Editorials

Self-Esteem has two meanings: self-respect and self-conceit. The first is laudable, the second something to rise above as worthless.

It is wisdom to acknowledge the authority of the Christ under all circumstances. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

Expressing and teaching the fundamentals of what to the people of his day were revolutionary concepts was the method by which the Master, Christ Jesus, carried on his ministry. We read in the Gospel of John ( 6:44–59 ): "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Mary Baker Eddy writes in "No and Yes" ( p. 11 ): "Man has an immortal Soul, a divine Principle, and an eternal being.

Undoubtedly this present age will be recorded in history as the period in which a right evaluation of matter was made. Even while materialism seems rampant in many quarters, the very knowledge which undermines that materialism is advancing.

While many Christian churches perhaps have failed to grasp the deeper implication of the resurrection and ascension of the Master, Christ Jesus, nevertheless they all celebrate with joy the risen Saviour, and so does the Church of Christ, Scientist. Joy is the salient note of the Easter season.

The transformation of all human beings to a state of spirituality is inevitable because it is in accord with God's demand for perfection. None can escape it, however degraded by sin and selfishness some may seem to be.

One of the most remarkable sermons ever recorded was preached by the Apostle Peter on the Day of Pentecost. The feast of Pentecost was the harvest festival of the Jews.

The average person commencing a study or an investigation of Christian Science usually at some point finds himself asking these questions: "You say that Christian Science teaches that God is infinite, All, the one inclusive Spirit, and that there is no matter. Well, if all is Spirit, what about all this of which I now seem to be aware or cognizant—the trees, the flowers, the birds, and other wonders of creation? Have they no reality? When you say that all is Spirit, does this mean the annihilation or obliteration of that which appears to me as a creation? Is this nothing but a figment of my imagination?" Christian Science gives to the inquirer a perfectly lucid and satisfactory answer to this important question.

In northern regions when winter spreads its white mantle over the land, do we sometimes look back with regret at the bright warm season of summer and long for the return of spring? Perhaps we envy those who live in a temperate region or those who seek a warmer clime and remain there until the miracle of spring appears. Christian Science reminds us, however, that God is everywhere.