Editorial January 30, 1904 Issue

The Better Way

Christian Scientists who have occasion to look over the religious periodicals of the day, can but be impressed by the frequency with which they meet expressions of anxiety and solicitude upon the part of Christian writers in view of prevailing religious conditions; and as they remember their own spiritual advance through the unfoldment of the truths of Christian Science and the rapid growth of our Cause through unquestionable healing work, they experience an added sense of humility and thankfulness, and are prompted to yet greater endeavor to prove worthy of their blessings.

What can we do to awaken religious interest, to secure church attendance, and to stem the tides of unspirituality and worldliness which imperil our churches and our homes? These are the questions which press upon Christian workers everywhere, and the situation seems the more pathetic, when one realizes that it is nothing but a false human sense which withholds from these earnest, inquiring hearts the answer they long for, but do not find.

In a recent Christian review the religious outlook is considered at length by a theological professor who, as he says, was prompted to write by the statement of a worthy minister that though he had been preaching ten years he did not know that a single soul had been brought to Christ through his ministry! In trying to explain this sad fact, the writer expresses the conviction that the attention of the ministry is centered upon teaching rather than seeking the unsaved, and says,—

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