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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.

Chief among the many interesting events occurring within our circles of late was the appearance of our beloved Teacher and Leader, the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, in the pulpit of the new Church building, on Sunday May 26th. Having herself ordained the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, as the pastor of the Church, she was appointed its Pastor Emeritus, and as such, it was announced, she appeared.

People having itching ears can learn on this page why I requested Mr. Ezra M.

All our lives we have heard much about miracles. Especially as children in the Sunday School and as grown people from the pulpit, have we heard the word miracle oft-repeated.

My address before the Christian Scientist Association has been misrepresented and evidently misunderstood by some students. The gist of the whole subject was not to malpractise unwittingly.

A Chicago man, during the whole of his lifetime, has never taken any medicine. He has constantly consulted doctors and chemists, and all the medicine they prescribed for him he put away in a room.