Editorials

REVERENCE FOR AGE

Annie M. Knott

The wise man said, "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

"WHOSOEVER HATH NOT"

John B. Willis

It was his last Sabbath in Jerusalem, a day crowded with most interesting experiences, and with the approach of the sunset hour his feet instinctively turned toward the slopes of the Mount of Olives.

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In many of the smaller cities and towns where Christian Science churches or societies have not yet been established, it has occurred to those who are banded together in a less informal way as Christian Scientists that a lecture is the one thing needed to establish their work on a more stable basis, but in this we believe they are mistaken.

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A NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE

Editor

The time has arrived when it is necessary to take steps toward the erection of a suitable publishing house for The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, and contributions for this purpose are requested from Christian Scientists throughout the world.

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THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH

Annie M. Knott

In the Bible the word strength and its derivatives are used between three and four hundred times, and in almost every instance the text points to God as the source thereof.

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"NO MAN LIVETH TO HIMSELF."

John B. Willis

Christian Science teaches clearly that all human interests and conditions are to be embraced in that right consciousness, that active perception of divinely lawful rights and relations, which in its nature and effects is always vicarious.

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THE SUIT FORMALLY DISMISSED

Archibald McLellan

On Monday last the action which was commenced in Mrs.

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THE TRUE RICHES

John B. Willis

It has been well said that "it requires a philosophical mood to seek the undeterminate good," and the Christian teaching which has begotten a sense of spiritual realities as far-removed and intangible is in no small degree responsible for the fact that so-called material good, rather than spiritual, commands for the most part the world's attention.

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"MORE FRUIT."

Annie M. Knott

At this season of the year we think naturally of the fruits of the earth and remember the Divine promise, "Seedtime and harvest shall not fail.

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"POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS."

Archibald McLellan

Any one who takes the trouble to analyze his own peculiar beliefs and those of his friends, will not be surprised to find that superstition is at the root of most of them, but we doubt whether very many realize how widespread is the belief which exists in the popular superstitions of the day.

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THE LESSER AND THE GREATER

John B. Willis

He who would fill out the larger measure of an effective life must acquire and maintain a right sense of proportion, the breadth and balance of view which interdicts that lop-sided estimate of things described by an Oxford professor as an "overemphasis of a half truth.

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"FISHERS OF MEN"

Annie M. Knott

It is very significant, with respect to the moral and religious outlook at the present time, that many of the churches are admitting their failure to meet the needs of a large class, and are taking steps to remedy past neglect.