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In his endeavor to impart to his disciples some conception of those spiritual truths which were to him the eternal realities of being, and which he was able to demonstrate in the healing of sickness and sin, the Master made use of similitudes and parables; and it is said that "without a parable spake he not unto them. " That these parables have been misunderstood and misinterpreted, in some instances teaching the very opposite of that which they were intended to teach, is evidenced by the radical changes that have been made from time to time in the various declarations of faith set forth by the different religious denominations in this and other lands.

No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till to-morrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant.

Human ambitions, widely variant and diverse as they are in kind and degree, are yet easily reduced to common terms. Their least common denominator is clearly to be found in the thought of self-assertion or self-expression.

The following letters show true appreciation of the new By-laws relating to the Sunday School, and our Leader's deep interest in the spiritual welfare of the children as well as her estimate of faithfulness in the Sunday School workers. Boston, Mass.

The second annual meeting of The General Association of Teachers in the United States was held at Chicago, October 24 and 25, and was largely attended by members from practically every state in the Union. The proceedings were of great benefit to the members, and unity and harmony prevailed.

The following telegram expressive of love and loyalty was recently received by our Leader. New York, November 4, 1904.

"The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent, thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedek. " This Melchisedek is mentioned in the holy Scriptures as a priest of the Most High God, not consecrated by any unction prepared of any material substance, and not even succeeding to the priesthood of the Jews, by any descent of lineage.

I remember that once a man came to our house red with wrath. He was boiling over with rage.

A CRITICISM once passed upon the hymn so much in favor with Christian Scientists, written by the Leader of this world-reaching movement, reminds us that there are two modes of judging. The true critic is, as the name implies, a judge; he intends to take the impartial view and to balance wisely the merit and demerit of the matter in hand, aiming to make manifest, if he can, the saving good.

SOME years ago, when I began attending the Christian Science church. I carried to the services a heavy heart full of fear and sorrow.