Editorials

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Looking Forward

Six years have passed since the first reader read from the desk of The Mother Church the following words of Mary Baker Eddy from page 135 of "Miscellaneous Writings":—

"Everlasting punishment"

TEACHERS in Christian Science Sunday schools are often asked by their pupils to explain the meaning of "everlasting punishment," when this subject comes up twice a year in the Lesson-Sermon.
OUR readers will be interested in the following excerpts from letters received from the relief committees in Holland and Switzerland.

Protection in Divine Originality

THE growth of the Christian Science movement has been so wonderful in so many ways that it has sometimes occurred to the onlooker to ask himself what this movement will be like, say, in another of a century.
Bench and Bar, a monthly magazine for lawyers, published in New York City, commenting editorially on the Cole case recently decided by the New York Court of Appeals, calls special attention to the concurring opinion of Chief Judge Bartlett, in which he said: "I concur in Judge Chase's construction of the statute.

Courage of Our Convictions

In order to reject the clamorous demands of the carnal mind the Christian Scientist needs moral courage of a high order.

"Likeness"

Apart from the teachings of Christian Science, man's likeness to God is very generally believed to be corporeal; and the attempt is made to argue from effect, as seen through the lens of material belief, back to God, the spiritual cause of all reality.

Putting on the Armor

There is a story of a certain legendary warrior who, because no arrow the enemy might launch could wound him, came to be looked upon as under the special protection of the gods and therefore invulnerable.

Physical Healing

Students of Christian Science are supposed to be familiar with Mrs.

Reproving Sham Poverty

Jesus was once obliged to say to his disciples, "For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

"Knowledge is power"

Speaking of religionists in general the Universalist Leader writes as follows:—