Editorials

"A WILLING MIND."

A GREAT deal is said at the present time about the power of the human will, indeed there are many who mistakenly suppose that Christian Scientists attempt to heal themselves and others by means of will-power, when it is instead the surrender of the belief that man has a mind separate from God which is the first step toward healing.

"ASK OF GOD"

As we study the writings of Mrs.
We have received a number of requests for the republication of what our Leader wrote as defining her meaning of the phrase "rotation in office," and we are glad to comply with these requests.

"HASTE TOWARD HARMONY"

In the Glossary of Science and Health.

THE ONE PRESSING NEED

Few would question that the safety and welfare of the communal life is determined by the ethical status of the people, the reverence shown for a moral order.

TEACHING IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

It is a fair inference, to judge from the many letters received at headquarters which request information as to the right way to carry on the work of the Sunday school, that the subject is one of great interest, and that there is not only an intention upon the part of those who are most intimately connected with and responsible for the conduct of this work for the good of the children who are attending these schools in the branch churches, to put into it their best efforts, but a general desire that these efforts shall be rightly directed.

PEACEMAKERS

The sermon on the mount begins with the beatitudes, every one of which is a sermon in itself.

THE TRUE LEAVEN

There appeared in a recent issue of the Outlook an article by President Maclaurin of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which we clip the following:—

"AND SHUT THY DOOR."

THE apocalyptic call, as recorded by St.

"WHAT IS MAN?"

The psalmist's query, "What is man, that thou [the infinite] art mindful of him?

"ONENESS WITH THE FATHER."*

ONE of the most striking statements of Christian Science, and one in which is shown the fundamental difference of this teaching from all other so-called metaphysical systems, is found on page 468 of Science and Health.

SELF-DENIAL

THE dictionaries give a rather limited definition of self-denial, such as, "denying one's self; self-sacrifice.