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The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, does not derive its authority from the consent of the governed. In its absolute Scientific sense it is the eternal, changeless expression of Spirit, without a visible form to the present finite sense.

A memorable Fourth of July, indeed, will be that of Anno Domini, 1897, in the annals of Christian Science. We deem it not boastful to say that never was assembled in celebration of any nation's natal day a more devout or thankful set of people than those who gathered in "concord" at Concord on July 5th last.

Among the vicious new legislation which the recent special session of the Iowa legislature enacted, there is a law that is aimed at the destruction of a church in Burlington that is known as First Church of Christ, Scientist. While the number of people who have accepted this faith is not so large as the membership of some of the other churches, still there are nearly a hundred people who have found spiritual and physical comfort in what they choose to term scientific Christianity, and the number includes some of the most intelligent men and women in Burlington.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. Charles G.

REV. MARY BAKER EDDY.

Christian Scientists hail with joy every sign of the coming "Peace on earth, good will to men," to which their lives are dedicated. They take satisfaction, therefore, in the recent notable and national event connected with the return from England of the "Log of the Mayflower," or the Bradford history of early New England days by the Pilgrim's first governor.

I Wish to acknowledge the great benefit I received from the Mother's Communion Sermon, published in the February, 1896, Journal. For two or three years previous to that time I had been earnestly inquiring into, and revolving over and over in my thought the question, What is sin? We are taught in Science and Health that we need not suffer except for sin; and that "sin is the foundation of sickness"(page 390).

In Nebraska City, Nebraska, a local Scientist has placed in the Public Library, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Miscellaneous Writings," "Unity of Good," a number of tracts, and the Journal . In Washington, D.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light. and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

In October, 1885,—a fitting time of the year for a type of old things passing away,—I first heard of Christian Science. For many years I had been a bundle of bodily ailments, many of my troubles pronounced incurable, and at the time of my healing, the mental depression was so intense that I hoped to find relief in death.