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A Note from London, may, I hope, prove acceptable to readers of the Journal . I am sure I am expressing the feeling of all our little band here, when I say that we wish to join hands with our friends in America and to identify ourselves with the glorious work which is being done through them, in the name of Christian Science.

There is danger of running to the extreme of literalism. When we published the order of exercises of the services and meetings in the Mother Church, we did so simply as a guide for the branches, not as an order which they were bound to follow in every detail.

What a volume of testimony for Christian Science might be gathered from the children of Scientists. Their experiences in proving Truth shed a sweet fragrance upon the atmosphere of thought.

The necessity of daily asking ourselves the above question, is only learned through practice, combined with an earnest desire of detecting and destroying the "beam in our own eye. " A Christian Science student may never expect to turn traitor towards Christ or the Truth, but nevertheless how often it is done; more often, of course, unconsciously than consciously; and only through a severe self-examination can we hope to detect and correct such errors.

That Christ-Truth holds the key to wealth, has been so abundantly made manifest to me of late, I cannot refrain from giving it expression through the columns of our treasured Journal, in the hope that if there are others who, like myself, are stumbling over earth's stupid unrest, it may enable them to catch a glimpse of the true wealth, as it has been revealed to me through the reading of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.

About eleven years ago I was suffering with what the doctors called pneumonia and bronchitis contracted as they said through a severe cold, and had been confined to my bed some thirteen or fourteen weeks without any sign of relief or indications of improving; they said, as one of my lungs had not cleared out as it should and had become solid with a deposit so that I could not use it and as the other one was very weak, there was no hope for me. I could not get well, and it was useless for me to doctor further, simply for my folks to make it pleasant for me, humor me, etc.

For some time I have been thinking that my experience previous to becoming a student of Christian Science might be helpful to someone passing through a similar experience; and I trust that in my narrating it through your pages some seeker may find a thought of encouragement to persevere in the straight path of Truth. For thirteen years I was a severe sufferer from some hidden disease that defied the skill of many eminent physicians.

From childhood I was believed to be delicate, and many were the remedies applied to make me robust, without avail. At an early age I showed a decided preference for study, and so prepared for teaching.

The pupil cannot explain the process of a problem until he has worked it out for himself. True, he may repeat by rote the rule, but the proof lies in the work.

While we Christian Scientists as a body are rejoicing in the casting off of the old and putting on the new man—the divine immaculate concept born of Truth and righteousness—it is of interest, now and again, to look without and note how mortal mind is being educated out of itself. As another sign of these times, I give below a short abstract of an address delivered at the Convention of Natural Scientists in Lubeck, Germany, September 20,1895, by Professor W.