Editorials

Editorial

The Kindness of God

William P. McKenzie

We need an understanding of the term "a personal God.

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True Patriotism

William D. McCrackan

The word patriotism contains within itself a root word meaning father.

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Christian Scientists are very earnest students of the Bible, — none more so, — and if they ever become puzzled over the meaning of passages which appear in the Lesson-Sermons or which are found in their regular study of the Bible, it is only because they have accepted to a certain extent the views of those who are accustomed to interpret Scripture largely from the standpoint of material sense.

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True Prayer and Vain Repetitions

William P. McKenzie

Jesus had very little patience with the formalities of religion.

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Food Conservation

Editor with contributions from Herbert Hoover, The Christian Science Board of Directors

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Adaptation

Annie M. Knott

A prominent educator once said that a very important element of progress is adaptation, or the faculty to adjust one's self to changed conditions.

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Christian Science not Debatable

William D. McCrackan

The association of the word Science with Christianity produces surprise when first heard.

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Economy

William P. McKenzie

In theology the word economy is used to mean a dispensation or distinct era under divine government.

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Treason

William D. McCrackan

The betrayal of friendship is generally accounted a particularly odious offense.

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Warfare, True and False

Annie M. Knott

Readers of the Bible are apt to overlook the fact that although the idea of peace figures largely therein, a great deal is also said about warfare.

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Government not Politics

William P. McKenzie

The problem usually set for a country or a community is to bring out a social order wherein there will be justice primarily.

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Distribution of Literature

The Christian Science Board of Directors

For a number of years the free distribution of Christian Science literature has been assuming increasingly larger proportions in the activity of the entire field.