Editorials

Balanced Idealism

Any ethical system will fall short of its fullest possibilities, when put into practice, if it does not take intelligent account of the suppositional forces of evil.
Christian Scientists in general find themselves progressively free about expression.
Most readers whose attention is arrested by the above caption will recall that strangely stimulating story, "Through the Looking Glass," written by Lewis Carroll half a century or more ago.

Calm

It is recorded that after Jesus had stilled the tempest immediately "there was a great calm.
The scientific and truly effectual prayer is always essentially, "Thy will be done," in accordance with the words of Christ Jesus, but it is not for that reason vague.

Valor

The Bible, greatest and most searching of all histories, discoursing on the spiritual and human evolutions of mankind, recognizes the power of valor.

Permanence of Man

In these days of stress and destruction people need all the courage they can command.
The student of Christian Science soon perceives that the supremely important question at any point in his experience is what testimony he is crediting.

Diversity of Worlds

There can be but one world, really, and that fashioned after the divine plan.
It is obvious in Christian Science that one's experience is determined by the concept of being with which he identifies himself.

Time and Eternity

He who seeks to be directed by Mind in the minor no less than in the major rulings of his life will be as good a husbandman of his time as he is of his finances.

"Strengthened with might"

Paul prayed to God for the Ephesians that they should be "strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.