Editorials

"THE DOCTOR IN POLITICS."

During the past five or six years the American public has had an opportunity to learn a great deal about the extent to which the desire of the few to obtain special privileges over the many has been gratified, through paternalistic legislation, unlawful combinations of capital or labor, and other means for subordinating public good to the selfish interests of some particular class.

LIGHT

One of the most important statements in Genesis relative to creation, is this, "Let there be light.

"LINE UPON LINE"

No fact respecting the truth is more interesting than this, that it is always fresh and new, it does not grow insipid, and it does not tire.

THE CROSS AND CROWN

The slight changes which have been made in the design of the seal on the cover of Science and Health and our Leader's other books, as well as on the Journal, Der Herold, and the Quarterly, have given rise to some speculation and inquiry, and the following extract from one of the many letters which have been received at this office indicates the nature of this speculation:—

UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP

Brookline, Mass.

MRS. EDDY SAYS:

When the By-law was passed to exclude scholars above a certain age from the Sabbath School it was requisite, and when the spiritual point at issue was attained the older members were invited and received into the Sabbath School.

HONORING CHRIST

Christian people have always been profuse in their expressions of appreciation and love for Christ Jesus.

JOY VS. SORROW

Among the many comforting statements of our textbook, one is remarkable for its ring of assurance, "Joy cannot be turned into sorrow, for sorrow is not the master of joy".

THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL

The Atlanta Georgian reports a case recently decided in the courts of Georgia, and in comment on this case says: "In the meaning of legal statutes of Georgia, 'divine healing' is not the practice of medicine, and one who practises it is not required to take out a license before the legally constituted boards to practise medicine.
Box G, Brookline, Mass.

A SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY

Every system of thought and practice is responsible not only for what it is, but for what it entails, the trend of its effects.

THE LESSON OF SUFFERING

Much is being said at the present time, pro and con, on the subject of pain and suffering.