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Two letters arrived to-day in the same mail. The first, from an earnest student of Christian Science who reads the true literature, and tries intellectually to comprehend what she reads.

" Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. "— Acts xxvi.

Love is the fulfilling of the law; it is grace, mercy and justice. I used to think it just, to abide by our State statutes; that if a man should aim a ball at my heart, and I by firing first could kill him and save my own life, that that was right.

" Christian Science rests on proof not profession. It is not a theory, but a demonstrative system of healing, and it must be supported by proof of its power to heal.

The letters appended will be understood by Journal readers living in Boston and vicinity, who know the history of Miss Gillespie's case. For the benefit of those living at a distance, however, who are not conversant with the facts, the following statement seems desirable.

Little Bessie had a belief of a cold, and I told her to treat herself. The next morning she got up entirely freed from her belief; bright and happy.

I was entertained in New York, last winter, at the home of a Christian Scientist who was endeavoring to inculcate the principles of Christian Science in her little five-year-old Walter. He was a bright, winsome little fellow who seemed to grasp the Spirit of the new thought, and bring it into daily practice.

Science not only accounts for a great deal, but has a great deal to account for. The other day M.

Such a bright baby as she was! with beautiful, large eyes which shone with the soft radiance of love. Papa would never call her anything else but his Sweetheart.

Shortly after I began work in Christian Science, it came to me that the five wise virgins are the five Spiritual senses: intuition, hope, faith, understanding, and fruition. Science and Health, p.