Editorial July 23, 1904 Issue

True Appreciation

Editor

In the intervals between the recent dedication services, there were many joyous meetings of old friends who had come from all over the land to share with our dear brethren in Concord the blessings of the occasion, and how gladly did they express their appreciation of the words of truth to which they had listened. But this was not all; as they looked upon the stately and beautiful new edifice, the hearts of many turned instinctively to their own home churches, for they could but know that by the building and dedication of this church they will be enriched and uplifted to the extent of their mental participation in it, and yet more, by the wonderful address of our Leader, which sounds the depths of human consciousness and urges forward all lagging footsteps.

In the calm atmosphere of that holy place and hour, it was not difficult to feel the reality of the spiritual, and the transitory nature of the material. Some one has sagely said, however, that feelings are not scientific instruments by which to measure our progress, and Christian Science also shows us very clearly that only by actual attainments in the overcoming of sin and sickness can we know how far we have climbed out of the "horrible pit" and the "miry clay."

It is nevertheless true that the experience of last Sunday should have a permanent place in memory. A profound thinker says, "The virtue of a mood depends by no means upon its continuance; and its absence, which leaves the mind free to contemplate it, may work even more good than its immediate presence." Thus surely will the remembrance of this dedication accompany all who heard it, as they go out into the paths of their daily duty. Should material sense ever seem to cloud our sky, we will recall that uplifting hour and the quickening words which revealed to us anew "the things that be of God."

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