Editorials

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.

Not infrequently one hears the questions, "Why has this trouble come upon me? What have I done to deserve this?" And there may be a tendency to try to find some external cause for the difficulty or perhaps some other person upon whom one can fasten the blame. This is a familiar form of sidestepping the issue, and it should not be permitted to divert our attention from the point of responsibility.

At the top of a mountain Jesus was transfigured. A divinely mental power—a power not related to time and space—brought to view two men who had disappeared from the earth hundreds of years before.

If the world knew that its need is Christliness, it would get down to work and strive for this high goal. Instead of spending time and energy on its many materialistic pursuits, it would devote itself to purifying human consciousness and bringing mankind to an awareness of God and His Christ.

Students of Christian Science are familiar with Mrs. Eddy's definition of Church: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.

Many individuals faced with important decisions ask, "What shall I do?" There is only one really adequate reply, and that is, "Turn to God for direction. " Individuals frequently seek human advice from Christian Science practitioners or from friends, and then perhaps recriminate when all does not turn out in the best possible way.

The description of man as incorporeal, which Christian Science declares him to be, may not appeal to the worldly-minded, but it is a word that challenges the thinker. The fact is that both God and man are incorporeal—without physical bodies—and when the sinful and the suffering grasp this truth, they find relief from their troubles.

Mrs. Eddy makes this striking statement in Science and Health: "This is a leading point in the Science of Soul, that Principle is not in its idea.

One who is suffering from a disease as the result of hateful thinking needs to replace his hatred with love. Such a change in thought will bring desirable results, because obviously love is better than hatred.

Speaking of times of "great crises of nations or of the human race," Mary Baker Eddy says, "It is then that supreme devotion to Principle has especially been called for and manifested. " Miscellaneous Writings, p.