Editorials

THE FORCE OF DENIAL

AMONG those who frankly recognize the dignity and value of the Christian Science movement, and the sanity and integrity of its representatives, one often meets with a reserve criticism of its teachings, to the effect that while strong and convincing in its affirmations it is weak in its denials,—that the assertion of the unreality of material phenomena, sin, sickness and death, and of the unreliability of the testimony of the physical senses, is the one vulnerable feaure of its teaching.

A TYPICAL EXPERIENCE

ON reading Mrs.

THE PUBLIC WANTS THE TRUTH

Pleasant View, Concord, N.

"THE TRUE ORIGIN"

ONE of the questions often asked by those who are looking into Christian Science is this, How did evil originate?

"ALL THINGS NEW"

IN the vision of the Apocalypse St.
ATTENTION is called to the publisher's announcement on page 406 of this issue of a new edition of the Christian Science text-book which is now on sale.

"AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE"

Pleasant View, Concord, N.
In an article appearing in the current Homiletic Monthly, a distinguished British scientist refers to a forthcoming "age of religion.

THE ONE THING NEEDFUL

It is deeply interesting to read the many promises to the poor and needy which are to be found in the Old Testament, and when we come to the New, we have the assurance of the Master, "Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

MR. KLEIN IN THE COSMOPOLITAN

We are glad to publish on pages 371 to 373 of this issue, with permission of the Cosmopolitan, the splendid article by Mr.
[Our readers will recall that Mrs.
The indifference of the great body of Christian believers to the healing significance of their faith grows more and more surprising as one comes to the realization that this indifference is maintained not only despite the Master's specific commands to his disciples,—which commands many have consented to believe were addressed to these individual followers alone,—but despite the fact that he distinctly represented his healing works to be the natural and inevitable fruitage of that ideal life of purity, right thinking, and aspiration, to the attainment of which every one will readily concede that he is called.