Editorials

No teaching is clearer in the Scriptures, viewed in the light of Christian Science, than that at every point of apparent danger on land, at sea, or in the air, help of the most practical and adequate character is available, through recognition of the presence and nature of God. "Whither shall I flee from thy presence?" sang the Psalmist.

There are those who are apparently quite willing to acknowledge that Jesus was a good man, a great spiritual teacher, and a prophet of the first order, but who do not recognize his Messiahship. This is particularly true of those whose views are shaped largely, if not entirely, by Old Testament theology.

In a sentence treasured by Christian Scientists, Mary Baker Eddy states ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 269 ), "Metaphysics resolves things into thoughts, and exchanges the objects of sense for the ideas of Soul.

" Behold the Lamb of God," said John the Baptist to two of his disciples, as they saw Jesus walking by. They, therefore, followed Jesus, asking him where he dwelt.

One of the principal characteristics of material things and human conditions is impermanence. They are subject to fluctuation and variability.

THE search after knowledge, the endeavor to distinguish between the true and false, constitute a large part of mortal existence. A child's primary instinct, by observation and investigation, is to appraise the world about him.

IT is a well-attested fact that the passages concerning man in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, have inspired and richly benefited a multitude of people. What men have longed to hear about themselves— what they are capable of, what is in store for them, what they are in reality—these passages (pages 258:9 to 260:18; 475:5 to 477:18; and 336:9 to 338:32, among others) have told them, scientifically; and both the message and its results have commonly been better than anything they had even hoped for.

CHRIST JESUS is recorded in the Gospel of John as having said to his disciples: "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

THE Christian Scientist understands that the so-called miracles of Scriptural times were not infractions of law but natural demonstrations of spiritual power; and he sees their counterparts in the works of Christian Science today— sees them joyfully, but without wonder. In all these instances, in both ancient and modern times, the same thing essentially occurs.

COUNSEL in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out," we read in Proverbs. Spiritual understanding is not motionless, it is forever active; it is the continuous manifestation of divine power.