Editorials

THE SPIRITUAL IS THE REAL

Christian Science, through its insistence upon the reality and allness of good, of necessity throws into corresponding relief the reverse of this proposition, namely, the unreality and nothingness of evil.
No one can meditate upon human disposition and history, even for a brief time, without realizing how all-inclusive is and ever has been the habit of hasty and erroneous criticism, and no one can ever measure or define the enormity of the injustice which has resulted therefrom, the wrongs that have been inflicted, and the consequent handicap which has been placed upon individual and racial advance.

"DO THYSELF NO HARM."

Paul's counsel to the Philippian jailer, "Do thyself no harm," may be pondered with advantage by most people today.

MORE THAN A "CURE-ALL."

Many persons look upon Christian Science as being nothing more than a cure-all for disease, a sort of family doctor, and while they admit the clean and wholesome lives of those who are truly following Mrs.
Will our readers kindly bear in mind that the work at headquarters is necessarily divided into departments, also that by referring to the advertising pages of the Journal and Sentinel they will be able to ascertain the person or persons to whom their correspondence should be addressed in order to avoid delay.

THE TRUTH ITSELF

Thinkers in modern times have begun to make a clear distinction between the truth itself and some one's opinion about truth.

"AS FOR HID TREASURES."

He who reaches the heart of the wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas will find himself neighboring with nature's calm and unfailing greatness.
At the head of the list of anniversary congratulations to well-known people which Life prints every week, there stands in the issue of July 14, 1910, the following tribute.

A STATEMENT BY MRS. EDDY

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

"DOTH NOT WISDOM CRY?"

The average child needs to learn that the careless use of a match may involve the burning of a city; that it is foolish to run a great risk for a little fun, and that those who do not heed wisdom's call, are likely to get their lesson through suffering.

DISCIPLINE VS. SUFFERING

In the first epistle of Peter we find this statement: "He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin," a passage which is difficult to understand unless it be carefully studied in its relation to the general teaching of this epistle.

"DIVINE MIND ALONE HEALS."*

One of the most significant signs of the times is the effort, on the part of certain physicians who are recognized by their fellows as leading lights of their profession, to get away from the one-time utter dependence upon drugs and other material remedies which gave their practice the hallmark of regularity.