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One of the very interesting parts of the Journal is the notes from the field. I have been waiting for a favorable opportunity to report my own seemingly miraculous healing of a chronic illness, which had lasted for thirty years, and which the doctors had given up as hopeless and beyond relief.

What is realization? Webster defines it as "the act of converting from imaginary or fictitious into actual: of making one's own in apprehension and experience. " Then to us students of Christian Science, realization is converting our beliefs in matter into the knowledge of Spirit, or growing into the true consciousness; it is making the Truth our own by demonstration.

Having been healed through the power of God, I desire to follow the example of one of the lepers of old, and sincerely thank our Heavenly Father for what He has done for me — and what he is willing to do, and will do, for all who will give Him an opportunity — and know of no more effectual way to do this than in a public acknowledgment of the blessings received. I had been a sufferer for years with a supposed case of dyspepsia, and up to the eighth day of June, 1894, was taking from forty to sixty cents worth of medicine, and smoking from six to twelve cigars each day, and instead of receiving any relief from the medicine, was continually growing worse, and had reached the point where I thought I could not live much longer.

Is Christian Science of any real value from a business man's point of view? We find Christian Scientists who have demonstrated considerably in healing the sick, asking this question. Business men generally are regarded as rather serving Mammon, than God, and in their eagerness to serve Mammon they cannot be overscrupulous as to the methods employed.

In Matthew 27: 35 , we read, "They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. " We read also that his garment "was without seam, was white as the light" — this robe of righteousness.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin, yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matt.

Some one has said, "The whole world is on the wrong scent for happiness. " Every one wants to be happy, but few want to take the trouble of going about it in the right way.

The question asked in the headline may sound odd to you if you have never taken the trouble to give the subject serious thought, but I venture the broad statement that you are not able to answer the question "offhand. "' It is an admitted fact, I must confess, that the eye is the "organ of vision," yet there is but little doubt, even in the minds of opticians and physiologists, that the phenomenon of "seeing" is chiefly mental — in other words, that it is the mind and not the eye that sees.

The world is certainly growing in wisdom. Mortal mind is seeking something higher than that which has hitherto satisfied it.

I hereby notify the loyal Christian Scientists who use the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, as their text books, to organize immediately a Sunday School for the children. The lessons to commence immediately after the Sunday services.