Editorials

At a time of turbulent upheaval in society, when many are floundering for lack of direction in their lives and crime is on the increase, it is mandatory for us to turn constantly to divine Principle and perceive how the control of Principle may be demonstrated in daily experience. Christian Science teaches that God alone governs man, for man is the image and likeness of God, the emanation of divine Mind.

According to Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, the word "church" is derived from the Greek kyrios meaning lord, master, and in turn from kyros meaning power. While there is a distinction between a derivation and a definition, the source word often maintains its influence throughout the development of a definition.

One of the main themes of the ninety-first Psalm is that God is a refuge where one may find safety and protection. "The secret place of the most High" Ps.

One of the limiting traits of the human mind is the tendency to cling tenaciously to old habits of thought, old ways of doing things, simply because they are familiar. This attitude of thought shies away from the disruption that new ideas, activities, and environment sometimes cause.

As the Christian Science movement plunges into the second century of its healing mission, the Manual of The Mother Church provided by Mary Baker Eddy for its government becomes more and more important to the maturing church membership. The members know that obedience to its By-Laws will help determine the speed with which the world progresses out of the fog of materialism into the atmosphere of Spirit where divine Love governs absolutely.

Consider the power of right ideas in the progress of mankind! Every upward step out of limitation has been the result of some fresh, intelligent concept welling up in human thought from its source in fathomless Mind. In his work the inventor, the artist, the writer, the resourceful businessman or dedicated statesman, and, above all, the religious pioneer has consciously or unconsciously tapped the infinite source of wisdom and beauty.

Every problem is some phase of mesmeric error, a dream experience; and every healing is an awakening to the facts of being. One does not change reality, but he comes to understand it and to harmonize with it.

Has joy taken flight from your interest in Christian Science? Has stagnation set in after a period of intense delight in its study, and do you find this inertia difficult to resist? Such an experience is entirely avoidable. Christian Science holds within itself the cure for spiritual stagnation.

What must one do if he has a premonition of evil or a feeling of impending disaster? First he must realize that he is not helpless. There is an adequate antidote for every type of aggressive evil suggestion.

Christ Jesus used the present tense when he said, "I and my Father are one. " John 10:30; To the Master, that fact was at that very moment the actual condition of his being.