Editorials

The search for wisdom concerned the ancients, and it greatly concerns us today. Men naturally long to discern the meaning of life and to deal soundly with human affairs.

On page 313 of her "Miscellaneous Writings" under the heading, "Words of Commendation," Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, pays a tribute to the Editor of The Christian Science Journal for a particular number of this periodical. The Journal she referred to is that of August, 1895 , just sixty years ago.

The great Christian reformer Martin Luther had an abiding sense of God's unfailing dominion and His availability to all men under all conditions. Looking to Him as an ever-present help, he could write, With Him we shall prevail, Whatever may assail; He is our shield and tower, Almighty is His power; His kingdom is forever.

The Bible proclaims the liberty which the understanding of God's presence bestows. Paul said ( II Cor.

The kingdom of God is as natural and available as the multiplication table because it is ever present. Jesus evidently meant that it was a state of consciousness, not a locality, for he said ( Luke 17:20, 21 ), "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

When Jesus sent forth his disciples as Christian missionaries he told them to preach that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. But he also told them to prove that it is at hand, for the Way-shower added ( Matt.

At the season of the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, the members of the Church think of their Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, with special gratitude. This season may well serve as a reminder of the unity they should feel as they work out the purposes of the great movement she left in their hands.

One of the most joyful meetings ever recorded was the one at which the disciples were reunited with their Master after his resurrection on the shore of the Galilean sea. To understand the full significance of this meeting it may be helpful to look back at the opening days of the Master's ministry.

Many healings have been brought about by the simple turning of the one who prays to the presence of God. However, everyone who has had such experiences will probably admit that his prayers have not always been so successful.

The two great commands of Jesus—to love God supremely and to love our neighbor as ourselves—take on new meaning in the light of Christian Science. Love for God is seen to be based on the understanding which reveals Him as divine Mind, incapable of knowing, creating, or permitting matter, evil, or any discordant condition.