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A part from avowed pessimists, most thoughtful people look upon the ultimate sovereignty of man as a consummation to which nature, history, and personal experience all point. Its achievement alone would render the struggles and sacrifices of life intelligible, or worth while.

A paper prepared by request, to be read before one of the leading literary and study clubs of New York City, by John R. Lefever, M.

Part I. Judge not according to the appearance.

Beloved Christian Scientists: —I have a favor to ask, namely: Will the Christian Scientists throughout our land subscribe one year for the Granite Monthly, issued monthly at $1. 50 per annum in advance, by the Rumford Printing Co.

The following amendments to the Church By-laws have been made:— ARTICLE XXX Officers. —Section I.

As we progress in Christian Science, all of us find out the truth of the words in our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," that "the vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science is Love. " When I was a youth I joined the Presbyterian Church, and tried to lead a Christian life.

Did you ever find yourself in the position that you thought it was your duty to love one because he was your Father's child, and with whom you were thrown constantly, and yet who seemed to treat you very unjustly, and, try as hard as you might, you could not force yourself to love this individual? I doubt not but you have analyzed the whole thing out many and many a time, and thought that if he were not so selfish you might get along better with him, but it does seem an awful hard thing to have to love one who is selfish, unkind, and unjust. I had been fighting with these thoughts for months and months, and seemed to make no progress whatsoever, until one day as I was very despondently thinking over the matter a still small voice said to me, "Why don't you draw on the Bank of Love; you have a deposit there, and why not use it?" The idea was a new one and I sat seriously thinking over the matter for a while and replied, "I will, I know I have this love, and I am going to use it," and the suggestion brought me peace, but for a while I was puzzled how I was to go to work, until the problem seemed to be made clear.

On a dark, chilly morning when the frost was painting cold window panes, wheels went creaking over the rough roads, and newsboys shivered in unfriendly breezes with caps closely drawn over their faces, there came over me a wave of thankfulness for the warmth and cheer within the home. This thought began to unfold in a very natural way from the human sense of harmony, when a message from above called it higher.

Through a better understanding of the inspired teachings of our revered Leader we are gaining a clearer realization of the sublime reality of Life. No work published since the first translation of the New Testament has done so much to enlighten mankind as has "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G.

One of the most frequent objections of the opponents of Christian Science is, that Christian Scientists are narrow because they are trying to live according to a definite rule; but is it narrow to follow a principle in any given work, avoiding all such things as must necessarily conflict with that principle? In working out a problem in mathematics one must follow rules which are as inflexible as the laws of the Medes and Persians, but no one seems to object to this. The navigator of a vessel follows the indications of his compass absolutely if he be an honest man and truly desirous of bringing his charge safely to her destination.