It
is the mission and end of Christian education to bring the spiritual meaning of the great facts of religious history into individual experience, to epitomize and embody in man the providential leadership of mankind.
Till
the time of Christ Jesus the world had but faintly recognized the divine Fatherhood, the prevailing conception of God being that of a ruler or a judge; but how different was his teaching on this vital question! He seldom spoke of God except by the tender name of Father, and when they were "slow of heart" to apprehend such a relationship he said, appealing to their human sense, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Many
inquiries regarding the Communion and Annual Meeting of the Mother Church are being received, therefore it seems best to announce to all that a general gathering such as has taken place in past years is not contemplated this year.
It
has been well said that only those of "byline" and in keeping with this thought it is not surprising that the poetry of the last generation should be found almost barren of stirring and effective religious lyrics, since it was distinctly marked as an age of doubt.
Much
has been said from the pulpits of the Christian churches within the past few years about the necessity for "a great religious revival," and there has been considerable speculation as to the manner and time of its coming, but the hope and expectation finding expression in this way has been quite indefinite both as to time and manner.
with contributions from Marjorie Colles, F. L. Miller, Gertrude Dunmore, Victoria Murray, Dunmore, Mildred Murray, W. N. Miller, E. Blanche Ward, Mary B. G. Eddy
We
are pleased to be permitted to publish the following loving letter received by our Leader from the members of the General Association of Teachers recently organized in London, also her inspiring reply.
As the world learns more of Christian Science, learns that it is Apostolic Christianity, it will realize, as have Christian Scientists, that the healing of sickness is but incidental to this present knowledge of God, which saves unto the uttermost, even as it was in Jesus' time.
The following letter to the editor of the Monitor is indicative of the feeling of one of New Hampshire's most noted, generous, and public-spirited natives, and is indicative also of the feeling of many others who were interested in securing a suitable New Hampshire exhibit at the St.
At this season, when the question of abstinence has a prominent place in popular thought, it may be well to ponder its relation, in the light of Christian Science, to the moral and physical welfare of mankind.
May
we beg our friends of the daily press to exercise the same care in determining the authenticity and news value of articles reflecting upon Christian Scientists that they use in passing upon the merits of other matters coming to them through channels apart from their own recognized and carefully selected avenues of new-gathering.
The promise of future justice never removes the sting of present wrong, and he who seeks to lighten human burdens by such attempted amelioration will be justly judged by the world as practically condoning offences which he ought to condemn.