Though
our sense of space and time, with all the other limitations of human thought, can but sadly mar our concept of God, nevertheless we may be inspired, find escape from a baser self, as mind and heart are opened to the grandeur and sublimity of the universe about us.
We
are often asked to "say something in the Sentinel" calculated to correct some practice or custom which the person who makes the request believes to be a growing evil destined to work great injury to our Cause, but in a majority of instances we have found that the evil complained of is one which can be readily corrected by obedience to the letter and the spirit of the Church Manual, and it therefore seems inexpedient to devote any of our limited space to articles which we are requested to write upon these various subjects.
The
following correspondence between our Leader and First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, upon the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the new edifice in that city, will be read with interest.
Men
have been accustomed to think that the most convincing things in the world are always phenomenal; that a colossal sense testimony is the one unanswerable statement of any proposition.
With
the close of the year thoughtful people scan the horizon on which the light is dawning, though a backward glance may yet prompt the familiar query, "What of the night?
The
Christmas issue of The Boston Globe contained a very interesting symposium of answers to the question, "Have the events of 1904 been such as to add encouragement to the hope that the world is approaching the reign of universal peace and to give promise for a growth of the spirit of the Prince of Peace in the New Year?