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Keep clear of personalities in conversation. Talk of things, objects, thoughts.

NEAR the close of the first century of the Christian era, or, about sixty years after the great Teacher had passed from the view of men, the beloved disciple of Jesus was exiled to the island of Patmos in the Ægean sea, by Domitian, the Roman Emperor; and it was during this exile that John was vouchsafed the wonderful vision of the Apocalypse. The loving disciple who had leaned on the breast of his great Master had come close to the real inspiration of Truth under his intimate tutelage.

IT has been said that Christian Science must not be judged by Christian Scientists, and while it is a matter for regret that a warning to this effect should he necessary, it is within the power of each one of us, from the youngest to the oldest student, to do his or her part to render it less so. Again, in view of the present tendency of the thought of the world to seek for the solution of its problems in mind rather than in matter, it is becoming daily more and more incumbent on us who profess Christian Science to render ourselves such faithful exponents of it that the warning quoted may not apply, at any rate to us.

THE desire for power is a God-given instinct. Man is a coworker with the infinite,—he is made for success in all good service; and this involves power.

IN listening to the music of a violin we are accustomed to think of the tones which greet the ear as emanating in some manner from the instrument. A slight knowledge of physics, however, shows that the sound is really in our consciousness instead of in the violin; that the part the instrument plays in producing the.

Once, when the subtle and tightening bonds of mortal thought seemed overpowering, and a supreme effort for freedom became necessary, there was presented the mental picture of Laocoon and his sons, and it appeared to be an exact expression of the prevailing conditions. All their dreadful writhing and struggling was depicted; all their twisting and turning; and there came a realization that they were endeavoring to use mere human will, and that their efforts were wholly futile because they were on the same plane as were the serpents.

ONE side of the street was given up to the huge factory building. On the other were pleasant homes that evidenced the occupancy of families of the comfortable middle class.

THE writer still remembers the eager expectancy with which he began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," for the first time. During many years I had been puzzled by the conflict which appeared to exist between certain generally accepted religious doctrines and what seemed to be a more rational interpretation of being, and when I learned that there was a "Key to the Scriptures" to be had.

IT was a glorious summer day. The sky was softly blue and the fields and hillsides were white with daisies.

IT might almost seem, from the attention which Christian Scientists devote to the healing of sickness, that this work is indeed, as some believe, the sole object of their ministry; but Mrs. Eddy makes this distinct statement: "The emphatic purpose of Christian Science is the healing of sin" (Rudimental Divine Science, p.