Editorials

MRS. EDDY'S AFFIDAVIT

The following affidavit, in the form of a letter from Mrs.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

We are printing in this issue of the Sentinel the full text of the affidavits filed in the Court in Concord on Friday and Saturday of last week, and as these documents occupy considerable space we have been compelled to increase our number of pages to twenty-eight for this issue.
Of the May magazines which contain articles on Christian Science it is difficult to select any particular one as most useful for circulation by Christian Scientists, but The Cosmopolitan will, we think, naturally appeal to them as being valuable for this purpose because of the character of Mr.

"CONSIDER THE LILIES"

The frequency with which Christ Jesus alluded to the phenomena of nature in the illustration and enforcement of his teaching, and the explicit counsel which he gave his hearers that they think upon the birds and flowers,—these facts leave no question as to his attitude toward the gentle and beautiful things about us, nor as to what our attitude should be.

HOSPITALITY TO TRUTH

We are all more or less familiar with the opinion that the Briton is by nature cautious and conservative, that he does not readily accept new ideas—in short, that he insists upon proving things before endorsing them.
Under the By-law of The Mother Church which has been in force for almost a year, there will be no large gathering of Christian Scientists in Boston this year.

A LETTER FROM LONDON

[The following letter to Mrs.

THE ROOTS OF BITTERNESS

It was a period of great events, as boys thought then, and as men think now, when the vast forests of the middle West succumbed to the woodman's axe.
As there has been more or less misinformation extant as to Mrs.
The great peace gathering in New York City has passed into history, though its voice will echo down the corridors of time until the din of war and of all strife is forever hushed.
When Christian Scientists remember Jesus' saying, that if one had faith even as a grain of mustard seed, he could speak to the mountains and they would obey him, they are impressed with the propriety of modest statement as to their present attainments; but they have occasion and they do rejoice that Christian Science has called them to the fulness of both physical and spiritual freedom, that it places no limit upon the possibilities of their overcoming and efficiency.

MRS. EDDY'S LETTER

The following is Mrs.