Editorials

"Sanctify yourselves"

In the book of Joshua we have an account of the progress made by the children of Israel in taking possession of the promised land.

God's Law the Finality

When Jesus was brought to Jerusalem by his parents to become "a son of the law" the insight of this child made the rabbis in the temple wonder.

Sheep and Goats

All religions have taught the ultimate separation between good and evil, although it has been generally believed that they coexist up to a certain time.

Prohibition

Apathy in regard to the drink problem will not solve it any more than neutrality was capable of winning the war.

A Mesmerism that Is Waning

A caustic humorist depicts a life tragedy by showing a woman with a bruised face receiving the sympathy of a neighbor, who remarks that evidently her man is "home from the trenches.

The Dictates of One's Conscience

Christian Scientists can perform a great service for the human race at this hour in following the dictates of their conscience by upholding the constitutional rights of free peoples to religious and political liberty as well as to their free choice in that which concerns the healing of the sick.
A good many Bible students have thought it somewhat surprising that so little is said in the Scriptures about what is generally called the future life.

Things Not Expedient

Paul had a very clear sense of his potential freedom, but realized also how Love brought him under its control.

Symmetry

From the Christian Science viewpoint it is of utmost importance to lift thought above the outward material manifestation of man and to lay hold upon the divine idea which is never less than perfect.

True Patience

In God's kingdom not one of His ideas is superfluous.

The Mirage Disappears

In the midst of the recent war a captain, who was a poet, wrote of the dreams of conquest, the plots and plans, ambitions and boastings, of a reigning family thus: "They are all the mirage of a dying dynasty in the desert it made for its burying place.

Reconstruction

Christian Science reconstructs the body, as multitudes of the healed attest daily.