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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 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.

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.

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.

Sunday , November 8, 1896, witnessed the fruition of the hopes and anticipations of the Christian Scientists of Rock Island, Ill. , in the completion and dedication to the worship of God of their new church building, beautifully situated on Twenty-third Street near the geographical centre of the city.

My Dear Friend: — Your letter was gladly received a few days ago, and it was good of you to write me what you honestly thought, for surely we cannot see all at once, and it is a growth to come into the spiritual thought when for a life long we have been educated to believe in matter and its laws as the reality, and have never had our eyes opened to the fact that God's law understood, overcomes every false material law, for it overcomes evil with good! So you are free, even though the senses claim otherwise, for there is but one Mind, and His power and His Infinite Love are over, above and through you, and matter has no power to prevent you from manifesting your birthright, which is health, strength, and dominion over evil in all its forms. Of Mrs.