Editorials

Editorial

The Abode of Mystery

John B. Willis

He who feels and rightly interprets the "witchery of the woods" these fragrant days, will have no difficulty in understanding the power of that spell which has rested on all primitive peoples as they have observed the phenomena nature and of human experience.
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The Reading Room

Annie M. Knott

Among the various activities of the Christian Science movement, the Reading Room work has an important place, and, all Christian Scientists are solicitous that nothing be permitted to hinder its efficiency.
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The Lesson—Sermons

Archibald Mclellan

We are in receipt of an inquiry regarding the custom which prevails in some places, of preparing synopses of the Lesson—Sermons for the newspapers, and we are constrained to say in reply that while we believe the practice has grown up without any one intending to do harm, yet the giving out of these synopses is a menace to the integrity of the work of the Bible Lesson Committee, whose members have given much time and thought to the preparation of these Sermons.
Editorial

A Loving Gift

Laura C. Tucker, Mary Baker Eddy

New London, Conn.
Editorial

"God loveth a cheerful giver"

Editor with contributions from F. A. Piper, J. A. Moore, Anna Meehan, Mary Baker Eddy

Concord, N.
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Divine Deliverance

Annie M. Knott

In a recent issue of the Optimist, a paper published in the State prison at Jackson, Michigan, it is said that a prisoner, while attempting to escape, fell from the sixth story to the ground, striking projections several times in his descent.
Editorial

Moral Instruction

Archibald McLellan

Those who believe that crime is on the increase offer in support of their argument the news columns of the daily press.
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"Ye shall be clean."

John B. Willis

One of the distinctive features of the Temple service as ordained by Moses, was its requirements with respect to personal and ceremonial cleanliness, and the more one meditates upon the symbolic and suggestive meanings of these requirements the more significant they are seen to be.
Editorial

No Large Gathering in Boston This Year

Ira O. Knapp, Joseph Armstrong, William B. Johnson, Stephen A. Chase, Archibald McLellan

In view of the fact that a general attendance of the members of The Mother Church at the Communion and Annual Meeting in Boston entails the expenditure of a large amount of money, and the further fact that it is important that the Building Fund of The Mother Church should be completed as early as possible, it has been decided to omit this year the usual large gathering in Boston, and to ask the members to contribute to the Building Fund the amount which they would have expended in such an event.
Editorial

The Appeal of Nature

John B. Willis with contributions from Marcus Aurelius

The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are.
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E. Noyes Whitcomb

Archibald McLellan

We are called upon to record, with tenderest love and sympathy, the sudden passing from our sight of our beloved brother, E.
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Law gives Freedom

Annie M. Knott

Students of Christian Science are often asked if they believe that law can be set aside, as, for instance, in the healing of those diseases which, in medical opinion, are invariably fatal, according to ordinary human experience.