Editorials

"The desert a resting-place"

The statement that Mind is the only place that really is may seem strange to some who are not familiar with the reasoning of Christian Science; but the fact itself is being recognized by many, including those who have been considering the theory of relativity.

Sacrifice

There is, probably, no word about which more nonsense is talked, unless it be love, than the word sacrifice.

The True Armament

Infinite, divine intelligence and its expression do not have to be armed against anything, for there cannot be anything besides the infinity which is all there is.

Loneliness

The philosopher who directs his attention to the word lone in any of its various phases finds himself faced by a number of glaring yet interesting contradictions.

Borrowing and Lending

Credit and security are two of the commonest words that are used in the world of business; but many people do not comprehend in the least that their real meaning is metaphysical.

Hatred

Lord Bryce diagnosing, in his recent speech before the Merchants' Association, in New York, the case of present discontents in Europe, ignored the usual category of superficial irritants, and, seeking a cause truly fundamental, declared, "The real disease from which Europe now suffers is hatred, the hatreds of peoples to one another.

The Writing of Articles

An article in the Christian Science periodicals is much more than a sermon, a piece of advice, an essay, or an argument.

Leadership

Nothing has got the human race into more trouble than its habit of following and being followed.

Suffering Good to Be So Now

THE words of Christ Jesus to John the Baptist, "Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness," have been used by many people as a reason why they may allow themselves to continue indefinitely in all sorts of materiality, whereas Christ Jesus himself was continually proving that man lives in Spirit, not in matter.

The Way

There's only one way to heaven;Tis by knowing man is already there,Abiding in God's love, unfailing,And yielding our lives to His care.

Separation

SPEAKING absolutely, there is no such thing as separation.

The Qualities that Serve God

Infinite Mind with its infinite manifestation is the present reality instead of any human counterfeit that may seem either pleasant or disagreeable, praiseworthy or reprehensible.