Editorials

AS one reads the testimonies of those who have been healed in Christian Science, or listens to them as given at our Wednesday evening meetings, the impression is received that following close upon the physical healing, with its attendant mental and spiritual freedom, is the opening up of the Bible as a source of boundless treasure. Religious people in general have always admitted this to be true of the Bible, but the widespread nature of human need goes to show that few have known how to avail themselves of the divine supply.

TRUE cooperation is an art based upon Science, and when so understood it is capable of producing grand results for humanity. It is an application of Christian Science which enables human beings to work together under the one Mind.

MANY years ago Mrs. Eddy closed a letter to a student with these words, "Love in abundance to children all.

THERE is a daystar in the metaphysical heavens of today which is leading modern wise men to the object of their search. It was faintly discernible to the kings of the East at the time of Jesus' birth.

IN the epistle to the Hebrews we have presented the metaphysical sense of much of the ritual of the earlier Judaic faith. The tabernacle and its furnishings, as well as the sacrifices, are explained as types of that purely spiritual worship which Christ Jesus said the Father desires.

IN one of the mammoth manufacturing plants of the middle West the motive power is supplied by an engine which is a marvel of mechanical skill. So carefully was it planned and built, so delicate are its manifold adjustments, that friction, the bane of all mechanical effort, seems well-nigh eliminated.

" Mortal existence is an enigma. Every day is a mystery.

Some years ago the writer had occasion to speak to a noted literary personage about the growth of Christian Science. The opinion was expressed by the personage in question that the Christian Science movement would follow the usual course of reform movements of all kinds; that it would rise through altruistic motives and fall through selfish desires; in other words, that Christian Science would be no exception to the rule which declares that history repeats itself.

" No man," said the great Teacher, "having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. " Christian Science exacts the same undivided service.

A CONSENSUS of candid thought found among a great majority of Christians today would declare that, so far as convincing experience is concerned, God is the great unknown. The prevailing sense with regard to Him is that of far-removal and of unapproachableness, and if He is addressed at all, it is with mingled feelings of reverence and presumption, of hope and uncertainty, of conscious need and honest doubt.