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After an interval of five years, each month of which furnished material for a chapter by itself, I started on my way home from Peru; to save, if possible, the life of my wife who for six months had been very low, and under the doctor's care. On my arrival, I found her much lower than I had supposed; and the consultation of physicians, immediately secured, only made it apparent that she could not live long.

"And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. "— Luke xiii.

It seems to me I have been trying to get rid of mortal mind altogether, which of course is equivalent to getting rid of the mortal body, as they are one and inseparable. This cannot be done while we are on this plane of thought.

Thus saith the Lord, "The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine. " In the ninth chapter of First Corinthians Paul says, "If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?" According to the rule of Christian Science, the price of heavenly riches is the sacrifice of our sense of value in material treasures; for, even while the Scripture abides firm that "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof," doth not Jesus say, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"? The present demands of us every hour, in which to adjust our vision to the perception of Truth.

Outline of a sermon preached in Chickering Hall, by the Pastor of the Church of Christ (Scientist), Boston. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

As far back in childhood as I can remember, I had a longing to know about God. Rather than play and romp as other children, I found happiness in reading the Bible to the old negroes on the plantation, and telling them all I could about the beautiful things recorded therein.

WHEN from competent judge or jury of our peers, instead of hoped-for approval we receive unlooked-for rebuke, do we realize that the consequent feeling of having suffered injustice has its basis in vanity? This alone is the source of all sense of injustice. In proof, witness our ready excuses, our earnestly presented reasons (?) for ignorance or folly.

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. — Matthew xvii.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow so as no fuller on earth can white them.

The Scranton, Pa. ,  Republican for January 27, 1892, contains a friendly descriptive notice under caption, Church of Christ.