Editorials

GROWTH AN AWAKENING

That the normal Christian life means steady growth, would appeal to most people as logical if not axiomatic; and if they were asked the meaning of growth, practically all would approve the saying that "the Christian man should grow as grows the tree.

DIVINE SERVICE

The need for daily and hourly doing of deeds of Christianity, rather than simply putting on a religious habit for set occasions, is emphasized by Mrs.

"LAID UNTO THE ROOT."

Of all the pests with which the farmer has to struggle nowadays, none are more sure to be on hand than the old-fashioned weeds.

UNFOLDINGS

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs.

"FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST."

In the fourth chapter of Acts we read that after Peter and John had been released by the high priest and his kindred, and they and "their own company" had prayed, "they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

TRUTH'S CLEANSING POWER

In the prophecy of Zechariah we are told of a fountain which was to be opened, or revealed, "for sin and for uncleanness;" and in the book of Proverbs we find a statement which readily relates itself to the first,—"The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

WE MUST TRY TO FLY

In the case of their young, as in other things, the robins are governed by that unacquired impulse and ability which we call instince, but they act very much as the wisdom of experience would impel human parents to act under kindred circumstances.

WHO SHALL DECIDE?

In the Spokesman-Review.

EFFECTIVE PREACHING

Long-time familiarity with the sermonic feature of the customary religious service is likely to bring one a great surprise when he discovers, on first attending a Christian Science church, that personal preaching has been eliminated from the order of exercises.

"UNIVERSAL LOVE."

In the chapter on Creation, in Science and Health, Mrs.

"IN ALL THY WAYS."

In our Wednesday evening meetings and in our periodicals many testimonies are given of the betterment of social and business conditions through the application of the rule of Christian Science to every problem that presents itself in human experience, and to the person who analyzes these testimonies it is very apparent that to the extent in which unselfishness and right desire prevail in the thought of the Christian Scientist, to that extent is a blessing received.

"CHRIST IN YOU"

No more fitting symbol for St.