well apply to individuals.

Many turn to God for help and receive it. Not understanding what has happened, they may conclude that God knows the things and people involved in human situations and that He gets Himself involved in what mortals do.

Many people have the feeling that deep down within themselves is an undiscovered greatness. They sense that an individuality of superhuman grandeur is struggling to be released from the limitations of human-hood.

"And he bearing his cross went forth into a place .

Mary Baker Eddy discovered the Science of Christ—Christian Science. A vital point in this discovery is the nature of the Christ itself.

Where must we go to find God? Not very far. In fact, no distance at all, because God and man are one in being.

The writer notes “that every woman has her own God-given place in the divine plan and the inalienable right to express the qualities of the divine Father-Mother God in her own individual way.”

One who is ill may express an eagerness to talk of himself audibly or mentally in spiritual terms, but as soon as he is well he may forget the spiritual terms. In such a case, the desire to put off a material sense of self and to recognize one's spiritual identity is lacking.

One of the great blessings of this world is that most children have parents who love them dearly and take care of them until they are sufficiently mature to look after themselves. The sad exceptions to this rule merit all the compassionate interest that the more fortunate can express toward them, because parental love can be the greatest influence for good in the life of any child.