Editorials

UNQUESTIONABLY , there is value in sound academic education and in keeping abreast of the times, noting the mental and outward changes and understanding what is producing them. From decade to decade, education develops, and what one generation learns along materialistic lines, the next one may be called upon to unlearn.

THREE words in common use in Christian Science are belief, faith, and understanding. Since they represent states of consciousness, it is well that students should be clear as to their meaning.

The highest purpose of any government should be to bring out righteousness, reciprocal harmony, and prosperity between individuals and nations. In order to achieve this, governments and peoples need to express highest morality, unerring wisdom, impartial justice.

In common usage money, securities, household goods, and so forth are classified as "personal property," while houses and lands are referred to as "real estate. " Neither the one nor the other, however, is real, in that it is not eternal or indestructible.

What is the battle plan sanctioned by Christian Science? Mrs. Eddy has stated it in the last stanza of her poem, "The United States to Great Britain"( Poems, pp.

" What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" It is possible that many may have interpreted David's question as relating to mortal man. They may have believed that the Lord God, to whom his question was addressed, was directly or indirectly responsible for mortal man's existence.

Demands upon one's time and attention are varied and pressing, legitimate and illegitimate. Which demands should be yielded to and which resisted is a question constantly facing us as Christian Scientists.

When John the Baptist was in doubt as to whether or not Christ Jesus was the promised Messiah, he sent two of his disciples to inquire of him. Jesus implied that he was, and to substantiate this he told of the miracles he had performed.

Genuine encouragement springs from faith in the right, and when it is unremittingly sought in the harmony of infinite Mind this encouragement is unfailingly found. But, someone may ask, if one seems to be facing difficulties and sees no reason to feel encouraged, why not give in to discouragement? Christian Science replies that there is always reason for encouragement.

Prophecy is often spoken of as though it related solely to the foretelling of coming events—frequently those of an evil nature—and a prophet is therefore regarded as one who is capable of predicting or forecasting these events. However, there is a much higher and more spiritual meaning of the words "prophet" and "prophecy," and this is indicated in the definition of "prophet" given by Webster, which is, in part, as follows: "One who speaks for another, especially for God;.