Editorials

Editorial

"Testimonies of Healing"

M.

We are in receipt of a letter from a friend, a Christian Scientist, who calls attention to the unsatisfactory nature of the subject-matter and character of some of the testimonies given at our Wednesday evening meetings; "Testimonies" which do not conform in any manner to the rules of evidence, and which fail to carry conviction to the sincere seeker for truth who, for the first time, upon the solicitation of some friend, has attended one of these meetings.
Editorial

The Dignity of Labor

K.

The ceaseless movement of the wheel of time brings our annual Labor Day with its appeal to all who think deeply of the welfare of their fellow-men.
Editorial

Confirmed by Culture

W.

Students of English history are not surprised to learn that the chief political leader of the British empire is President of the Association for the Advancement of Science, and so intelligent in this field of thought as to deliver, at the late meeting of the Association, in Cambridge, an address which "exhibited a splendid grasp of an exceedingly difficult as well as well as novel scientific subject.
Editorial

Fruits Demanded

M.

The general extension and rapid growth of the Christian Science movement has been such that we are always surprised when attention is called to some community wherein this truth has been known five, ten, or even fifteen years, but nevertheless the work is not found firmly established, and no perceptible gain is being made.
Editorial

The Value of Words

K.

We may well question ourselves as to the importance and value of our daily and hourly utterances.
Editorial

"Not by Might nor by Power"

W.

The subtlest temptations often seem reserved for those who entertain the noblest ideals and who strive the most faithfully and disinterestedly for their attainment.
Editorial

A Sign of the Times

M.

We have been favored with a newspaper clipping which tells of a movement in England to form an association "within the Established Church to revive the teaching and practice of the early centuries concerning Divine healing.
Editorial

Unselfish Loyalty

Editor with contributions from William Lloyd, Mary B. G. Eddy

The action of the church at Colorado Springs, disclosed in the following letter to Mr.
Editorial

The Mental Remedy

K.

The all-important consideration for humanity is how to reach the moral and intellectual stature which ever marks the Christ-man, and thus to realize the fulfilment of the Divine purpose.
Editorial

Witnessing to Facts

Witnessing to Facts

It is possible to conceive of a type of man that would be prompted by pride to exaggerate his own faults, but it would be difficult to think that a person of this character could be found occupying a position of religious prominence.
Editorial

As to Diagnosis

M. with contributions from M.

Some of those opponents of Christian Science who have criticised the healing accomplished by this system have done so upon the supposition that the persons who have been healed were victims of their own imagination, and that the serious nature of the ailments from which they suffered was not substantiated by the diagnoses of physicians.
Editorial

The Supreme Test

K.

Everything that goes to make up the sum-total of human experience must be subjected to the severest tests, and its worth or worthlessness decided by the results.