Editorials

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.

"THY WILL BE DONE."

It is almost universally admitted at the present time that Christian Science does heal the sick and ennoble character, but an effort is made to attribute this good result to the human mind.

"RESTATED THEOLOGY."

We have had frequent occasion to comment upon the marked change in religious views which has taken place in the past thirty or forty years, during which time Mrs.

THE ARENA

Several years ago, after Mr.
We are informed that the February number of The World To-day will contain an article on "Mrs.

"SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES"

Much interest has been expressed in the recent utterance of a professor of English literature at Yale, in which he advocates the use of the Bible for college entrance examinations.

THE WAY TO FREEDOM

Upon the occasion of the recent dedication of the new buildings for Harvard Medical College one of the distinguished representatives of the institution spoke eloquently and at length respecting the relation of materia medica to chemistry, bacteriology, biology, etc.
Because of the wide circulation given McClure's Magazine, and the general concern manifested in its attempt to write the biography of the Founder of Christian Science and the history of the Christian Science religion, all will be interested in reading the communication that appears to-day in The Patriot and in the other papers of the State and of the country, from Rev.

MAN'S POSSIBILITIES

At this season, when thought turns so naturally to Christ Jesus, we remember with love and gratitude that he was the first to awaken the true sense of man's possiblities as a spiritual being.