Editorials

THE PURIFICATION OF SENSE

Refinement of experience is always preceded by purification of thought, the ennoblement of our living by the exaltation of our concepts, and it is this that gives such dynamic significance to the ideal.

NO TRUST NEEDED

We clip the following from an editorial in the Springfield.

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

The first sentence of the Fourth Commandment—"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy"—is a metaphysical statement of the true manner of observing the Sabbath.

GRATITUDE AND COMPASSION

In reading the Psalms, and especially those portions which were more frequently used in the temple service, one is impressed with the earnestness with which the Christian believer is enjoined to maintain a spirit of gratitude and rejoicing.

SPURIOUS MANUSCRIPTS

Our readers are again warned against the circulation of manuscripts which purport to be extracts from letters written by our Leader to her students; alleged shorthand reports of instructions given by certain teachers to their pupils, and other papers of equally doubtful authenticity which are being passed from hand to hand.

THE SPIDER'S WEB

Sitting in the quiet of the evening hour, attention was divided between the glories of the sunset sky and the delicate wonders of a spider's web which chanced to interlace the point of view.

THE TRUE FOUNDATION

The past week marks an epoch in the history of the Christian Science movement, the completion of the new publishing house being an event which concerns Christian Scientists the world over.
We clip the following editorial, under the above caption, from the Trenton, N.

THE "SILENT PARTNER"

When it is understood that in Science lack is recognized as an abnormal condition which is entirely at variance with man's ideal state as a child of God, the source of all supply and good, the naturalness and propriety of looking to God for its healing, through the achievement of business success, begins to appear.
Some years ago Professor Drummond wrote: "Shall a mechanical experiment succeed infallibly and the one vital experiment of humanity remain a chance.

GRATITUDE

It would seem as if some people were actually troubled over the fact that gratitude is springing up in the soil of human consciousness as it has not for a long time if ever before.

THE NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE

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