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LIBERTY

"Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. " To human consciousness, liberty is the highest estate of man.

"THE TRAVAIL OF MY SOUL."

Quick in thought and action, my Peter-like disposition often brought me into much discord, from which I had frequently to suffer; yet the same quickness of thought and action under God's guidance, have as often been the means of saving me from destruction. From Boston I shipped as second mate on board ship bound for Brazil, thence to Valparaiso.

EVIL

I am the Lord, and there is none else; beside me there is no God: I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me: that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me: I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil; I am the Lord that doeth all these things.

PROMISCUOUS READING

Observations , both recent and otherwise, indicate that a few words on this subject may be timely. Much may be said of the unwisdom of habitual newspaper reading, which is comparable to a daily plunge-bath in mortal mind—a proceeding more calculated to refresh a sense of the reality of evil, than anything else — and of reading fiction, which, from a Christian Science point of view, is nothing better than being filled with the serpent's meat, dust; still, the most harmful, because superficially most like Truth, is that line of literature which might be styled "Uninspired Metaphysics.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

What is the form of Communion for the Church of Christ, Scientist? The Eucharist in Christian Science is very simple as a ceremony. When Pastor of the Mother Church in Boston, I instituted the following programme for our Communion-day services, which I recommend for general use.

TRUE STORY OF BLANCHE'S DEMONSTRATION

Blanche is a little girl who lives in the new state of Idaho, or the "Gem of the Mountains" as people living there love to call it. It truly is like a beautiful gem set in a ring of mountains, for the mountains entirely surround it.

DRUGS, HYGIENE AND HYPNOTISM

The following clipping, taken from the NEW YORK TRIBUNE, illustrates the growing distrust of drugs, even among physicians. It is the experience of a man prominent in his profession.

"THE TRAVAIL OF MY SOUL."

During the next four years, many things occurred in which I can plainly trace the love of the Father about me. I had passed through the ranks of ordinary and able seaman, and had come to be second-mate of an American ship bound for Australia.

MEDITATION AND ACTION

Let the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps.

There can be no knowledge except knowledge of Truth, which is knowledge of God —of Christ: hence to know Truth, God, is to establish the law of righteousness. To be consciously under the law of righteousness, is to know the "glorious liberty of the sons of God.