Editorials

House Cleaning

THERE are few occasions which bring the thrifty housewife more downright satisfaction than that bright spring day when the garret is invaded and the chests and closets are made to yield up the worn-outs and castaways of the bygone year.

The Lectures

ONE of the very wise provisions made by our Leader for the proper dissemination of Christian Science is that for the giving of free lectures by an officially constituted Board of Lectureship.

Preliminary Arrangements for June

A committee has been appointed to find rooms for those attending the June meetings of The Mother Church.
It is necessary that liberal contributions to the Building Fund be sent to Mr.

"By their fruits"

It is an encouraging sign of the times that the demand for Christian works and Christian living rather than for mere profession is becoming more insistent, and this demand is well expressed by the Medford.

"Lest we forget"

[It is a pleasure to give prominence in our columns to the following letter, which emphasizes so clearly and in few words Mrs.

A Letter from our Leader

Pleasant View, Concord, N.
THE mistake of the disciples as they made their way to the sepulchre to find their Lord, is the mistake of all who are looking to materiality for the solution of life's problem.
THE scientific tendencies of the present time have led men to look for human unfoldment by orderly and sometimes slow processes; and this in contradistinction to the belief that instantaneous changes in human conditions were possible.

Unauthorized Literature

Some time ago we called attention to the bad practice which has grown up among some Christian Scientists of circulating certain papers and alleged copies of letters purporting to be helpful expositions of Christian Science, but which, as a rule, are misleading and harmful misinterpretations of its teachings; and as this practice has not entirely ceased, we again refer to it in the hope that those who are still circulating this spurious matter may be induced to cease from doing so.

The Forgiveness of Sin

The forgiveness of sin is a doctrine which distinguishes pure monotheism from idolatry or materialistic philosophy.

"Matter is temporal"

[The following letter and newspaper clipping emphasize the fact that material philosophy, after vainly trying to posit matter as substantial, now seems ready to abandon the effort and to fall into line with Mrs.