Editorials

Some Thoughts on Loving

Moses and Christ Jesus stressed the law, Love thy neighbor as thyself.

"Upon this rock I will build"

The strength and unshakability of Christian Science are in the fact that it is founded on the rock of Truth, unchanging Principle, and does not depend for its origin or continuance on any person or persons.

Nonsense!

A French moralist has observed, "If poverty is the mother of crimes, want of sense is the father;" and in the Christian Science textbook.

He Overcame Death, So Must We

The most important scientific fact proved by Christ Jesus was that individual man can, by understanding his spiritual unity with God, overcome death.

The Stone Rolled Away

There is no heaviness in Spirit; its substance is not measured by weight or bulk.
In her article entitled "An Allegory," on page 323 of "Miscellaneous Writings," Mary Baker Eddy describes the journey of one whom she designates as a Stranger, which started from "'a city set upon a hill,' a celestial city above all clouds, in serene azure and unfathomable glory.

Were You There?

Many are familiar with the words of a tender Negro spiritual, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
A child in the lower grades, who was a Christian Scientist, was startled when her teacher asked the class to bring in the next day, an imaginative composition on, "How I Broke My Leg.

Are We Praying and Praising?

So run the familiar lines of the beloved poet.

Setting the Captive Free

There is a door which is never closed, which stands wide open, leading into the sunshine and beauty of Soul, and it is the door of the spiritual senses.

Burn the Tares!

A woman had, for some years, been afflicted with recurring back trouble.

Example

What men say and do often acts as an example profoundly affecting the lives of others.