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The Journal and "Series" are such welcome guests to Scientists, and guests of such culture and idea, that one hesitates to present herself "in their midst. " But after finishing — as I have just now — a sketch for a daily paper, it is with real relief that I write for readers to whom I can say — thought or Idea, intellect or Intelligence, mind or Mind, sense or Principle, death or Life, earth or Heaven, darkness or Light, and be understood.

Prayer is sometimes used, like the Roman Catholic confessional, to cancel sin. This error impedes religion.

Twenty-one years ago Science and Health was presented to the world, in which God is called by the name Divine Principle. The naming of God as Principle was certainly a new concept.

The divinity of these words in St. John's gospel bring to man overwhelming tides of revelation, and the Spirit is a baptismal: "a new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another.

Dear Journal . —Thinking you might like to hear of the progress of Science in East Los Angeles, I (the Secretary of the society) send you a copy of our first yearly report.

"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.

It would be a funny thing if that tangle of occult phenomena variously called mesmerism, hypnotism, thought reading, etc. , should disturb the balance of European politics, but it is not altogether impossible.

The belief that Life is contingent on matter must be met and mastered by Science, before Life can be understood and its harmony obtained. A mother's affection cannot be weaned from her child, because the mother-love includes Purity and Truth, both of which are immortal.

In reading the scriptures carefully, I cannot see that He does. In the first chapter of Genesis we find God's creation complete.

I do not know that you could have written to one who has greater reason for gratitude than I have for I have been lifted out of the abyss in which all was lifeless and when all material supports had failed! But I then learned that with God there are no degrees nor distinction in degrees. Know as a certainty that God is your life; this is absolute; then, with this realization, know that God is not the author of disease.