Editorials

"Be ye therefore perfect"

THE command of Jesus, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," coincides with God's law of universal, spiritual perfection by which every individual spiritual idea is everlastingly blessed.

"Overcome evil with good"

Two passages of Scripture, both by St.

From a letter dated 1881

I beg that you allow no envy or root of bitterness to spring up between you but "that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

What Do We Admit?

All admissions which render homage to God are beautiful in essence and liberating in practice.

The Irreversible Truth

Truth is understood in Christian Science both as a name for God and as being synonymous with Christ, the spiritual idea of God.

From a letter dated 1896

To know there is but one God, one Cause, one effect, one Mind, heals instantly.

Abstinence versus Moderation

CURRENT advocacy of moderate drinking as a satisfactory substitute for total abstinence may have raised the question, "What is the attitude of Christian Scientists on this subject?

God Alone Has Power

THE world is moving towards the goal of final victory over all evil, irresistibly moving towards that goal.

From a letter dated 1896

Love is the only and all of attainments in spiritual growth.

Flux and Permanence

A superficial observer of world conditions might find himself deploring the signs of these times.
Jesus paid a wonderful tribute to the thought of the child when he said to his disciples, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven".

Truth, not Travesty

Both in his teaching and his healing work Christ Jesus gave evidence after evidence of the impotence of error when faced with the operation of Truth.