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The significance of this great religious movement, Christian Science, is evidently not comprehended by some, judging by the character or spirit of recent events. The Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are very explicit as to the occurrence, possibly we might say the recurrence, of certain events, and the coming, appearing, of an agency or influence which shall not only indicate the demarcation between the material and the spiritual eras of the world, but shall effect the transformation.

I have recently had demonstration over sin, which brings the truth of the above words into full meaning to me. One of the latest recorded utterances of the Master to his followers was, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

One of the strangest of the elements of the human mind that is being brought out by the coming of Christian Science in these latter days is the determination to refuse a consistent recognition to spiritual understanding as a practical, valuable element in human experience. This higher divine knowledge, demonstrating the power and blessing that have been the theme of prophet and poet, the longed-for ideal of every seeker after righteousness, is now as of old the stone that the builders are rejecting.

In Christian Science, as in everything else, if any one fails to do his work it is an added burden to all, for the work is collective as well as individual. "But," I have heard it urged, "there are so many things to buy in Christian Science I can't afford it.

Let us not dare to add to the burden of another the pain of our judgment. If we would guard our lips from expressing, we must control our mind, we must stop this continual sitting in judgment on the acts of others, even in private.

The semi-annual lecture under the auspices of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was delivered by the Hon. William G.

The annual meeting of First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, N. H.

According to the first chapter of Genesis, all things came into being through the divine word of God; and man, because in the highest order of being, was given dominion over all the earth. Thus we find the heritage of man is dominion not subjection.

Prepared July, 1899, and adopted by the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass. , December 22, 1899, and will in due time appear in the Church Manual.

At a time when criticism and condemnation are rampant, it is well to remember that in so far as they are unauthorized and unjust, they are powerless to resist "the stately march of Truth;" and that antagonism to good and wholesome things is, for the most part, due to well-meaning ignorance. We may also remember that ultra-conservatism has always greeted the innovator with the old cry of Crucify him! and a different reception would reflect little credit upon the significance and value of any new thought which antagonized preconceived opinions.