Editorials

A Broadening Horizon

Some one has said that when you turn a thought loose among men, you can never tell what may happen.

Humility

We have it on the authority of Christ Jesus that he who humbleth himself "shall be exalted," and the psalmist prays, "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.
A tabulation of the diseases which Christ Jesus healed during the three years of his ministry, as recorded in the New Testament, shows them to have been as follows: palsy, paralysis, leprosy, deformity, blindness, fever, dropsy, hemorrhage, violent insanity, epilepsy.

"Durable riches"

All through the recorded history of the human race, as found in the Scriptures, are many references to wealth and riches, all of which point to the metaphysical significance of these terms above and beyond the mere belief in material possessions.

Faith and Works

No highway into the heart of the Andes is more noteworthy than that which leads up the valley of the Rimac.

"Ask of God"

We have been asked to republish an editorial which appeared under the above title in the Sentinel of Oct.

"Lift up thine eyes"

How illuminating and significant it would prove if one were able to discern the full content of the psalmist's exclamation when he cried, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills.

"Endless life"

In the epistle to the Hebrews we read of the law of inheritance which prevailed in the Levitical priesthood, by which men "gave attendance at the altar" and participated in all the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish religion.

"The prayer of faith"

Many of the criticisms of Christian Science have been based upon the supposition that the healing work which characterized the ministry of Christ Jesus and the early Christians was simply a special gift for a limited time and a limited purpose.

Faith versus Fear

Many good Christian people have called attention to the numerous occasions where the command "Fear not" is found in the Bible, especially in connection with the teachings of Christ Jesus.

Truth's Sufficiency

To those who in fancied security looked down from the walls of Jericho, the strange doings of the undrilled, unmunitioned host of Israel must have seemed the folly of fools.

Impersonal Correction

Frequently the editors of the Sentinel and Journal are asked to answer questions in regard to the teachings of Christian Science as applied to given phases of human experience.