Editorials

THE WAY OF WISDOM

The infinite is One, and this One is Spirit; Spirit is God, and this God is infinite good.

"BLESSED ARE THE PURE."

Be they erudite or ignorant, good or bad, clever or commonplace, there is no diversity of opinion among men respecting the truth of Jesus' words when he said, "Blessed are the pure in heart;" the exaltation and the supreme desirability of such a consciousness admit of neither denial nor doubt.

SYSTEMATIC STUDY

The many thousands who study our Lesson-Sermons from week to week may gain a useful hint from the experiences of those who are engaged in gold-mining.

HOW TO THINK RIGHTLY

We copy the following item from the Evening Star of Washington, D.

THE MONITOR

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THE MEANS OF CURE

The hopelessness with which so many disease are invested by materia medica, the irresistible appeal of the idealism of Christ Jesus, and the unnumbered and unquestionable healings witnessed to in Christian Science,—all these are to-day impelling the suffering to seek for something better than pills and potions, and in response to their half-articulate longing, human sense has hastened to proffer so many mental panaceas that a great body of well-meaning people are utterly confused.

RESTITUTION

In the third chapter of Acts we find a very beautiful promise in Peter's words, "the times of restitution of all things;" a promise which is linked to a kindred idea, viz.

"NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE."

Within the past few days the world has been shocked by the calamity which has befallen the people of southern Italy, and the hearts and purses of the civilized world have opened in generous and loving response to the needs of the survivors of this greatest tragedy of its kind in modern history.
The traditional time for turning over a new leaf has come again, and they are few, surely, who do not think it entirely in keeping for them to make the turn.

HOSPITALITY

In the epistle to the Hebrews the writer says, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers," and he adds, "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

A RECENT DECISION

A Few years ago the state of Missouri, upon the solicitation of a committee of medical doctors, enacted a law which was popularly supposed to be aimed at the practice of Christian Science.

CHRISTMAS

For unfailing interest there is naught that can eclipse the beginnings of life.