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In June last, having formed the acquaintance of Mr. T—, a Christian Scientist of this city, I asked him to undertake the case of a near and dear relative who had been suffering for some years from intermittent attacks of internal inflammation and serious complications threatening her life.

I Will relate a beautiful demonstration of the power of Truth over error. My son was presented with an alcohol engine on his sixteenth birthday and while testing the power of it, it exploded, covering his face with the burning fluid, the wick adhering to one cheek burning a hole in it; his sister, a year younger heard the explosion and rushed to him, then called to me to come at once that her brother was on fire.

In reading the history of the past one cannot but notice the constant struggle that has been going on in man for preeminence. This human weakness to excel and attain a position of preeminence seems to have existed in all ages.

When I read the words of our Mother in the February Journal saying she might never teach another class, a sense of keen disappointment came to me, for I, with many others. I suppose, had hoped for the privilege of her class teaching.

Twenty years ago there was widespread inquiry and anxiety, both in and out of the churches, as to the future of Christianity. Men's hearts were failing them because of the seeming inadequacy of Christian creeds and doctrines to meet the needs of mankind.

Did we but realize that all the knowledge of the world's schools will never enable us to judge between Good and evil, between right and wrong, and so "overcome evil with good," did we but understand that the supposed "wisdom of this world is foolishness with God," how gladly would we become childlike, and say with the Apostle: "I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. " ( Phil.

The second edition of "Woman's Cause," enlarged and revised, has recently been issued by the Christian Science Publishing Society, and appears in two bindings—one in paper at $3 per dozen copies postpaid to one address, and in cloth at $ 4. 75 per dozen copies postpaid to one address.

The following is abstracted from an interesting article recently written by Miss Lilian Whiting to the Inter Ocean, Chicago: Last Sunday Rev. Mary Baker Eddy spoke from the pulpit of the First Church of Christ (Scientist).

The Theosophical Society, which started out in India with the avowed object of converting the whole world, and which has been sailing of late through stormy seas, has more trouble in store for it. Mr.

A Proof of the unpreparedness of the scientific world for the new discovery of a force in nature that traverses all known modes of motion is the fact that there is as yet no name for the interesting stranger. It acts chemically on bromide film, and so far is entitled to be classed with heat, light, electricity and chemical affinity.