Editorials

In the allegory of spiritual creation (Genesis 1) we find the third day typifying the period of progress in which the multiplicity of God's ideas is revealed. The symbol of multiplicity is the seed, and its wonderful fitness is seen when we contemplate the possibilities of reproduction contained within a single tiny grain.

The agnostic who has turned from religion, unsatisfied by the many and contradictory conceptions of Deity, finds in Christian Science a completely satisfying understanding of God. He finds a God whom he can intelligently love and worship.

Spring is the season of renewal when earth is awakening from the frigid grip of winter and putting on its gay colorings amid bright skies and bird song. This is the season when nature awakens to praise the creator and mortals look forward with hope and faith to the long, warm days of summer, when the fruits of the earth are coming to fruition and when the harvest hour with rich and plentiful provision is assured.

Christian Science bases its conclusion that human tribulations are unreal upon the revealed truth that God is infinite good and that evil and inharmony cannot derive from a good God. Hence its firm stand that mortal existence is a self-constituted mesmeric dream, which peoples itself with its own misconceptions—a dream which Christian Science dispels.

If Christian Science is to be scientifically demonstrated, every aspect of its teaching should be intelligently considered, for every point clearly understood aids the student in proving by healing that he is dealing solely with divine facts and an invariable spiritual law. Because men and women believe that they live in a world of matter and dwell in material bodies, their so-called scientific study and investigation have led them directly away from the great spiritual fact which, when grasped, gives them the understanding of reality and of their true, perfect being.

Christ Jesus taught the lesson of obedience to true leadership in his parable of the sheep ( John 10:1-15 ). Here he likens his spiritual selfhood, the Christ, to the shepherd who leads his flock, and those who follow the Christ to the sheep who know the shepherd's voice and flee from strangers.

In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy asks this stupendous question ( p. 469 ): "What is Mind?" And with summary directness she replies in part: "Mind is God.

From time to time the effort has been made to connect the teachings of Christian Science with spiritualism. A thoughtful study of the teachings of Christian Science leads us to the logical conclusion that spiritualism and its manifestations have no scientific foundation.

That our Camp Welfare work is continuing to fulfill its original purpose of promoting the spiritual welfare of Christian Scientists and others who are serving in the Army, Navy, and Air Forces is affirmed by many letters which have been received in connection with this activity. A mother writes: "I am truly grateful for this service provided by The Mother Church—it certainly exemplifies the motherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.

The basis of true being is spiritual. The spiritual basis is boundless by reason of its divine character, and it is also perfect in all its manifestations.