The following correspondence between our Leader and the church at Pittsburgh, upon the occasion of the dedication of the new church edifice in that city, will be read with interest.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 3, 1905.
Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
Pleasant View, Concord, N. H.
Beloved Leader:—From the farther end of the Keystone State your followers ask that you give them a few words of felicitation on the occasion of the dedication on April 9 of their church edifice in Pittsburg, the first to be erected in the State of Pennsylvania by Christian Scientists.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Mrs. Eddy's Reply.
Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., April 5, 1905.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pittsburgh Pa.
My Beloved Brethren:—I congratulate you upon erecting the first edifice of our denomination that has gone up in the Keystone State, a State whose metropolis is the "city of brotherly love," so-called. May this dear church militant accept my tender counsel in these words of the Scripture, to be engrafted in Church and State:—
"Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath." "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." "If a man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." "By thy words thou shalt be condemned." "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
"Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye [we] should follow his steps: ... who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." "Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."
Yours in Christ,
Pittsburg, Pa., April 9, 1905.
Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
Pleasant View, Concord, N. H.
Beloved Leader:—Your loving words of greeting and wise counsel have served to lift our thoughts above the contemplation of the material edifice. You bid us look within, to strive for the dedication and consecration of that which belongs wholly to God, to upbuild that "temple not made with hands," whose corner-stone is Christ.
We rejoice in thanking you and earnestly pray that the deep significance of this occasion may leave its impress upon all who have been privileged to participate in the demonstration of love and unity.
Gratefully your followers,
