Editorials

Labor of Love

In the language of affairs the word labor has acquired a restricted sense which does an injustice to the word itself and to those associated therewith.

Jacob's Ladder

In the twenty-eighth chapter of Genesis we read the story of Jacob's departure from his home, when he went out into an unknown world, as so many must to-day, in order to work out his human problems and to learn man's possibilities as a child of God.

Prayer, Silent and Effective

The First Reader of a Christian Science church was invited to "give the invocation" at a public meeting of citizens.

"Thy holy hill"

According to the psalmist, dwelling "in thy holy hill" is a spiritual state reserved for him "that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Discernment and Judgment

As students of Christian Science we rejoice in knowing the allness of God, good,—the ever presence and all-power of Truth and Love.

The Power in Agreement

When upon the mind of the man who is a premier of a government or the head of a great business enterprise there dawns the vision of a right method for progress in solving many great problems, his unsolved and nearest problem is to secure the cooperation of his associates.

Individual Responsibility

If there is one thing which is insisted upon in the Scriptures more than any other, it is our individual responsibility and freedom to choose between right and wrong.

"Comfort ye my people"

Divine Science is the Comforter.
When we speak of the world we have in view the inhabitants thereof, just as the prophet Jonah was made to understand that Nineveh was not an abstraction to be dealt with in a way to justify his prophesying, but was "that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle.

"Feed my sheep"

The call comes to feed the hungry hearts with the vision of spiritual truth, with the bread of heaven, the reflection of divine Love; to transcend the narrow confines of human justice, and in noble imitation of the Father-Mother to let our light shine upon the just and the unjust.

"Sacrifice and service"

People in general entertain rather gloomy views of sacrifice, and this in itself implies an incorrect sense of its meaning.

The Revelation of Christianity

Let us say that Galileo, as soon as he had certain knowledge regarding some astronomical fact, was at the same time certain that the revelation of this fact would come to every one.