Editorials

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.

MAN , God's image and likeness, is a perfect and complete idea. Each individual spiritual idea—each one of us who, to sense, appears to be a mortal—is actually immortal and complete.

OF late years some doctors of medicine have been admitting that thought plays a part in the incidence and development of certain diseases. For nearly a century Christian Science has been pointing out the effect of fear and discordant thought upon the body.

Is prayer effective? Does what we think of God and of His perfect creation have any beneficial effect on mankind? To both questions Christian Science gives an affirmative answer. On page 210 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," Mary Baker Eddy advises Christian Scientists to keep their thoughts filled with that which is good only—with Truth and Love.

So quickly is human thought changing in this twentieth century that one sometimes finds it difficult to fathom present-day developments. Mary Baker Eddy said in her Message to The Mother Church for 1900 ( p.

Who shall have the balance of power in the immediate future and in the years to come? This is a question in the thought of many, as the nations of the world engage in competition for the minds of men and for military, political, and economic supremacy. The outcome of this struggle is destined to affect the lives of all men.

Centuries have passed since the night when the Saviour was born and shepherds heard the heavenly host saying ( Luke 2:14 ), "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. " But the truth of that message continues to overcome contention and will do so until God's peaceful kingdom is fully known to mankind.

When Nehemiah was successfully engaged in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, his adversaries tried in vain to stop the work. On one occasion Sanballat sent to Nehemiah a letter which contained this statement ( Neh.

In the book of Genesis it is recorded that when God had created man in His likeness, He said, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it" ( 1:28 ). God's man is always fruitful, for he reflects the infinite nature and power of the creator and manifests the rich resources of His being.

"God of the rolling year! to Thee we raise A nation's holiest hymn in grateful praise! Plenty and peace abound at Thy behest, Yet wherefore this Thy love? Thou knowest best!" Thus did Mary Baker Eddy begin what she named "Our National Thanksgiving Hymn" (Poems, p. 77 ).