Editorials

IN these days of heavy armaments and increased military and naval equipment, it is refreshing to find that those who stand at the head of the great fighting forces of the world look upon these terrible engines under their command as merely temporary means for the preservation of the peace of nations, rather than as the paraphernalia of aggressive and conquering legions. We read this between the lines of the Rectorial address of Mr.

THE present state of religious thought in the Christian world illustrates Jesus' startling words, "Do you suppose that I am come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension" (Weymouth's translation). Through his teaching the divine idea entered anew the arena of human consciousness, to stand unswervingly for righteousness, to rebuke unreservedly mortal sense and sin and thus to present the continuous occasion of "Christ crucified," exhibitions of the world's resistance to Truth.

In all nature is no death at all, As men account of death, so long as God Stands witnessing for life perpetually, By being just God. Mrs.

It  is highly interesting to note the change of base which has been made in many of the medical publications of the present time; the trend of thought now being largely in a metaphysical direction. Over forty years ago, when Mrs.

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We publish on pages 641 to 649 of this issue, with permission of the Cosmopolitan , the splendid article by Mr. Charles Klein which appears in the February number of that magazine.

Several years ago, after Mr. B.

Attention is called to the publisher's announcement on page 654 of this issue of a new edition of the Christian Science text-book which is now on sale. This edition is printed from new plates, and contains a number of important changes and additions, which have been made by Mrs Eddy in keeping with her statement on page 361 of this book, viz.

Apart from the immediate effects of any great religious movement, such a movement always enters into a large surrounding area, to modify conditions, to awaken thought, and to beget truth-seeking inquiry concerning a great many things which have previously been accepted as a matter of conventional habit. In the extent and vitality of the penumbral influence thus exerted by Christian Science one may find confirmatory evidence of the truth of its message and the present and prospective significance of its coming.

Another eventful year has passed and the thoughtful are asking what the next will bring in the way of human progress,— emancipation from the bondage of ignorance, sin, and suffering. Of old the light of Spirit shone high above mortal darkness and chaos, and at the coming of Christ Jesus this light was manifested in "one lone, brave star" (Christ and Christmas by Mrs.