Editorials

Our Church Edifices

When God said to Solomon, "I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually," He pronounced a blessing which all churches, built to honor His name, hope to inherit.

Devotion

Every one who in a measure understands the teachings of Christian Science and is able to put them into practice, is deeply grateful.

"Such as I have"

Peter's reply to the lame man asking alms of him and John "at the Beautiful gate of the temple," as they went up to pray, contains a valuable message for all who will give heed.
A feature of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," is the Glossary which it contains.

Love, the Only Solvent

"Self-love is more opaque than a solid body.

"Signs of the times"

Mortals, quite overlooking their lack of logic, have ever been prone to seek material evidence of the operation of spiritual Truth.

Two Trees

There are two trees mentioned in the second chapter of Genesis about which mankind as a whole still seems largely in ignorance.
When Paul wrote to the church at Rome, "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good," he stated the scientific method of healing discord of every kind.
In the familiar eighth chapter of Romans, Paul contrasts the works of the Spirit with the beliefs of the flesh, emphasizing both the power of the Spirit over the flesh, and the necessity for the followers of Christ Jesus to gain and exercise the ascendancy which the Spirit confers.
The belief that there is life and intelligence in matter and that all material phenomena are controlled by material law is the fallacy from which springs every problem confronting the human race.

God's Gifts

There is always something more to be said on the subject of gifts.

Example Better than Precept

Because men's words often do not conform to their deeds, Doctor Johnson could declare that example is more efficacious than precept.