How foolish and vain are the best laid schemes of diplomacy, and the highest exhibitions of tact in carrying out plans for the upbuilding of Christian Science. The least shade of deception is fatal to growth in Truth. Frankness and truthfulness will always win. We should closely follow the example of our Teacher in this matter. She never fails to declare the whole counsel of God; and never falters, though at times she might shrink from the task, in exposing the faults of her students to themselves, and in showing them the shoals and quicksands on which they are liable to make a shipwreck. So should we, students of Christian Science, seek to build each other up, by exhorting, rebuking, and sustaining each other in every effort for good. Let gossip's busy tongue find no place among us. We should be as careful of our brother's or our sister's good name and influence as of our own. Then shall we see our glorious cause prospering in our hands.
How much lighter would be the labors of our Teacher if she was never again to hear a note of discord among those for whom she has sacrificed so much; and how much happier their lives! How much less often, too, would we hear the words "disloyal to Truth," were Truth and Harmony our watchword. —
