Editorials

Good Is Never Absent

One of the results of a belief in dualism, positive and negative forces, a divisible God, is the supposition of the absence of God, or good, and the consequent suppositional presence of evil, which presents itself in many and various forms.
In daily experience no one likes to accept a substitute for the original product, yet this is just what mortals have done and are doing in regard to life and manhood.

Rules of Demonstration

Christian Science is a religion based on divine Principle, with fixed scientific rules for its demonstration.

Some Thoughts on Election Day

In a democracy, the very name of which indicates the rule of the people, nothing is nearer the heart of the alert citizen than the elective franchise—the right to vote.

Are We Good Waiters?

Why is it hard for some students of Christian Science to prove themselves good waiters?

Man Cannot Hate

Strong language is used in the Scriptures to condemn hate, and to emphasize its unrelatedness to God or God's man.

Scientific Idealism

Idealism without faith or foundation in the facts of Spirit limps between two standpoints and eventually leads to what is called disillusionment, heartbreak, or cynicism.

Rejecting Error

In the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah we have been given a graphic prophecy of the human experiences which awaited the promised Messiah.

How Pleasant Is Unity!

In the one hundred and thirty-third Psalm, in one brief sentence, David sets forth an ideal towards which yearning human thought has ever been directed.

No Classification of Diseases

Why do some phases of sin and disease often seem more tenacious and difficult to overcome than others?

Power, Love, and a Sound Mind

These lines are addressed particularly to our young Christian Scientists, to the girls and boys who are back at school after the summer holiday, and to the young men and women entering their fall semesters in college.

What Is Important to You?

If every reader of these words were to be asked, "What is the most important thing in life to you?