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Mind governs material conditions . —As I read Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward," I am conscious of a truth the author did not realize; or if he realized did not express.

In the one, only, Eternal Mind from which and in which exist the universe and Man, organization is the divine order. The mineral, vegetable, animal, and human planes of consciousness are families in which "the lesser idea of himself supports the greater.

The subject of judgment has lately occupied my thoughts, and its meaning has been studied from the Bible and Science and Health. Many assume that we must not judge at all; taking as the basis for this position the words of Jesus, "Judge not," without any reference to their relation to all Truth and to the facts of consciousness itself.

There are two opposite Mysteries spoken of in the Bible;—the Mystery of Godliness and the Mystery of iniquity. Both are progressive in their development.

The two sisters of Bethany both loved Jesus, but their love was manifested according to their different conceptions of him. Martha's anxiety was to entertain the personal man as an honored guest; her thought was for the body, and she was "careful and troubled about many things;" but Mary waited upon him in Spirit; she had chosen "that good part" that should never be taken from her.

The so called Orthodox churches little realize the orthodoxy of the teachings of Science, when tested by the statements of doctrine in the "Apostles' Creed. " Christian Scientists can wholly agree with them.

The sum total of Christian Science is this, "God is all in all. " Love reflected, exemplified, includes the whole duty of man.

" Christian Science rests on proof not profession. It is not a theory, but a demonstrative system of healing, and it must be supported by proof of its power to heal.

A beautiful illustration of the Golden Rule is afforded in the recent action of the mother church in Boston, in calling its present pastor, Rev. L.

The parable of the ten talents was delivered on the Mount of Olives. Jesus had gone thither with his disciples, after his final words in the temple at Jerusalem, and immediately preceding the last passover.