Editorials

Whoever understands and obeys the will of God learns how to attain desirable ends by legitimate means. The way out of self-will and self-deception is through the gain of spiritual perception.

Paul's statement in the tenth chapter of I Corinthians (verses 1–4) is a deeply interesting one, in that it shows how well the apostle understood the impersonal nature of the Christ. After referring to their "fathers" as having been "baptized unto Moses," as having eaten "the same spiritual meat" and having drunk "the same spiritual drink," he adds, "For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

From a letter dated 1903. Sufficient unto each day are the demands thereof.

From a letter dated 1890. Lay up your treasures in heaven.

To the one who addressed him as "Good Master," Jesus said, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. " This he said to preserve intact his homage to God, and to awaken the one who was attempting to personalize good.

Many human plans have been devised for sharing wealth, but none has proved permanently practical. One reason for this is that plans for sharing wealth by means of division and distribution, or redistribution, are based upon the belief that wealth is material, whereas the fact is that wealth, in the best meaning of the term, is spiritual.

The assurance possessed by the Christian Scientist that life is eternal, is based on the truth about God which Christian Science has revealed to him. What is this truth? It is that God is infinite and perfect Life.

Why should Christian Scientists belong to The Mother Church and to a branch church? To answer that question it is necessary to understand what Mary Baker Eddy had in mind in founding her Church. The providing of two churches for Christian Scientists to belong to and work in was unique, and this arrangement has no parallel in other church organizations.

Perhaps there is no quality more needed in Christian warfare than that of steadfastness. "Patient continuance in well doing" is required of those who would "fight the good fight of faith" and "lay hold on eternal life.

Many desire guidance but are at a loss to know how to find it. This is the case when guidance is being looked for only in outward ways.