Editorials

In terse language Mrs. Eddy states, "A man's fear, unconquered, conquers him, in whatever direction.

What is our purpose in healing? Are we committed to spiritualizing thought and learning more about God?

As the Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mrs. Eddy has given this command to her followers: "Christian Scientists, be a law to yourselves that mental malpractice cannot harm you either when asleep or when awake.

If one learns that the sun is the center around which revolve the planets of the solar system, including our earth, he can say to himself, "Isn't that interesting" and go about his business as though he had never heard it. But if one learns that his very substance is Spirit, not matter, he either devotes his life to living the nature of Spirit or he denies what he has learned.

Christian Science is a boon to the sufferer, the repentant sinner, the grief-stricken, the impoverished. It holds the solution of every little problem and of every great one.

Today, more than ever before, the individual is aware of his need to be of service to others: to his neighbor, his community, his world. Class instruction brings to the student of Christian Science an individual blessing, spiritual and practical.

If a sheep is lost, he is usually unhappy about it. He feels deeply the need for his shepherd, but he does not see him.

Every advancing step in spiritual progress includes overcoming materiality and hence involves a fight with entrenched material thinking. History shows the persecution of the advanced spiritual thinker by worldly-minded mortals, and the greatest example of this fact is the life of Christ Jesus.

Christ Jesus taught the need of spiritually guarding the children. On one occasion he took a child in his arms and said, "Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me.

Questions received from the Field indicate a rather general misunderstanding of the present status of Youth Forums and Junior Forums. No action has ever been taken by The Mother Church either to discourage or to discontinue the activities of the Forums.