Editorials

The indications from many parts of the field seem to be that a greater spirit of brotherly love, trust, and fellowship, in act and fact, rather than in word and profession, is the crying need of the hour. It is useless, nay, it is sinful, for us to prate about brotherly love unless we do so in sincerity and truth, and make good our prating with actual demonstration.

The following letter may serve to answer other questions similar to the one therein referred to, and it is therefore published. "Dear Sir:— Your letter of the 7th is before me.

One of the most flagrant instances of plagiarism from our text-book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which has yet come under our observation, is an article published in The Daily Statesman of Salem, Oregon, entitled:— " CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: WHAT IT IS.   A SALEM WOMAN REVIEWS THE WORK OF THIS ORDER.

April first, 1895, closed the twelfth volume of the Journal , which was established by our Leader in 1883. This was the day she visited the Mother Church.

The following is a list of questions sent in by a correspondent, and as they cover substantially the ground of many inquiries sent us, we publish them, with such answers as we are able to make. Our good friends should remember that we have no more information upon the subject of their inquiries than they have.

The best device for finding the references to the Bible and Science and Health, known to us, is a narrow ribbon inserted at the last reference and wound back to the first, inserting at each page when there is a reference. Care must be taken to wind so that the ribbon comes in at the top of the page, being wound once across the back of the book at each reference.

It is a peculiarity of human nature, or what in Christian Science is often called mortal mind, that it frequently fancies it opposes things when in fact it opposes only its conception of things. There is a wide difference between opposing what really exists, and that which the opposer fancies or believes exists.

Shortly before last Christmas time, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, wishing to make a Christmas present to some of the good folks of Concord,— her home,— sent to the Journal a large list of names accompanied with her check for the total year's subscription.

The students will no doubt be pleased with the change in the Christian Science Quarterly. Its mechanical make-up, we think, has been much improved.

It will be interesting to the field to know that since the new order of services was established, a change has also been made in the manner of conducting the Friday evening meetings here in Boston. Instead of a continuation of the Bible lesson as formerly, meetings in the nature of experience meetings are held.