Editorials

On the third day after they had crucified him, a woman made her way to the sepulcher. She along with some others bore spices to anoint the body.

John records that when Christ Jesus said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing" ( John 6:63 ), "from that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. " This radical statement of the Master was offensive to the mentalities that honored the flesh as agreeable and vital to existence.

If a copy of the Bible were put aboard a rocket and fired into space, guided to land on a far-off planet, and if this Bible were discovered and could be read there by a people who had never heard of earth or of any of its history—a people who had no possible means of knowing whether one single event recounted in the Bible had ever taken place—the Bible would transform that civilization. This would be inevitable because its message is a message of Truth that is universal, and anyone who reads it in search of Truth will find it.

In Christian Science, healings are often referred to as demonstrations because in them something of Truth has been proved. Spiritual healing, although often referred to as mental healing, differs from all other mental modes of healing, in which the erring human mind, without recourse to the divine Mind, attempts to heal itself.

To members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, working for the church means much more than giving personal attention to various offices or committees to which they are assigned. It means working prayerfully and metaphysically to bring to light through these activities the spiritual idea, Church, and to protect the human institution which represents that idea on earth.

Because men have assumed that evil is a reality, that it is as real as and, at times, more powerful than good, they have been limited in their ability to overcome it. There is no question but that to the materially minded, evil seems to be real, to have power, and to be ever active.

The line between metaphysics and physics is becoming sharper every day. An understanding of Christian Science depends upon a clear differentiation of the two.

Humanity needs intelligent direction. Great mental activity is taking place in the world as political, economic, and material shackles are giving way to enlightened thought.

ONE who is not going anywhere soon comes to a point where there is little else to see; whereas, one who is progressing finds new pictures coming into his consciousness constantly. A transcontinental jet flight, on a clear day, provides a panorama of variety, but some see very little of it.

OF all the discoveries that have been made during the past century, the one that promises to be the most far-reaching and the most valuable for all mankind is the discovery of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. Her spiritual discovery differs from those that are confined to the physical realm in that it deals with spiritual laws that produce and continuously preserve harmony and order in man and the universe.