Editorials

Loving Obedience

Each year, as the time for the annual election of readers and other officers of the branch churches approaches, many letters are received at this office, asking that something be said editorially in the Sentinel which will be of assistance in solving the many problems which seem to present themselves in connection with this important phase of church government.
It is very interesting to students of Christian Science to trace the working out of the spiritual idea in human consciousness through its symbolic presentation as found in the Jewish ceremonial law, and then in the more direct statements of the prophets, up to the practical presentation of divine Principle in the ministry of Christ Jesus.

Need and Its Supply

Asserted human needs are in large part not needs but wants, and to gratify a want may mean not good but ill.

Breaking Away

On page 150 of Science and Health Mrs.

"And forget not"

The history of the children of Israel is in large part the story of God's remembrance and of their forgetfulness of His covenant with them.

Love's Omnipotence

In the ninth chapter of Luke is recorded the sending forth of the twelve disciples whom Jesus had selected, and although his instructions to them are given in some detail in this and other chapters of the gospels, it is noticeable that the real purpose of their going forth is stated in a single terse sentence, namely, "And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick"—truly a momentous mission succinctly stated.

Spirituality

We occasionally hear the remark from outsiders that Christian Science is not a spiritual religion, because from their point of view the emphasis is largely laid upon physical healing.

Truth's Appearing

In the fourth chapter of Paul's second epistle to Timothy he speaks of the "crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge," shall give to all those "that love his appearing.

True Neighborliness

There is no sign of our times which is more encouraging than the universal longing for the fruits of brotherhood.

"No monopoly"

Very closely related to the belief that some particular person is "the practitioner" for a certain locality, is the mistaken sense that a person who has once been the patient of Mr.
Christian Scientists everywhere will welcome the announcement, from the publisher of Mrs.

"One is your Master"

To hear a great artist is always to experience a great delight, and gain an added sense of that human capacity which, as Christian Science makes clear, is grounded in the divine.