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As we advance out of sense into Soul, we can but wonder at our ignorance regarding the Truth of Being. When a clock needs repairing we do not take it to a blacksmith, neither do we go to a jeweler to have a horse shod.

At each moment of man's life he is either a king or a slave. As he surrenders to a wrong appetite, to any human weakness; as he falls prostrate in hopeless subjection to any condition, to any environment, to any failure, he is a slave.

Lincoln, Neb. , January 2, 1900.

If you will study carefully the attitude of the human mind,—the explanations and theories which mankind have to offer with reference to existence,—you will find that there are only three distinct positions or systems of thought. Two of these positions are direct opposites, each reversing the premises of the other, while the third, in one form or another, accepts the position of both and attempts to reconcile them.

Beloved Students: —I am more than satisfied with your work: its grandeur almost surprises me. Let your watch-word always be,—Great, not like Cæsar, but only great as good.

Circumstances make it necessary again to request our co-workers throughout the Field to observe the following rules in sending in their orders to the Publishing House:— All orders for Journals, Sentinels, Quarterlies, Hymnals, Manuals, Bibles, "The Mother Church," "Communion Hymn," "Mother's Evening Prayer," tracts, pamphlets personal cards, and Church notices, should be sent direct to the Christian Science Publishing Society. All orders for the publications of our Leader, Rev.

The First Readers of the Branch churches are each requested to distribute at least five hundred copies of the booklet "Christian Science History" in such manner as will do the most good. Also, will the members of the Board of Lectureship see that large numbers of this booklet are properly distributed in their sections of labor? Mary Baker Eddy.

A member of the Mother Church shall not, under pardonable circumstances, sue his patient for recovery of payment for said member's practice, on penalty of discipline and liability to have his name removed from this church membership. Also, he shall reasonably reduce his price in chronic cases of recovery,—and in cases wherein he has not effected a cure.

The Dewey's "Perfect" Fountain Pen has recently entered my employ, and after one month's trial I find it well named,—perfect. I had tried various styles of fountain pens, but not until I got "Dewey's Perfect Fountain Pen" did I find one that meets the demand in every respect.

A stranger to Christian Science talking with a Scientist asked, "Why should the publications of your church have such high prices set upon them? Even the tracts that other churches give freely, are by you given as if worththeir weight in gold!" This objection was met with the assertion that the works of the God-inspired author of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the Rev. Mary Baker G.