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The following is from the Christian Register: A hospital is not generally supposed to be a very cheerful place, and yet some of the most cheerful people I have ever met have been in hospitals. The fact that they have had to suffer some severe physical subtraction, such as the loss of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg, did not seem to trouble them.

Benediction and blessing are the outflow of demonstration and revelation. Without an understanding of Principle, we can know nothing of God.

The following is submitted in this issue in lieu of an extended editorial. —Ed.

WHEN a child, I would go up in the back corner of the hay mow, or off in a lonely ravine, where I could not be seen or heard, and pray and sing and read the Bible, in the hope that I might experience the wonderful conversion that I was led to believe some others did. Occasionally, through young womanhood, I made renewed efforts to receive a something satisfactory in answer to my desire for a fuller faith, a fuller realization of God's presence and forgiveness.

NOT long since, I entered the home of an intelligent lady, taking with me a copy of Science and Health. Our talk turning upon subject of Christian Science, I read to her some portions of this most interesting book, when she surprised me by saying she could not see that anything I had read conflicted with the teachings of Christianity.

FROM my earliest remembrance I was looking for Love that would last, Love that was perpetual; the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. I felt sure there was such, and I must find it.

IN the article in April Journal entitled "The Measure we mete," is a statement that seems very misleading, and one that has caused some disturbance amongst students, because it does not seem to be in accord with the teachings of Christian Science. However, the writer's thought may be right, and the error in the manner of expression only.

IF any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching. " These words I have found to be true in my experience, although as I review the past, I am led to say with the Psalmist, "Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great water, and thy footsteps are not known.

AFTER reading in the June Journal, 1891, the article by H. C.

THE parables of Jesus are rich with spiritual instruction. The lessons that can be learned from them, are as varied as the experiences of humanity.