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Two remarkable things signalized the advent of the year 1895. One was the dedication of the Mother Church edifice in Boston.

Beloved Brethren :— People coming from a distance expecting to hear me speak in the Mother Church are frequently disappointed. To avoid this, I will hereafter duly notify the Directors when I shall be present to address this congregation, and the clerk of the Church can inform correspondents.

Special to the Kansas City Times. Atchison, Kan.

The building of the Mother Church suggests the thought: How like the building of the temple at Jerusalem, without sound of axe or hammer. The stones were taken from the quarries, and were hewn, cut and polished at a distance from the city, so too, we, living stones, and away from the material structure, are made ready, hewn, cut and polished.

If the case of Mr. Hatten had come to trial an opportunity would have been afforded, to prove not only the injustice of the proceedings against him, but the testimonies of many grateful witnesses would have been heard, proving the beneficent work of Christian Science in healing the sinful, the sorrowful, and the sick, in which he has been engaged for several years.

When I was a member of an orthodox church some years ago, the question was asked of a Sabbath-school teacher why miracles were not performed now by Jesus' disciples, as eighteen hundred years ago? The teacher replied, "At that time it was necessary for those works to be done in order to prove that Jesus was the Son of God, and to show his power so that men would believe on him. But now the gospel has been so widely spread and Jesus so generally acknowledged to be the Saviour of the world, that miracles are no longer necessary to confirm the word.

"The flame shall not hurt thee. I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.

The desire of all nations has been for the betterment of human conditions. When this desire has been interpreted selfishly and the few have sought their welfare at the expense of the many there has followed the overthrow of the nation.

“The test of civilization is the estimate of woman," said George William Curtis; and these closing days of this century present many proofs of the truthfulness of this utterance. The present is certainly woman's hour in a larger, purer, sense than that of any previous epoch of human history.

The meeting of the Christian Scientist Association of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, duly occurred in accordance with the notice given. Promptly at 2 o'clock P.