Editorials

WHEN the angels announced the advent of Jesus as "good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people," and then united in the refrain of "on earth peace, good will toward men," they started a song which is never to cease so long as time lasts. Men soon recognized that in peace and good will there may be found the promise of harmony and satisfaction in all their affairs.

It was a wonderful experience the shepherds had while "keeping watch over their flock by night" on the plains of Bethlehem,—"The angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them," and the angel announced to them the birth of the Saviour, Christ Jesus, whom they would find in the city of David. Then, with the angel they became suddenly aware of "a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

The prophets Isaiah and Nahum in almost identical language describe the holy mission of the Christ. "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation," declared the major prophet, in terms at once poetic and inspiring, and repeated in part by the lesser prophet.

[As published in the Christian Science Sentinel of Nov. 1, 1924] We take pleasure in announcing to the field that plans are well under way for the establishment of a permanent home for elderly persons whose length of service in our Cause, good works, and other circumstances furnish special reasons for generous provision by Christian Scientists.

Few were ever more appreciative of honest worth than Mrs. Eddy.

In Christian Science churches and societies the annual elections bring opportunities for the exercise of many Christian virtues; for the doing of much Christianly metaphysical work; for the casting out of personal preferences and opinions; for the laying hold of a larger understanding of the way to trust God with the government of all things. Each year Christian Scientists all over the world are thus called upon to awaken yet more fully to the realization of what their church organization, individually and collectively, stands for, and how its interests and activities may be advanced most effectively.

The reply made on one occasion by Christ Jesus to those trying to confuse him has a direct pertinency to the question of obedience to the law. In response to the query, "Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?" looking at a coin of the realm, he asked his interrogators, "Whose is this image and superscription?" When they replied, "Cæsar's," he said, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

MEN have talked a great deal about mind. Some have believed it to be located in brain and have supposed it capable of thinking both good and bad thoughts.

IN "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 174) Mrs.

THE master's teaching relative to the duty and obligations growing out of human intercourse and relationships is definite. He explicitly taught that compassion, mercy, unselfishness, and justice should always mark the deeds of men.