Editorials

When one has seemed to fail and sink in despair under untoward human conditions, it is often said, "He was the victim of circumstances. " One of the facts most clearly set forth in the teachings of Christian Science is that man, the expression of divine Mind, has dominion over circumstances.

Few, indeed, must be the professing Christians who are not familiar with that grand old hymn, "I Need Thee Every Hour. " The writer, Annie Hawks, born over one hundred years ago and a contemporary of Mary Baker Eddy's, reflected in the tender lines of her verses the perennial yearning of humankind for spiritual vision—that awareness of God's presence and might which alone can bring real comfort and guidance to the sons of men.

There is one power. This is the mighty truth of being to be scientifically understood and demonstrated.

The phrase "personal attachment" is used in Christian Science to denote a phase of human thought which often deludes mortals, anchors them in unhappy earth scenes, and bars their spiritual progress. Article VIII of the Manual of The Mother Church, entitled "Discipline," begins with a rule for self-discipline fundamental to the demonstration of Christian Science.

What a picture of leading, guarding, comforting, is painted by the word "shepherd"! Throughout Holy Writ, and doubtless in all the religious lore of the East, the symbolism of shepherd and sheep occurs and recurs to show the heavenly Father's tender care and protection of His children. Just a glance at the references under the words "shepherd" and "sheep" in a Bible concordance will show how frequently, in both the Old and the New Testament, this figure was used to teach God's nearness to and love for His creation.

The Egyptians, like most of the earth's peoples, have long believed in the continuance of man's life after the physical heart stops functioning. Some of you have seen museum exhibits like the one in Turin, Italy, where are assembled the articles found in the tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh.

Economics is a subject that engrosses the thought and attention of the thinkers and statesmen of all nations, for they sincerely believe that on a right plan of economics depends the prosperity of the people. Economics here has to do with the consideration of the material resources and wealth of a country, their production, distribution, and consumption.

On Easter Sunday, in the year of our Lord 1902, First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, New Hampshire, was privileged to receive a message direct from the beloved Leader of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy. Her letter began thus: "Beloved Brethren: —May this glad Easter morn find the members of this dear church having a pure peace, a fresh joy, a clear vision of heaven here,—heaven within us,—and an awakened sense of the risen Christ" ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

Today it is being conceded by many thinkers, sincere searchers for Truth, that existence is primarily mental, though by this admission the materialist finds himself faced with the dilemma of thinking from two opposite postulates, one material and one mental, and trying to reconcile them. Granting the premise that existence is mental, it becomes plain that only from a right basis of thought, from one true premise, can life become harmonious, purposeful, and satisfying.

An English king once expressed the opinion that the chief difference between a lawyer and a layman is that the lawyer knows where to go to find out what the law is, and the layman does not. He was thinking, of course, of man-made laws.