Editorials

The approach of Christian Science to the subject of sin is both unique and effective. This Science, based as it is upon the perfection of God and man and the consequent falsity of the mortal sense of existence, undermines the very foundation of evil.

The Easter season brings to all Christian Scientists renewed gratitude, as well as a quickened appreciation of what the life and example of Christ Jesus mean to them. This is especially true as we come to understand better the significance of the Master's culminating triumph over all evil, as witnessed in his crucifixion, his resurrection, and his ascension.

Life does not come and go, for Life is God, and every living thing exists in Life, witnessing to an eternally conscious creator. Christian Science reveals the continuing presence of all that actually lives.

Before Jesus left this earth through the spiritual experience known as the ascension, his works of healing were acknowledged by the people. This is especially noticeable during the latter days of his ministry.

Those who have gained a measure of the vision of divine reality as revealed in Christian Science are deeply grateful. They realize that to them has come the Christ, the understanding and revelation of Immanuel, or "God with us.

All movement is either mortally mental or spiritual. If it proceeds or seems to proceed from mortal mind, it is the former.

Humanity is concerned with time because the lapse of time, according to accepted belief, robs men of much that is good. Time may also claim to bring a certain measure of good, as in the maturing of human consciousness from the infantile state to the age of full mental powers.

If man was not already perfect, we should never be able to demonstrate or attain perfection, for we can never demonstrate or prove anything that is not already a fact. It was from that basis of understanding that Christ Jesus declared ( Matt.

THE shepherds, watching their flock on the night of the Saviour's birth, saw beyond the sights and sounds of mortal sense. Their spiritual sense was attuned to the momentous happenings of their times, and they caught a glimpse of the radiance of universal harmony, heaven's order.

GOD is the source of true hope, for true hope represents a measure of spiritual enlightenment, and all enlightenment has its origin in God. Therefore in entertaining such hope we are in communion with God.