Editorials

What would be thought of a man who tried to build a railroad bridge over a river without any knowledge of the physical laws of engineering or the principle of mathematics? Or what would be thought of a man who undertook to conduct a symphony orchestra without any knowledge of music or the principle of harmony? If one considers the disaster and discord that would follow such bridgebuilding, such music production, one sees more clearly the reason for the discord and disaster that seem to attend material human experiences. Do not human beings attempt to live their lives with little if any knowledge of the divine Principle that is Life? Indeed, are not the majority of them unaware that there is such a Principle? Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has given to the world a clear and scientific explication of Principle as God, thus making God knowable and demonstrable.

With the dawning of a new calendar year, thought instinctively reviews the panorama of human experience in the months just past—rejoicing in the triumphs, but possibly dwelling too long upon the sadnesses, the defeats. Would that mortals might heed the wise counsel of Shakespeare, Let us not burden our remembrance with A heaviness that's gone.

The seeming cause of every ill that afflicts mankind is the belief of separation from God, the only source and substance of good. That this belief can be corrected and the ills of mankind eradicated is the teaching of Christian Science.

As the season draws near when Christendom turns with reverence and gratitude to that monumental character, Christ Jesus, it is proper for everyone whose life has been influenced by his teachings to reappraise the value of his work, and to seek more fully to understand his advent and its meaning for the individual and the world. Sometimes when heavy clouds hide the sun, letting but a dim light shine through, there suddenly comes a parting of the clouds, and the sun's undimmed brilliance emblazons the earth.

What a Leader and tender "mother in Israel" was Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science! Until she went from our sight in her ninetieth year, after a human experience of magnificent activity and accomplishment, with what unselfed love and watchfulness did she stand guard over her great movement! Like the Apostle Paul, whose inspirational epistles encouraged, admonished, and guided the early Christians, Mrs. Eddy frequently sent messages to her followers which blessed them immeasurably and will continue to inspire students of Christian Science for all time.

The Associated Press conjectures that a mortal exploding atomically could lay waste the city of New York. Doubtless no mortal will be eager to accept the role of a devastating missile to this metropolis.

In the Glossary of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " on page 595 , we are given a definition of the word "sun" which is helpful in considering the subject of uninterrupted Life.

Possibly no characteristic of the great Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy, is more conspicuous than her sublime conviction that the spiritual message which she enunciated came from God and not from the human mind. Hear this humble statement, recorded in her book "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p.

On page 352 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy gives the basis on which Christ Jesus performed the works which proved him to be master of the limitations and evil beliefs which restrict, disable, and destroy mankind. There she writes that "to Jesus, not materiality, but spirituality, was the reality of man's existence.

Progress in astronomy has removed the early superstitions regarding our solar system and the stars beyond. The Grecian myth that the sun is a flaming chariot daily driven by Apollo across the heavens has gone.