Editorials

INSPIRED MESSAGES

"O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.

GEORGE WENDELL ADAMS, C. S. B.

It is with deep regret and with sincere sympathy for the many friends and pupils of our beloved associate and co-worker, George Wendell Adams, C.
Many people today are deeply concerned and disturbed about what has happened to them in the past or what may come to them in the future.

THE TRUE ACUMEN

There come times in the experience of every Christian Scientist when he is especially aware of God's call to him to look more deeply into the facts of Mind and to discern and make his own the deeper things of Spirit.

RESTFUL ACTIVITY

One gives up any conclusion that a state of rest implies inertia when he learns that some of the meanings of the word rest are "refresh" and "renew.

EMERGENCE INTO LIGHT

One morning, as a Christian Scientist sat quietly praying for spiritual enlightenment, he received the following angel message: "Seek a clearer understanding of God.

RESPONSIBILITY

Christian Science acknowledges the fact that God is responsible for the control of His infinite spiritual creation.
As one contemplates the mortally mental picture of a world in confusion and distress, of a race seemingly unable to cast off the fetters of disease and sin, what, think you, may be the basis of humanity's bondage.

CANONICAL WRITINGS

At each Sunday service of a Church of Christ, Scientist, before commencing to read the Lesson-Sermon as given in the Christian Science Quarterly, the First Reader makes a short announcement which includes the following statement: "The canonical writings, together with the word of our textbook, corroborating and explaining the Bible texts in their spiritual import and application to all ages, past, present, and future, constitute a sermon undivorced from truth, uncontaminated and unfettered by human hvpotheses, and divinely authorized.

"JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST"

Christ Jesus saw clearly that the way of deliverance from all fleshly ills and materiality was the understanding and demonstration of man's true identity as a son of God.

CHURCH ELECTIONS

The election of officers in branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, provides a valuable opportunity for obeying the By-Law found in Article XXIII, Section 10, of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy: "In Christian Science each branch church shall be distinctly democratic in its government, and no individual, and no other church shall interfere with its affairs.

THE HARMONIES OF HEAVEN

Man , the image and likeness of God, is given everything he requires for his health and harmony.