Signs of the Times

with contributions from W. H. Bourne, Donald H. Andrews, Stephen E. Nordlinger

From an article in The Times London, England

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."... What a man cares for most, that he is. He becomes conformed to the likeness of his God . All the commandments, therefore, are contained in the first and great commandment— to love God with the whole heart and mind and soul and strength. To love the true God means, it has been well said, to submit to reality in its ultimate form. Idolatry is the worship of what is unreal, and that cannot but lead to failure and disaster.

Indeed the dynamic of the Christian ethic is the challenge of unalterable perfection—to be perfect even as God is perfect.

Rev. W. H. Bourne in the Chichester and Southdown Observer Chichester, Sussex, England

The ancient alchemists pursued their search for the philosopher's stone, a substance that was supposed to have the power to turn base metals into gold. The Bible assures us that there is a spiritual stone that is able to transform every adverse condition into a friendly one, and to bring every negative experience into the glowing assurances that make for joy and happiness, strength and healing.

This spiritual stone is the action of substituting a thought of God for every lower thought that takes possession of the mind. For instance, when sickness or sorrow begin their invasions the sense of being overcome by them should be cast out by a deliberately encouraged thought of the power of God both to heal and to bless.

Dr. Donald H. Andrews reported by Stephen E. Nordlinger in The Baltimore Morning Sun
Baltimore, Maryland

The State's teachers were challenged last night to create a spiritual force in the world to control the use of the atom.

Dr. Donald H. Andrews, professor of chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University, said a new perspective will be needed beyond material values in the next decade if mankind is to prevent the destruction of civilization.

"In trying to find the final answers to the space age, give boys and girls a vision of the universe full of spirit, love and beauty, not as a threatening mechanism," he said. "Then they can face the space age with courage and not in fear. The basic power of the universe is not the power of the atom but the power of love."

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