Editorials

REASON AND CONSCIENCE

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

MORE ABUNDANT LIFE

The spring is a great preacher.

"FEAR NOT"

Through all the centuries mankind has been cheated and defrauded by its belief that evil is something real and powerful, but in the last half century, fortunately, through the discovery of Christian Science and its teachings by Mrs.

THAT HATEFUL DARNEL

The parable of the tares rebukes a habit which is pitiful enough when grounded in ignorance, and which, when grounded in maliciousness, is simply despicable.

WHEN TO GIVE THANKS

In the 107th Psalm we have a wonderful presentation of the great drama of human redemption from sin and sickness, with several interludes which call upon men to give thanks to God for all His goodness and for His "wonderful works to the children of men!" In this psalm every phase of human wretchedness is outlined,—the sin and sickness, the "darkness and the shadow of death," the penury, the hunger, the tempest; but in each case the all-sufficiency of divine Love is shown and every storm is stilled.

A SURE FOUNDATION

The one great difference between Christian Science and practically all other religions is that it insists upon the present-day possibility of those "signs" which Jesus declared should follow upon the works of all who believe in him.

A PEAN OF PRAISE

The Christian Scientists at Mrs.

IMMORTALITY

The 40th chapter of Isaiah begins with the familiar and beautiful words.

"FAITH IN CHRIST"

Driven by the necessities of the case, both physicians and preachers are having much to say these days regarding the mental factor in the healing of disease.

FAITH SHOWN BY WORKS

When we read in the Manual of The Mother Church.

"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING."

Not infrequently would-be clever critics take occasion to make Christian Scientists the butt of raillery, if not ridicule, by an apparently legitimate inquiry as to why they should put forth such earnest effort to overcome sin and sickness, if it be true that these things are mere "old wives' fables.

CLEANNESS

At the present time as never before, the most strenuous efforts are being made not merely to lessen disease and vice, but to annihilate them, and for this evidence of human progress Christian Scientists rejoice, even though the methods employed may not be those which they consider the best.