Article June 10, 1933 Issue

Mission of the Christian Science Periodicals

MARIE DODGE

A LINE from a familiar hymn loved by Christians reads, "Watchman, tell us of the night." In developing the answer to the question, its stanzas present successively the promise of day, the dawn of the light, the universal fulfillment through Christ's coming.

The character of the messenger may be learned from the following passage from Isaiah: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" And the first to see the messenger are the watchmen, described in the next verse, who "shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing." Let us see how this description fits the character of the Christian Science periodicals. The Christian Science Monitor, the great exponent of clean journalism, brings to all whose attention it arrests in a waiting, questioning world, good news of all nations and races, institutions and governments; and it often brings to receptive thought the dawn of the light of Truth, in which are seen the reality of God's spiritual creation, of good, and of the powerlessness of evil.

The Christian Science Sentinel is proclaiming to all who welcome it the understanding of God which overcomes evil. The bringing of this understanding to sick, troubled hearts betokens the coming of the Christ to human consciousness, and points to harmony, plenty, and blessedness. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 593) Mary Baker Eddy defines salvation as "Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and death destroyed." The Christian Science Journal and The Herald of Christian Science, which is printed in several languages, are indeed publishing to readers of many nations the knowledge of salvation and the result of the understanding of God and His Christ. And the Christian Science Quarterly is presenting the truth "that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" The Lesson-Sermons therein, unfolding the spiritual interpretation of the Scriptures, affirm the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of God.

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