Editorials

THAT holy man of Israel, the inspirational prophet Isaiah, whose name in Hebrew signifies "the salvation of the Lord," is without doubt one of the great luminaries of the Scriptures. His sweet songs of certain deliverance from earthly woes, for those who turn from the material to Spirit, have lightened the path of pilgrims in all centuries.

" Matter's supposed selfhood"—this is the arresting marginal note to be found on page 479 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " It is related to a paragraph which contains these epochal statements made by the author of this textbook, Mary Baker Eddy: "Matter cannot see, feel, hear, taste, nor smell.

Where does evil come from? is a question which puzzles many people. What is its origin? "The origin of evil," says Mary Baker Eddy, "is the problem of ages.

The sixth chapter of John's Gospel records some of Christ Jesus' most revolutionary utterances; in fact, so incomprehensible were his spiritual teachings to ears dulled by materialism that the Scripture states, "From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. " One can well imagine the wistfulness with which the Master put the question to the twelve, "Will ye also go away?" There must have been comfort to Jesus, and an awakened devotion in the hearts of the disciples, in the prompt reply of the sturdy Simon Peter: "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

The Founder of Christianity not only thought deeply of his great mission, but he also thought of the vast harvest that the seeds of Truth which he was planting would produce—a harvest that would be garnered by his followers in the years and centuries to come. On one occasion, as he looked out upon the multitudes who followed him, "he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man's origin. To begin rightly is to end rightly.

Have you allowed unreasoning bias or some undefined prejudice to keep you from reading and studying, in connection with your Bible, Mary Baker Eddy's great book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"? If so, you are not only excluding yourself from beautiful literature, but shutting the door on vital truth—the truth about God and man which Jesus promised would make make free. One who turns to these inspired pages with open mind will soon be convinced of two facts: first, that the writer of such a book must have been a spiritually-minded, God-fearing, Christloving woman; and secondly, that if her interpretation of the Bible is true, Christian Science is the long-looked-for Comforter, or "Spirit of truth," destined to liberate and save the race.

Twice a year The Mother Church admits new members. They come from many parts of the world, and from varied walks of life.

The generous and steadily increasing contributions of branch churches, societies, and individual Christian Scientists are enabling The Mother Church to maintain and increase its wartime activities. These activities now extend to every part of the world where American or British Empire servicemen and servicewomen are engaged.

The discovery of Christian Science has erased the belief of time as a great gulf separating humanity from the truth as it was taught and demonstrated by Jesus of Nazareth. Christian Science reveals the uninterrupted operation of this truth as the evidence of the ever-present divine Principle that is Life, dynamic Being.