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Then there 's a monster, so fair at first, Called Ease, or Comfort, or harmless Pleasure,— Born of smooth Leisure, On Luxury's lap delicious nurst,— Who 'd buy your soul if you'd sell it, just To catch one minute With joyance in it, Or ward off sorrow Until tomorrow; Trample him, trample him into dust. Saint George and the Dragon! ah, my boy, There are many old dragons left, would-scourges, And few Saint Georges— There's much of labor and little of joy! But on with you, on to the endless fight: Your sword, firm buckle; To no man truckle; Wave your bold flag on, And slay your dragon.

Christian Scientist Association The regular monthly meeting was held at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, President Eddy in the chair. The attendance was very large.

Under every popular craze there is always a truth—a truth for which the world is ready. Some picturesque fancy catches the popular attention.

Jesus once said: "No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. " As Christian Scientists we have taken a stand before the world, as the avowed exponents of a religion which claims to set forth the only way into the kingdom of heaven.

The consideration of the subject of Prayer is of infinitely greater importance than any other on which we can bestow our thought. It is the golden chord which connects the finite with the Infinite.

This is the title of a new book by Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Ph. D.

We need never be alarmed at the perilous condition of Truth; for, of all things,  that  seems to me the best capable of taking care of itself. E.

Chestnuts. Lately there has been much talk about the origin of the word chestnut, as applied to stale jokes.

The Father Divine would at times seem to press peculiar claims upon His offspring, even lay the whole realm of creation under tribute, that thereby the glories of Mind might be revealed, His right of sovereignty, who would deny? And he who will lend an attentive ear to the still, small voice, may move onward and upward in the heavenly course. This way was indicated in remote ages, by prophet and seer; but in more recent times God spake through his Son, and by His Holy Spirit.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?  I Samuel i. 12.