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Many invalids, who seem to all appearances Christ-like and good, yet with all their goodness are still physical sufferers, would not be so were it not for the belief back of all, and stronger than all, in the laws of physiology, hygiene, etc. , or in some sin entailed upon them by parents.

The expression "self control" is daily in the blatant mouths of preachers and moralists, the very cant of emptiness and folly. It means nothing; nor can any play of words, or cunning twisting of conception, ever give it meaning.

Nor can there be found a more rigorous type of practical morality, or clearer denunciations of evil-doing in every form, than exist among Christian Scientists. When they call sin "error," "delusion," "phantom," they mean, not what critics assume, but that the real man, who was created in the image of God, does not commit them.

Some years ago it was my privilege to obtain an interview with the famous tragedian Salvini. But as he spoke no English and I spoke no Italian we were obliged to converse through an interpreter.

"Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown God.

In the allegory of Genesis. 3d chapter, 9th verse, two mortals, walking in the cool of the day, midst the stately palms, many-hued blossoms, perfume-laden breezes, and crystal streams of the Orient, pondered the things of man and God.

" Woe unto them by whom offences come. " When will people awaken to know that it is indeed woe to them that lift their voice and effort against the cause of God on earth? In my two years' experience with Christian Science I have noted the swift punishments that have overtaken those who have attempted to stay its progress.

An article on Christian Science in the Chicago Sunday Herald some weeks ago, closed with this wise admonition: "Be careful by whom you are taught; be careful by whom you are healed. " The writer was evidently well posted on the operations of the mental healers in Chicago, and wrote the advice from the standpoint of an informed critic, directing the counsel especially to his Chicago contemporaries.

In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the "elder brother" represents a materialist; although observing the law and the prophets, in the sight of God he was a whited sepulchre full of uncleanness. He could see no other way to worship God except through material forms.

To pass away the gloomy hours in prison Bunyan took a rail out of the stool belonging to his cell, and with his knife fashioned it into a flute. The keeper, hearing music, followed the sound to Bunyan's cell; but while he was unlocking the door the ingenious prisoner placed the rail in the stool, so that the searchers were unable to solve the mystery; nor, during the remainder of Bunyan's residence in the jail, did they ever discover how the music had been produced.