Editorial September 17, 1955 Issue

COMMUNICATIONS

Helen Wood Bauman

No more thrilling story can be related than that of communications in their spreading of the good news of God's kingdom. Communications in Christ Jesus' time were carried out mainly by word of mouth, and this was the Master's method. Mary Baker Eddy says of Jesus (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 163): "His words were articulated in the language of a declining race, and committed to the providence of God. In no one thing seemed he less human and more divine than in his unfaltering faith in the immortality of Truth. Referring to this, he said, 'Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away!' and they have not: they still live; and are the basis of divine liberty, the medium of Mind, the hope of the race."

The activity of divine Mind breaks down limitations. Through this activity Mind reveals opportunities for spreading the gospel of Christ, Truth. Mind manifests itself through the revelation of intelligence, and humanity's application of this intelligence results in improved beliefs, among which are better types of communication.

Ever since the earliest days of Christianity this improvement has been going on. Jesus and his disciples walked from village to village. Paul often walked on his missions to the Gentiles. Sometimes he traveled by boat. Once in Ephesus he improved his method of communication by obtaining a hall in the school of Tyrannus, in which he preached daily for two years. People from many parts of Asia Minor came there to hear him and carried the gospel away to distant homes. When Paul's letters and the four Gospels were written, their circulation helped to speed the good news of Truth.

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