Editorials

One of Simon Peter's noblest qualities, namely his genuine trust in the Master, made him willing to declare, "We have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. " Toiling all the night in vain is the human method, but letting down the net in obedience to God's command incloses "a great multitude of fishes.

When John wrote, saying, "Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ," he was declaring clearly and emphatically the fact of Mind and its manifestation, revealing the absolute and that which is related to it. The fellowship of which he spoke brings out for us the true rule and the right practice in life, and inspires the Christian to be a worthy representative "of our Lord, and of his Christ.

To students of the Bible there can be no question that real freedom springs from nothing less than spirituality. Paul must have discerned this when he wrote to the Corinthians, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

" One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day," writes Peter in his second epistle. On page 504 of Science and Health Mrs.

Christianity is not something vague and historical, a tradition out of the past. The evidences of Christianity are not arguments set forth by a professor of apologeties.

Is there a boy on earth who has not at some time desired to be a soldier? And why this desire? Because to be a soldier names, in one's own consciousness, to fight for the right. A great awakening of ideals has come sweeping over the nations.

As we approach the end of the year we are accustomed to look over its experiences in order that we may rate ourselves and find how much has been gained during the months which have gone by. Mrs.

When Jesus found that the understanding of the men of his age was not ready for truth stated metaphysically, or theologically if we use the word in its true sense, he perpetuated his teaching in parables. If in his very presence there was the wrangling and criticism of scribe and Pharisee over his uttered sentences, then the preservation and transmission of his words and teaching in correct form needed to be provided for.

Often may we ask ourselves what it is that constitutes a nation, and we need not search long for the answer, which comes very naturally. It is, Men! It of course goes without saying that until we have men worthy of the name, the nations of the earth will fail to express any high ideal, though they may ofttimes turn their gaze toward that which all must admit to be the one thing worth striving for.

Generous impulses and spontaneous joys in well–doing are accompaniments of growth in Christian Science. Bugle calls to activity are constantly resounding over the sleeping camps of the mentally lazy, arousing those who should be spiritual warriors to unfurl the standard of Truth and advance against the enemies of mankind.