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THE LAST CLASS

Forty-five ladies and gentlemen, from all parts of the country, and one from the old country,—Mrs. Colles, of Killeny Castle, Ireland,—assembled to listen to Mrs.

THE FAUST LEGEND

The recent superb production in our cities of an English version of Goethe's tragedy, by Henry Irving, the London actor, sets people to looking up the great German poem,—if not in the original, then in the metrical translations, by Rev. Charles T.

In January The Watchman (Baptist) published an article on Medical Missions. In reply, H.

REPLY TO CRITICISM

Much comment having been made on the brief article, entitled Change of Material Base, in the January number of the Journal, and many letters being received in complaint of that article, it seems necessary to answer, through the columns of our magazine, those protests and inquiries. Our Teacher wished a notice of her removal inserted in the magazine, that her many students and followers might know about it, and a literary friend (not a Christian Scientist) wrote an account of the matter, from his plane of thought, simply giving the facts.

MRS. EDDY'S NEW BOOK

At last this little volume, Unity of Good, is before the public, and on sale at 385 Commonwealth Avenue. Within less than a hundred pages Rev.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LITERATURE

Homœopathy is the last link in material medicine. The next step is medicine in Mind.

CULTIVATE GOODWILL

As a matter even of everyday convenience, as a means of mere success in affairs, cultivate goodwill. This is not to say that a selfish and material motive is a better reason than one which seeks the good of others; but even on this plane alone, goodwill is worth considerable care and attention.

IMPOTENCE OF EVIL

This was a phrase used by George W. Cable, who is not only the popular novelist, and depicter of Louisiana life, but an Orthodox theologian.

Two commands are dwelt upon by Christian Scientists as all-important: "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me!" and "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself!" They are indeed vastly important; but in quoting them, mistakes should be avoided. Sometimes these two commands are cited as if they were the two great commands of Jesus, "whereby," he said, "hang all the Law and the Prophets.

COLOR - BLINDNESS

This defect is thus defined by Dr. B.