Editorials

In the sermon by Mrs.

Man's Unlimited Endowment

No chapter of the Book of books is more impressive, more wonderful in declaration, or more worthy of our study than the seventeenth chapter of John, for it is a marvel both of content and of diction.
One of the lessons that Christian Scientists are learning is the need for "patient continuance in well-doing.

"Well done"

In the Sentinel of May 14, 1904, Mrs.

Perceiving the Ideal

How true it is that we truly see only what we truly are! This fact illumines St.

Forgetting One's Self

A reproof sometimes administered to a child or young person is this: "You are forgetting yourself," words which have a much deeper significance than appears upon the surface.

Our Text-books

In these days of much writing about Christian Science, and much seeking of opinion one from another, it is both refreshing and helpful to turn to what our Leader wrote to the church in Washington a number of years ago, as reproduced on page 203 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany.

"Live and let live"

The familar saying, "Live and let live," is usually thought of in relation to the business world, but like everything else it takes on a broader meaning when viewed in the light of Christian Science.

"The one thing"

The defeat of a good undertaking is always regrettable, not only because of the failure to realize an ideal in the specific instance, but especially because of the discouragement which it imposes upon the many who are striving to bring about better things.

The Duty of Today

In these days of the manifest prosperity of Christian Science, it is well to ponder the words spoken by our wise Leader a number of years ago and republished on page 176 of "Miscellaneous Writings.

The Note of Authority

It has been well said that "no institution can exist without a basis, center, or principle of authority;" and what is true of institutions is true of men.

Church-membership

If applicants for membership in The Mother Church of Christian Science, or in any of its branches, were asked to give their reasons for seeking membership therein, the answer in most cases would be that they desired to get all the good that is possible in this way.