Editorials

The word "idea" is a little word with a big meaning. It has an important place in the teachings of Christian Science, as is evidenced by the frequency with which Mary Baker Eddy uses it in her writings.

With what joy must John the Baptist have exclaimed, "Behold the Lamb of God"! Prophetically he had been foretelling the coming of a teacher mightier than he, but apparently their paths had not crossed up to the time that Jesus came to him for baptism. According to three of the Gospels, John definitely heard a "voice from heaven" identifying the Master as the promised Messiah; hence his glad salutation ( John 1:29 ), "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

ONE meaning of the meaningful First Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" ( Ex. 20:3 ), is pointed out by Mary Baker Eddy thus: "Thou shalt have no belief of Life as mortal" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.

WHERE shall we look for substance that is safe—safe from what are called the ravages of time, safe from theft, from decay and diminution? The answer to this question is indicated in Christ Jesus' familiar command: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. " Christian Science teaches us the true meaning of these words and their supreme practicality.

THIS is the traditional season for New Year resolutions; this is the time, say many mortals, for turning over a new leaf, for the abandonment of some enslaving habit, and for the resolve to walk in paths of righteousness. But, alas, what will-o'-the-wisps our high resolutions often become! And why is this? Hamlet in the famous soliloquy hints the answer: Thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.

On page 14 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" Mary Baker Eddy, speaking of the results which would accrue from the "love currency" that was contributed to the building of The Mother Church, says they will be seen to be "not a madness and nothing, but a sanity and something from the individual, stupendous, Godlike agency of man. " A dictionary definition of "agency" is "action; instrumentality," and "agent" is defined as "a moving force.

Christ Jesus , that world-enlightening character whose life and teachings continue to exert an increasingly mighty influence on the thoughts of men, said of himself, "I am the Son of God" ( Matt. 27:43 ).

" Happy Christmas!" Soon this cheery greeting will again ring out through all the Christian world, bringing its perennial message of hope and courage to men of good will. Yet how often does one hear some such plaint as this: "How I dread the oncoming holidays! Christmas holds no joy for me any more.

THE simple fact that throughout human history men have increasingly desired, often fought and died for, and progressively gained freedom from political, religious, economic, and social oppression shows that to enlightened thought freedom is regarded as being as basic to man as is life. Freedom inheres in Mind, God, man's only real Life.

TRUTH is. The exact truth about God and man, cause and effect, exists.