Editorials

THE HIDDEN LIFE

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"THE MILLS OF GOD."

The familiar statement which has come down from the olden time, "The mills of God grind slowly.
[We have been asked to answer a question which is practically the same in intent as one which was asked and answered in the Sentinel of May 18, 1899.

DIVINE REQUIREMENTS

It is possible that very few persons have the highest motives when they begin to obey God's laws,—they may fear the consequences of wrong-doing; yet even in such cases it might be said that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

CAUSE AND ITS LOCATION

In no one thing, perhaps, has Christian Science more helpfully influenced human thought than in its redirection of the world's attention to the very simple truth that effects are to be adequately dealth with only as we address ourselves to the removal of their final cause.

"NO SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION."

Probably no phase of Christian Science teaching is so generally misunderstood by those outside its borders as that which exposes and denounces the operations of so-called animal magnetism, and yet the teaching on this subject is so plainly stated by Mrs.
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NOT A SPARROW FALLETH

There are many theological writers these days who undertake to explain the acknowledged injustice of material law, as the expression of a divine order, by dwelling upon the largeness and scope of God's intent.
  On the day of Pentecost, that great awakening to the spiritual facts of being, Peter gave a long address to the people who from all parts of the world were present in Jerusalem, and he quoted the psalmist's words: "Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

MEDICAL LEGISLATION

The question of medical legislation which has for its purpose the curtailment or prohibition of all practice of the healing art except that by the so-called regular schools, is up again in one or two of the states, and has called out serious protests from those who can see in such legislation as is asked for by the doctors nothing but an effort to invade the individual liberty of the many for the benefit of the few.

MRS. EDDY'S HISTORY

I have not had sufficient interest in the matter to read or to note from others' reading what the enemies of Christian Science are said to be circulating regarding my history, but my friends have read Sibyl Wilbur's book, "Life of Mary Baker Eddy," and request the privilege of buying, circulating, and recommending it to the public.

PRESSING TOWARD THE MARK

There are many who recognize the beauty of the Christian life and would enter upon it, who do not count the cost nor see the necessity for absolute faithfulness at every step of the way until the goal is reached.