Editorials

"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.

From a letter dated 1893

God will direct you in all your ways, if you trust Him.

True Self-Expression

A good deal is said and written on the subject of "selling" oneself which, when carefully considered, is seen actually to mean selling one's personality, for one's true self could not be "sold" or in any way forced upon the attention of others.

Moral Courage

When we think of moral courage there come at once to memory two names out of the pages of Biblical history—those of Christ Jesus and Moses.

From a letter dated 1901

God blesses and rewards prayer, for the divine Principle co-operates with the mind that is divinely inspired; in other words, that asks aright.