The report that I prefer to have a male, rather than a female, for First Reader in the Church of Christ, Scientist, I desire to correct. My preference lies with the individual best fitted to perform this important function. If both the First and Second Readers are my students, then without reference to sex, I should prefer that student who was most spiritually-minded. What our churches need most is that devout, unselfed leadership which spiritualizes the congregation.
Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., July 9, 1900.
