Editorials

From a letter dated 1896

So, dear young friend, cultivate joy, hope, faith.

Liberating Judgment

Perhaps no factor in daily experience is so conspicuous as that of judgment, whether in home, business, or social life, national or international relations.
A contributor to a well-known secular magazine of recent date argues that asserted lack of interest in orthodox Christianity is due to the fact that Christian ministers are failing practically to help members of their congregations to solve their problems—social, economic, domestic, and so forth.

From a letter dated 1902

You say, "When shall we learn the way?

"Motives and Acts"

Christian Scientists are grateful for the By-Laws that constitute the Manual of The Mother Church, but for none of them are they more grateful than for the one which its author, Mary Baker Eddy, has designated "A Rule for Motives and Acts".

God with Us

"If God be for us, who can be against us?

From a letter dated 1891

So dear one, be patient, be watchful, and firm in faith until you conquer and enter fully into its joy.

Work and Rest

Christian Science takes the tenseness out of work and the laziness out of leisure.
Christian Science reveals the truth about God and man.

From a letter dated 1895

May the light of Divine love so illumine your mind that you behold yourself in His likeness, even as you are,—the image of perfect Mind.

"Thy free spirit"

A prominent American statesman has recently said in a widely read public speech, "The free spirit of men is the source of self-respect, of sturdiness, of moral and spiritual progress.

Obedience and Sonship

Jesus, it may be said, thought always from the standpoint of man's relation to God, and from this standpoint he taught and healed.