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NOT A STRANGE LANGUAGE NOR AN HARD SPEECH

When Ezekiel the prophet was called "Son of Man" and told to hearken to the voice of God, it was said to him: "For thou art not sent to a people of a strange language and of an hard speech, but to the house of Israel. " To this "Son of Man" was given but one speech, and that not strange; but one language and that not hard, and he was to guide the House of Israel into but one way and that way was the only way of pleasantness and peace.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT*

We feel, each one of us, that we meet on the eve of stirring events. A movement towards organization is going on in many directions, but it is especially noticeable in the organization of churches.

ORDER OF CHURCH SERVICE

Beloved Brethren:— I recommend that you lay aside all that is ceremonial even in appearance in our Church, and adopt this simple service. Before the sermon read one hymn, sing once.

REGENERATION

" Thus it is with everyone having been born of the Spirit. " Principle here declares Truth, and this Truth is made manifest through the signs that followed him who declared it to humanity.

FALLIBILITY OF HUMAN CONCEPTS

Evil  counterfeits Good; it says, "I am Truth," when it is a lie; it says, "I am Love," but Love is spiritual, and sensuous love is material; wherefore it is hate instead of love, for the five senses give man pain, sickness, sin, and death;  pleasure that is false, life that leads unto death, joy that becomes sorrow. Love that is not the procurator of happiness declares itself the antipodes of Love, and Love punishes the joys of this false sense of love, chastens its affection, purifies it, and turns it into the opposite channels.

Nota Bene

Nota Bene . —Much anxiety has arisen from the notice in June number of Journal relative to my retirement from active labors in the Massachusetts Metaphysical College.

There was a crowded attendance at the meeting, Friday afternoon, May 31, at 7 Temple Street, Boston, as at the previous meetings of the Dispensary Association. After the dispatch of business, reports were made by several ladies who have commenced the work of visiting from house to house for the purpose of talking Christian Science to the inmates, and inviting them to come to the Bible class and other meetings at the Dispensary rooms, and for physical healing.

There appeared in the Sun and Voice , a Cleveland paper, the following report of the Association meetings. It presents admirably certain phases of them, and is gladly adopted in the columns of the Journal with thanks to its writer.

OFFICIAL MINUTES OF FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, N. C. S. ASSOCIATION

Cleveland, June 12, '89. The annual meeting of the National Christian Scientist Association convened at the Music Hall in Cleveland, Wednesday morning, June 12, 1889.

WINTER: A TYPE OF LIFE

Looking at the passing seasons, and their distinctive characteristics, from the standpoint of material sense, man has drawn comparisons between them and his own career. Summer he regards as a type of life, and in winter he sees a type of death.