Editorials

Gratitude is not merely a social grace; it is a spiritual element of thought essential to humanity's well-being. In its highest expression it is a quality of uplifted faith by means of which men respond to God, acknowledging His power and the divine affluence even though, as yet, it may be unseen to mortal eyes.

Christian Science emphasizes that the divine Mind is eternal, without beginning or end, and that the real man is the spiritual reflection of this eternal Mind. Whether or not we are accepting the eternal Mind as our own Mind can be determined by our attitude toward age.

According to the law of God we have authority over our own thinking and therefore over our own experience. This divine fact is revealed in the Bible, and Christian Science insists that it can be proved in daily life.

Christian Science shows us that man's potential is infinitely greater than that of the fallible mortal we see walking around. We learn how to reassess our identity in new, spiritual terms by relating it to God, divine Mind, as its source.

Three months after Moses led the children of Israel across the Red Sea, God told him to say to them, "If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, .

There is nothing drab or colorless to human life when one begins to build spiritually. Even a glimpse of man's real selfhood in unity with God imparts a whole new dimension to one's experience.

Each year every community where a Church of Christ, Scientist, is situated receives a valuable gift—at least one lecture on the subject of the healing Christ. These annual lectures are, in fact, a gift from God.

If the body is a mental concept, as we learn in Christian Science, it includes not only the physical frame but the body of one's human experience, including human ties, interests, responsibilities, joys, and sorrows. Christ Jesus said, "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Christ Jesus' prayers were the most authoritative and effective the world has ever known. He prayed constantly and confidently.

News reports speak of a growing housing shortage that, unless something drastic is done to correct it, will reach astronomical proportions by the end of this decade. In other words, for thousands of families a decent home will remain just a dream unless some unforeseen breakthrough is achieved.