Editorials

"One on God's side is a majority"

Wendell Phillips' stirring statement deserves to be reiterated and metaphysically interpreted to-day.

Redeeming the Time

No one would deny that well-directed effort is of vital importance to thinkers as well as to workers, and this recalls a statement in the epistle to the Ephesians, which reads, "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

The Chimes Rang Out

Boston is beloved by the world encircling membership of The Mother Church, because there may be found the edifice representing locally Mary Baker Eddy's church.

Scripture Study

It was Christ Jesus who said, "Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

"Be not faithless, but believing"

In the practice of Christian Science, believing in the power of God loosens the soil of conservatism so that the seed of truth may eventually sprout and bring forth the fruit of the Spirit.

"Things are not what they seem"

The often quoted words from Henry Longfellow's "Psalm of Life" state what is perfectly obvious:—

Times and Seasons

The yearly seasons come and go, but God's "now" never passes.

Cleansing the Temple

All students of the Bible are familiar with the story of Jesus driving out of the temple at Jerusalem the money changers, but the modern thought is disposed to regard this as applying to an outgrown condition, since material sacrifices are no longer offered to God in the way that they were at one time.

Practicing Hospitality

In Paul's instruction to Timothy regarding those qualified to be overseers, he indicates that not only was such a one expected to be master of himself and to be skilled as a teacher, but also to be "given to hospitality.

Religion and Politics

In The Christian Science Monitor of March 23 there appeared a leading editorial with the above title, which was of much more than passing interest.

Resurrection

In the thirty-seventh chapter of Ezekiel we find a strange picture, yet withal one which appeals to the deepest desire of all the human race, in that it tells in touching metaphor of the awakening of men and nations from the dream of sin and death.

"Lo, I am with you alway"

Is there a more comforting passage in the Bible than the one in which Christ Jesus is quoted as saying to his disciples, "Lo, I am with you alway"?