Editorials

UNFOUNDED CRITICISM

A SHORT time ago a minister on the Pacific coast preached a sermon in which he attacked women in general, accusing them of being the main support of the "isms" with which he had been finding fault, and among other things said, "With all respect for the purity of our mothers and daughters, we must admit that free love finds its advocates and support among women more generally than among men.

THE ESSENCE OF LOYALTY

Modern life presents one very encouraging fact in the distinct growth of the social sense, the consciousness of racial and international brotherhood, and one of the indications of this advance is found in the world-wide interest in the great national holiday which the people of the United States are just now celebrating.

PATRIOTISM

Among the many evidences of progress at the present time are the numerous protests from the press against the rather barbaric manner in which the birth of this nation has of late years been celebrated.

A SURFEIT OF CIRCULARS

The innumerable advertising circulars with which those whose names appear in the directory of practitioners published in The Christian Science Journal are being constantly deluged, would seem to indicate that a general confidence has been established in the minds of many people who have "something to sell.

ALLEGED EARLY MANUSCRIPTS

We have been asked about certain unpublished manuscripts said to have been written by Mrs.

"HOLDING HIS OWN."

What does it mean to hold one's own?

ADVANCING STEPS

If there be a few Christian Scientists who feel they have lost something through the recent changes in the By-laws of The Mother Church, they will be greatly helped in their efforts to adjust themselves to the new conditions thus created, by a calm survey of the progressive steps which have been taken in the past under the leadership of Mrs.

COMMUNION SEASON IS ABOLISHED

The general Communion service of the Christian Science denomination, held annually in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, has been abolished by order of Mrs.

"FACE TO FACE"

As the opening hymn was being sung at our Communion service in The Mother Church, on Sunday last, the appropriateness and deep significance of the first line, "Here, O my Lord, I'd see Thee face to face," must have appealed to many who were present, and it almost seemed as if "a rushing mighty wind" from heaven came in response, as on the day of Pentecost.

STRENGTH FOR WEAKNESS

The student of St.
As announced at the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, the Readers elected for the ensuing term of three years are:—
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