Editorials

ON page 259 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mary Baker Eddy writes, "When the Lawgiver was the only law of creation, freedom reigned, and was the heritage of man ; but this freedom was the moral power of good, not of evil: it was divine Science, in which God is supreme, and the only law of being. " Every statement of Truth is a statement of divine law.

SEPTEMBER 1 , 1948, marks the fifty-year milestone of the weekly periodical of our movement. On the first of September, 1898, The Christian Science Publishing Society launched The Christian Science Weekly.

This editorial is intended primarily for church members who desire to become better acquainted with the preparation necessary for a successful Christian Science lecture. It is culled from the experience of one who has served as chairman of the lecture committee in a branch church and also as a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

John , the beloved disciple, declared the greatest truth known to mankind when he wrote ( I John 4: 16 ), "God is love. " For centuries, human beings have been slowly yielding to this great truth by partaking of Love's harmonious nature.

Earnest Christian Scientists throughout the Field often pose this question: "What is the greatest need of our movement at this moment?" We may well turn to the writings of our beloved Leader for the answer. Mary Baker Eddy in her "Miscellaneous Writings" says ( p.

When Jesus described himself as having existed before Abraham (John 8:58), he was referring to the Christ, his incorporeal, spiritual selfhood, the divine image which coexists with God as God's eternal manifestation. This was the Christ which the Master comfortingly promised would be with us always.

One beautiful day late in the evening a Christian Scientist and his wife were traveling by plane across a desert. From the height at which they were moving, objects on the ground seemed almost indistinguishable, but here and there a particular feature could be discerned in the gathering dusk.

An inescapable fact is that the Christianity taught and exemplified by Jesus of Nazareth was a healing religion. If that is the case, it is a healing religion today.

CONTINUITY , which is the state of being continuous, characterizes the life and individuality of man and of all reality. This is so because the one real cause, Mind, Spirit, God, is continuous and it is in Mind's manifestation that the continuity of God is individualized and made evident.

THE student of Christian Science cherishes his textbooks—the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. He counts these precious volumes as his most treasured possessions.