Editorials

New Year's Day is a time of questioning, of turning over a new leaf as the saying goes, of good resolves and renewed endeavor to improve oneself. The point which Christian Science stresses in this endeavor is the need for demonstrating one's real spiritual individuality as the image of God.

All men have debts to pay. Many people feel heavily burdened by their debts, and some are disturbed when these are not promptly paid by friends or business associates who are indebted to them.

Revelation is the Word of God communicated through spiritual sense to one spiritually prepared to receive it. Revelation is the bringing to light of that which has always existed in the eternal order of being.

Christmas is a joyous season. It illustrates the coming of the Christ to human consciousness, and it is therefore sacred in its significance.

Looking through history's pages, one finds much for which to thank previous generations. Any freedom the world enjoys today is perhaps not unconnected with the Pilgrim Fathers' journey to a new world where they could worship God according to their highest ideals.

The Wednesday meetings and the Thanksgiving Day services in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, throughout the world afford opportunities to Christian Scientists to give public testimony to the healing and regenerating power of Christian Science. To the student of this religion Thanksgiving Day is every day, for like Jehoiachin, king of Judah, he has been lifted out of prison and changed his prison garments.

When we draw near to God, we are aware of the freshness and purity which are forever present in the spiritual nature of existence. The God who is Love is the God who restores all good and in whom no good thing is lacking.

Artists and sculptors have glorified the material body in their work, and material science has examined it under the microscope, but no one ever explained its real nature until Jesus said ( John 6:63 ), "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. " On the basis of this truth Mary Baker Eddy has performed a great service to mankind in her explanation of the nature of the material body.

Obedience to divine law ennobles human character, because obedience expresses the nature of man in God's image. One realizes how important obedience is when he sees that man's true individuality has appeared only as God's law has been revealed and obeyed.

Christian Science is a religion of proof. We can know this Science only as it is proved and made practical in our lives.