The
ideal life of freedom, purity, and peace to which man may and should attain, is very clearly set forth in the teaching of Christ Jesus, and has always been entertained as a theory by professed Christians.
It
is interesting to note that in the great number of testimonials of healing through Christian Science which come to us for publication, there are many in which this healing has been the direct result of reading the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.
Editor
with contributions from Marjorie Colles, Gertrude Dunmore, Mildred Follett, Hester M. Grant, Victoria Murray, Frederica L. Miller, William N. Miller, Clara M. S. Shannon, C. Violet Spiller, E. Blanche Ward, Dunmore
[The following loving greeting was received by our Leader from the General Association of Teachers of England, through the Earl of Dunmore, Secretary of the Association.
The
so-called broadening of religious thought in late years has been very marked, and in so far as the change has signified an increase of charitableness and consideration for the convictions of others, it is an occasion for thanksgiving.
The
recent Inter-Church Conference held in New York City has given rise to much discussion among religious people, which it is to be hoped will result in a better understanding of what really constitutes a Christian.
We
are sometimes asked for advice as to how greater growth of Christian Science may be brought about in communities wherein the work has been established for some considerable time, yet the organized church or society has not advanced in membership as rapidly as have similar organizations in other places.
Every
thoughtful person who reads President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving proclamation must be impressed by the emphasis given to the moral and spiritual element,—that which alone makes for the true prosperity of a nation.
We
are prompted to state, for the benefit of those who have inquired about the progress of the work on the extension to The Mother Church, that the erection of the building is proceeding rapidly: in fact, it is being pushed with the utmost energy, and at the present time there are no less than fifteen different trades represented.