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SCENE OF THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE SHEPHERDS TO BEHOLD A TEMPLE RISE; COLUMBIA BELL WANTED FOR THE DEDICATION. New York , March 21.

Age after age of human history depicts the mass of mankind dependent on the individual. This is true in secular no less than in sacred history.

Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. Luke x:— 21.

The above message from our beloved Teacher and Leader tells us of that event which marks one of the great epochs in the history of Christian Science. With "a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond" is this event above portrayed.

Concord, N. H.

The enclosed letters speak for themselves, and have been in such demand by the Scientists here that it seemed to me their usefulness might be enlarged by having them published in the Journal . — Barbara M.

"Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. " 1 Kings.

A Scientist conceived the idea of asking some students to give their reasons "for the hope that was within" them; or in other words, to assign "Seven Reasons why they believed in Christian Science. " There were a number of responses, of which the following ten are published with the hope that they will prove helpful to others.

Christian Science teaches the reality of the spiritual Kingdom and the unreality of the material. Has not this heretofore been a stumbling block in all our thinking and living? We have made such a reality of everything material, and this too in direct contradiction of the evident teachings of Scripture, that we have failed to get a realization of spiritual Truth.

Hartford, Conn. , March 13.