CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SENTINEL

1898—A Hundred Years of Watching and Holding Guard—1998

The Editors

Almost eighty years ago, as 1918 drew to a close, the Christian Science Sentinel was speaking to a world just beginning to recover from the devastation of World War I. For many, the next years would bring economic growth, but the 1930s would also usher in the great Depression in the United States. Throughout the world, these years had been marked by distrust and suspicion among nations and a growing isolationism.

All during this period, the Sentinel was keenly watching world thought. It was still delivering its message as a 9½-by-13-inch broadsheet, not too different in appearance from what was published thirty years before. Here is a sample from the February 27, 1932, issue in the "Signs of the Times" column:

Patriotism is magnificent—but it is not enough. "Above all nations is humanity." God "hath made of one blood all nations of men," and "all ye are brethren." Internationalism is not opposed to patriotism, but it is opposed to national conceit, antagonism, and conflict; to race prejudice; to national selfishness and isolation.

The Sentinel was also bringing spiritual solutions to its readers. Articles and editorials such as "Abundant Supply," "Business and Employment," "Expression Overcoming Depression," and "The Way of Peace" brought readers hope, inspiration, and healing.

By the 1940s, the Sentinel was to see significant changes, both in its world and in its own design and format, as we will consider in the next installment of this series looking at the development of the Christian Science Sentinel.

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