Editorials

THE advance of the cause of Christian Science has disclosed a human capacity for hasty judgment and unintelligent criticism upon the part of many men of place and distinction, which is equally surprising and unfortunate, and a collection of the distorted and untrue statements which have been made respecting this Cause and its Leader in religious periodicals and other publications of conventional good standing, would surely bring a sense of humiliation to every noble-minded man.
"OUR faith can never stand in a fact of history alone.
WHEN the great Teacher prepared the students whom he first called, for their work of healing, he gave them certain definite instructions which would be of great value to Christian Scientists, if understood and obeyed.
ANXIETY to win the approval of the world may tempt us, perhaps unconsciously, to color our statements to suit our auditors and to make concessions from the absolute line of Science.
There are few asperities or prejudices of human nature which time does not soften.
Alertness is the open eye and the listening ear of spiritual capacity.
"Lead us not into temptation.
Jesus said, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in Heaven.

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Through mistake, the salary of those who are called to the assistance of the Pastor Emeritus, by Section 10 of Article XXXII.
"Judge a man by the company he keeps," is a familiar adage which would lose none of its meaning if it were made to include the language he employs.
One of the incidental effects of Christian Science is its marked influence upon Christian thought in other churches respecting spiritual healing.
Because Christian Scientists the world over are greatly interested in the growth and development of Concord, N.