Editorials

Evidence of the natural inclination to trust in Deity is indicated by the national motto now inscribed on coins and in increasing degree on paper currency of the United States, "In God we trust. " To some, the motto may signify a mere hope that He will help us.

Christ Jesus sent forth two groups of disciples, twelve in one instance and seventy in the other, directing them to preach the gospel and heal the sick. Both groups were successful.

The world is looking to materialism for remedies for the very difficulties that materialism has produced. But can materialism ever solve these difficulties? Christian Science shows that it cannot, and history confirms this.

Religion is a general term. It can mean different things to different persons.

As long as there is one thought in consciousness which is inconsistent with God's bestowal of good on man, we are not to that degree demonstrating our true nature as God's reflection. God declared man to be good in the beginning, and He has not retreated, nor can He ever retreat from that declaration.

Christ Jesus confounded his opponents when he said ( John 8:58 ), "Before Abraham was, I am. " Limiting their understanding of individual existence to fleshly life, with birth and death as its components, these materialists could not grasp the spiritual implications of the Master's words.

ADDRESSING one who dwells "in the secret place of the most High," the Psalmist declares, "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling" ( Ps. 91:1, 10 ).

THE institutions which have most to do with molding our characters and determining our experiences are church and home. These do not compete with but complement each other.

IN this era of scientific discovery, it should not seem strange that Christianity should be discovered and practiced as absolute Science. Every science seeks to discover and elucidate exact knowledge and to utilize material laws for various purposes.

UNDOUBTEDLY there is an ever increasing awareness of the mental nature of disease. Those who devote themselves to the various systems of mental healing are confirming, perhaps unwittingly, the findings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, nearly a century ago.