Editorials

The theme of survival dominates the Bible from the story in Genesis of Noah, described as surviving a great flood through his obedience to God, to the prophecy in Revelation of the two witnesses whose "dead bodies" would "lie in the street of the great city," but who, "after three days and an half .

Christian Science heals the sick through a deep understanding of God and of man's unity with Him. Its method is purely spiritual, not psychological.

To demonstrate the potentialities of Christian Science, one must have a right perspective, and he must start from the right standpoint. For instance, one may mistakenly think of this Science as simply a remedy for human woe instead of as the divine Science of being to be demonstrated as the way of Life.

When will the world come to see that Christ Jesus taught great scientific lessons which must be understood by all men and eventually become their code of existence? For instance, Jesus knew the source of life, and it wasn't in matter. He said, "Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

The introduction to the story of Job includes this statement: "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. " Job 1:6; This may indicate a frequent experience among students of Christian Science who are progressing in the study and application of their religion.

Friendship with God is a privilege bestowed on all men if they will but recognize it and claim it for their own. When understood in its Science, friendship with God opens the gates of heaven and reveals the health, harmony, and abundance that are our birthright as children of divine Love.

By his resurrection Christ Jesus taught that Spirit, not matter, is the substance, the ultimate reality, of an individual's life. He showed that spiritual activity demonstrates man's inseparability from the Father, the one Life, and that no one is destroyed by death.

Sometimes we become lax in the way we use the personal pronoun "I. " We say, "I feel tired today," or, "I don't feel well," and, again, "My zest for life is gone; I am low and depressed.

A distinctive characteristic of divine Love is its creative power. Love is that which produces ideas, blesses them, sustains them, and cherishes them.

Business meetings in branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, are important. For one reason, they offer the opportunity to put democracy to work on a high level, high because such meetings are impelled by a power higher than human thought.