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THE sword is the belief that we must cut down our enemies to save ourselves; that we must rob our neighbors to insure our own plenty; that we must change our surroundings to be happy. This belief and the practice prompted by it betrays our lack of trust in God as the only power, protection and supply, and causes us to forfeit the divine aid.

Outline of a discourse delivered by the Pastor of the Mother Church at Copley Hall in Boston. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

AS the frontispiece of this number of the Journal we present a half-tone picture of the Mother's Room. We regard this as an unusually fine interior view.

The following symposium of reasons why Christian Science is helpful to business men, will doubtless prove helpful to all. Each person gives" four reasons of a business man.

A Story is told of Lepaux, a member of the French Directory, that with much thought and study he invented a new religion, to be called "Theophilanthropy," a kind of organized Rousseauism, and that being disappointed in its not being readily approved and adopted, he complained to Talleyrand of the difficulty he found in introducing it. "I am not surprised," said Talleyrand, "at the difficulty you find in your effort.

At a Christian Alliance convention held in this city — Altoona, Pa. — recently, one of the principal speakers being prompted to "say something about Christian Science," responded as follows: "Christian Science is a lie; a scientific lie and a theological lie.

The first services were held in the new church edifice of the Mother Church on Sunday December 30th, 1894. The dedication services having been fixed for January sixth, which was the regular communion day, it was thought best to hold the communion services at the former date, as it would have been impracticable to read the long list of applicants at each repetition of the services.

The following are the inscriptions in the auditorium of the Mother Church: Above the pulpit: "God is Love. " St.

We present some photographic representations of a portion of the pictorial windows of the Mother Church, and also a view of the sunburst, as a frontispiece. The first represents Jesus' raising of Lazarus from death, based on John xi.

The great day has come and gone. The new edifice of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, has been duly and formally dedicated to the service of God.