Editorials

Editorial

Some Christmas Lessons

K.

It is surely most fitting that between the ebbing and the flowing tides of each year, humanity should pause and think upon that great event which wrought such changes in the history of the race,—the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Editorial

A Protest from the Pew

W

Physicians who have been inveighing against spiritual healing because of its faith element, and who have declared that this renders its claim to be scientific "wholly ridiculous," have been vigorously called to order by the editor of a leading news journal who ventures to remind them that this faith element enters very largely into all "orthodox doctoring.
Editorial

Relief for the Macedonians

M. with contributions from Seth Low, H. C. Potter, Edward S. Andrews, C.C. Creegan, Henry O.Dwight, Charles H. Parkhurst, John P. Peters, Wm. Hayes Ward, David J. Burrell, J. Ross Stevenson, Morris K. Jesup, Robert S. MacArthur, John S. Kennedy, George W. Wickersham, Everett P. Wheeler

Legitimate appeals in behalf of destitute and suffering humanity have always proved ready passports to the hearts and purses of Christian Scientists, therefore it is to be expected that a generous and loving response will be made to the call for contributions in aid of the unfortunate people of Macedonia, issued by a committee of which Mayor Low of New York is the head.
Editorial

The Spiritual Remedy

K

Some years ago a very frank admission was made by a prominent member of the medical profession, to the effect that too much time was devoted to the study of pathology and morbid conditions, and too little to the investigation of the "life-forces.
Editorial

"Peace on Earth"

W

In the introduction to his work on "The Early Days of Christianity," Canon Farrar presents a picture of the seething tumult of the Roman world in the first century, which would furnish a fitting counterpart to Dante's Inferno.
Editorial

Courts Sustain Christian Science Practice

M.

The utter futility of attempts to curtail individual liberty through legislative enactment is once more apparent in the field of medical legislation.
Editorial

Amendment to By-law

Editor

Article XVIII.
Editorial

Why not Help rather than Hinder?

W

The genius of mortal mind is wont to express itself unconsciously in self-contradiction and self-defeat, and this is well illustrated in the attitude of the press respecting experiences of persons occupying exalted positions.
Editorial

Superstition versus Understanding

K

Our text-book says, "Superstition and understanding can never combine".
Editorial

Individual Affairs

M.

Our attention has been called, from time to time, to certain business enterprises conducted by Christian Scientists which have been exploited in such a manner as to create the impression that our denomination is responsible for them, or that it is in some manner connected with them.
Editorial

No Claim to New Harlem

MARY BAKER G. EDDY.

New York, December 6, 1903.
Editorial

Counterfeit Letters

Calvin A. Frye

I learn that letters have been received by persons, purporting to bear my signature, making complaint against them; one of those declares I had consulted a lawyer for Mrs.