Editorials

After many months of research and development the new formats of The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel are being brought to you in obedience to the directive of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, that the periodicals be kept abreast of the times (see Manual of The Mother Church, Art. VIII, Sect.

When we actually know the truth the effect is healing. But when we admit something that is not completely true, our good intentions may fall short of the mark.

Christian Science teaches us that the material body is not the real man. This fact becomes apparent when we realize that God is not a physical being, not a limited corporeality, but that He is infinite Spirit, or Mind.

When Mary Baker Eddy stated many years ago, "We tread on forces. Withdraw them, and creation must collapse" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

ONE of the basic methods of destroying error in Christian Science is to impersonalize it and then to cast it out. We separate it from man, see it as a supposition without cause or effect, and thus render it null and void.

THE Church of Christ, Scientist, has a high standard for the discipline of its members. Officers of a branch church are usually members of The Mother Church.

NO doctrine of Christian Science is more important than that which proclaims God as the only Mind. Idolatry was not abandoned with the monotheism adopted by the patriarchs of Scriptural history, for the belief persisted, and still persists, that there are many minds—little minds with limited capacities, each responsible for its owner's experience.

In the Manual of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy stipulates that "the associations of the pupils of loyal teachers shall convene annually" ( Art. XXVI, Sect.

To heal spiritually, we must discern the mental nature of physical circumstances as well as the truth that destroys false mental states. Christian Science teaches us how to discern spiritually and how to heal.

When Jesus said ( Luke 17:21 ), "The kingdom of God is within you," he laid the foundation for the individual responsibility inherent in Christian Science. The awakening to this kingdom and hence to the completeness of man, in the image and likeness of God, is the answer to every problem in human experience.