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When Peter was on trial for preaching and practising Christianity, he said to the Court ( Acts iv. 10 ): "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

In the older time of broad hearths and open fireplaces, of wood -fires, huge backlogs, brilliant flames, and glowing coals, there was occasionally a commotion in the burning pile, which would shoot out sparks, sometimes singly and sometimes almost in a shower, lending a new brightness and activity to the scene, even though evanescent. At the forge, too, where the hammer comes down on the redhot iron, brilliant, glittering particles follow the blow, and go out, only to be repeated with each successive stroke.

From Miss M. E.

It is hoped that our absent friends will be prompt with their donations for the Fair, in aid of the Church-Building Fund. Remember that it is to be held December 19, 20, 21, at Horticultural Hall, Boston.

The regular monthly meeting of this Association was held in the vestry of Tremont Temple, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 2, and was called to order by the chairman, at the usual hour, with quite a large representation of members present.

If the author of the following would comment as justly on the moral influence of the Church, as he does on a work which is theological as well as hygienic, his article would be welcome in our Journal: True Christianity began to wane, as Truth became hid in churches and ritualistic forms; and just in proportion as you lay more stress on the formation of church-organizations and high-sounding institutes, than you do on the work of healing, will your cause decline, and eventually be lost. It is the practical work of doing good, so beautifully illustrated in Science and Health, that appeals so forcibly to others, and draws so many to you and the Cause.

There was an inadvertent omission of the Committee names, at the end of the item about Church-Building Cards, on page 424, in the November number of this Journal. The address was correctly given, 39 Greenwich Park; but the names of the Committee should have been added: Mrs.

A Boston daily quotes the following pithy sentences from a bright writer: Who cares for the cast-off bones of a mortal? It 's all sentimental folly. Pagans and Christians both know better than to care for something that is of no value.

It seems almost like a return to the old laws against witchcraft, when we read of the strict legal enactments which two leading European countries have already deemed it necessary to make concerning Hypnotism. The reality of that strange mental and physical condition having been scientifically established, cases of its abuse have become frequent enough to cause stringent legislation against it in France and Denmark.

There comes to our notice, from time to time, reports that Christian Science is a dangerous study, inasmuch as it unfolds the Scriptural fact that God is too pure to behold iniquity, notwithstanding it furnishes unmistakable proofs of the verity of this assertion. That it gives no license whatever to evil-doing will be seen in the following statement, to be found in the pamphlet entitled Christian Science: No and Yes: God is Truth, and the law of Life and Truth is the law of Christ, destroying all sense of sin and death.