Editorials

"The great point of departure"

Crowds of shoppers and commuters were hurrying through the railroad terminal to their suburban trains at the close of the business day.

Would You Be a Practitioner?

A practitioner, of course, is one who practices.

He Patiently Persisted

There are certain qualities of character without which enduring success is unattainable.

The Substance of Ideas

Although this fact is not generally acknowledged, it is none the less true that the teachings of Christian Science have operated to liberate and change the thinking of men in all fields of human endeavor, of philosophy, therapeutics, and science.

Alone—"all one"

"All one"! In the light of the teaching of Christian Science this Old English form of the word "alone," cited in the dictionary as obsolete, becomes fraught with meaning and contemporary with all time, for Christian Science teaches the supreme fact of the indivisibility of God and man, Principle and idea.

Are You a Peacemaker?

What pictures of harmony, of well-being, of calm after storm, are conjured up by that happy word "peace"! What wish, what prayer, is lovelier than "Peace be unto you"! And yet the seers and the wise men of all time have glimpsed and warned against a so-called peace, the foundations of which rest not on the granite of Principle.

What Have You?

In Webster's Dictionary the verb "to have" is defined as meaning "to possess," "to own.
Let us suppose that a schoolteacher finds herself in a backward community among sadly ignorant people.

Benefits of Church Membership

Twice a year The Mother Church admits new members.

The Courage of Today

In all the annals of human history there will not be found records of greater physical courage than those written on the pages of today's seeming warfare.

Our Unlimited Capacities

Referring to the men who have led human thought in the field of discovery and development, intellectual and mechanical, Charles F.

The Joy of Untangling Snarls

"Oh , what a tangled web we weave," exclaims Sir Walter Scott in his poem "Marmion.