Editorials

Although Christian Scientists know that the Science they follow is the revealed Truth, they certainly do not assume any superiority to others or presume that they are privileged above others. They are so engaged with the idea of helping mankind to understand Truth that they do not indulge in comparisons.

Sometimes when driving our car, we arrive at a fork in the road where there is no adequate signpost. We then ask ourselves which road to take.

Modern technological developments have telling social effects. Quick communication is turning the world into one village in which nearly everyone knows what nearly everyone else is doing and thinking, even while this is happening.

Can you see thoughts with the naked eye? Of course you can. You are seeing them every waking moment.

With the advent of Christianity and then the founding of Christian Science, there has been a gradual amelioration of theology to the point where the nature of God is better understood; and the demonstration of this nature in human experience results in more equity, mercy, and healing love. In many instances in the Old Testament there is a concept of God that seems harsh in its justice and perhaps cruel in its implementation.

Protests are not new. There have always been protesters against established conditions and laws.

Throughout history the manifestation of God's presence and power has come to receptive individuals in the way that they have been prepared to understand it, and this fact holds true today. In some of the earliest Bible history, Abraham was directed by the voice of God, Moses saw the burning bush, Elijah heard the still small voice, and David walked with God.

Church, as it is understood in Christian Science, is a subject of vast dimensions. It is universal in its scope, reaching far beyond a material building or even its admittedly important institutional aspects.

An answer to the often heard question What is Christian Science? might begin with an explanation of what Science is not. It decidedly is not merely a human method of healing without drugs.

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. " II Cor.