Editorials

A Refutation

It is rumored that Mr.
Within the last century thought has loosed from its moorings and embarked on an ocean of infinite possibilities.
A False premise is error's favorite covert, and here it often hides its deformity beneath the folds of some frayed and familiar plausibility of which the real significance quite escapes the credulous and the unalert.
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire in the case of Spead v.
The splendor of New England's wooded hills, these autumn days, leads one to wonder if the Aurora of the north-land has not escaped the meshes of the night and drifted into milder climes, that our summer might vanish in a dream of color; and in its profusion, its variety, and its delicacy of tints, the fleeting vision has surely brought to all who, having eyes, see, suggestions of that unfading beauty which pertains to the manifestations of Spirit.
We often hear it said that Christian people, and even those who make no profession of religion, have remarkable answers to prayer, and students of Christian Science are sometimes asked to explain such occurrences in the light of their understanding of Truth.
We think our readers will heartily endorse the following, which appeared in a recent issue of The Christian Register:—
The following sections of the Church By-laws have been amended to read as follows:—
Jacob's dream gave the world an abiding and suggestive symbol of the means by which it may attain to spiritual heights.
A clear conviction of truth is sure to beget entire independence of human opinion, however time-honored, and it does not need the support either of tradition or present authorities.
Some one wisely said, "Let yourself, and not your words, preach for you," and this is good counsel for Christian Scientists as well as for others.

Question Answered

I reply to the following question from unknown questioners: "Are the students whom we have taught obliged to take both Primary and Normal class instruction at the Board of Education in order to become teachers of Primary classes?