Editorials

Medical Encroachment

Within the past few years propaganda in behalf of enforced medical inspection and medical control of the people has assumed such proportions and developed such arrogant disregard of personal rights, as to call forth protest from even those who believe in medical practice.

"As thyself"

Despite all the confusions of Christian belief, the timidities and manifest uncertainties of the many who are sincerely seeking to be guided of God, it still remains true that the divine address to human sense is so specific as to render the misapprehension of essential duties quite impossible.

"The Lamb of God"

The spiritual signification of Scripture, rising above the material, is illustrated in the first chapter of the fourth gospel, where we find John's characterization of Jesus in these words : "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

The Healing Word

It is a stock criticism of Christian Science that too much attention is given by the adherents of this religion to the exploitation of the healing of the sick.

Reverence and Brotherhood

In his eloquent discourse at Athens Paul said that God had "made of one blood all nations of men.

Bases of Unity

The lack of unity of belief and of efficient cooperation among professed followers of Christ Jesus which has characterized Christian history in all the long years, is equally unfortunate, unbecoming, and unnecessary.

"Let your light so shine"

Sometimes, as we try to take in the vast proportions which the Christian Science movement has assumed, we are almost overwhelmed at the magnitude of our indebtedness to its Discoverer and Founder, our revered and beloved Leader.

Little Ministers

For the most part for all, and altogether for the many, life is made up of a multiplicity of incidentals.

Impartial Love

On page 13 of Science and Health Mrs.

"Preach the gospel"

Letters received by the editors of the Sentinel from members of newer and smaller branch churches indicate that frequently much perplexity is experienced over the question as to whether or not a Sunday afternoon or evening service should be held by these churches in addition to the regular morning service.

Finding One's Self

The wise man says, "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Efficient Forgetting

There are few negative habits, surely, which play a more prominent part in the drama of human experience than that of forgetting, a habit which, as generally understood, stands for weakness, not strength; for loss, not gain.