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Among the Christmas remembrances from students to our Leader, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, was one of a nature so beautiful and unique that it is worthy of mention and a brief description in our Journal.

When a girl of sixteen I had an attack of spinal meningitis that laid the foundation for years of invalidism, although I never gave up completely to it until after I was married. The sudden death of my mother, who had been all the world to me, followed by the birth of my little daughter, seemed the beginning of seven long years of suffering, physical and mental.

The following article comes to us bearing the signature of Mrs. Morgan, but in the handwriting of another Scientist, who kindly prepared it for her.

Dear Journal: —I enclose a letter written to me from a lady in Auburn, New York, State Prison. She feels that some recognition should be made of the work done there in Christian Science as to her case.

Dear Journal: —I should like to add my testimony to that of the many happy and grateful mortals who have been helped by Christian Science; and, feeling that it may be helpful to some to know "just how it happened," I give my experiences somewhat in detail. My life had been clouded by ill health for over twelve years.

As reported in the San Francisco Call of recent date, the Rev. James Small had this to say upon the subject of Prayer: "What is prayer and what can prayer do? "We must try and strip it from some of its misconceptions.

For years I was a searcher after Truth. Born and cradled in the lap of stout Baptist orthodoxy; compelled by my parents to attend Sunday School, Bible class and preaching twice a day on Sunday, I nevertheless was skeptical, and gave my good Baptist parents some trouble on account of my unbelief as I grew older.

Since the beginning of religious history, humility has been recognized as the necessary prelude to all spirituality and has been proportionately exalted, religious teachers uniting in preaching its desirability and urging its practice. The world has seen many and varied demonstrations of its possibilities, but its lessons have seemed difficult to learn, and the full beauty of its exemplification has been but rarely appreciated.

Always add, always proceed; neither stand still nor go back, nor deviate. He that standeth still proceedeth not; he goeth back that continueth not; he deviateth that revolteth.

"Are you well?" "I believe so, yet I can't say positively; I haven't had time to look up the new diseases in to-day's paper. "— From Judge.