Editorials

ONE of the most striking proofs of the progressive spirit of the twentieth century is the recent decree of Czar Nicholas of Russia.

The German Monthly

Publication of Der Christian Science Herold will commence on April first, and subscriptions for Volume I.
That was a fine, brave word from a professor in a Baptist theological school when he said recently,—
In an age when things great and small, high and low, are being subjected to microscopic analysis, it is very natural that the question, What is the essential of religion?
We read that once as Michael Angelo passed along the streets of Florence, he noticed, lying among the rubbish, a piece of fine Carrara marble.
It is more and more apparent that the world is not satisfied with time-worn platitudes, but is demanding a religion adapted to its daily need, a religion which is removed as far as possible from purely perfunctory preaching.
The defeat of the anti-Christian Science healing bill in the legislature of New Hampshire by a vote of 194 to 70 reveals the fact that American traditions are still strong in New England, and that religious and professional intolerance cannot find in the Granite State a lodgment in the statute book.
In Truth-seeking, we never blunder upon success.
How many times do we find ourselves questioning and doubting the efficacy of our prayers, at times we are almost confident that we have asked for that which is unattainable; and how frequently do we find ourselves in that state of consciousness which prompts us to say, "I am sick," "I am unable to do what others do," and so on through the entire range of uncertainty and discouragement.
It is manifest that intellectual advance is quite impossible for him who estimates the value of information upon the basis of its antiquity.

Letters to our Leader

We are permitted to publish the following recent and interesting note addressed to Mrs.
"What is that to thee?