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This is to certify, that I was suffering with a severe attack of Erysipelas in the head, of the kind to which I have been subject for a number of years, and that I was healed by Mrs. M.

"When all the scaffoldings which surround the Bible are taken away, by which men have tried to prop it up, the world will begin truly to recognize its real glory. Kingdoms fall, institutions perish, civilizations change, human doctrines disappear ; but the imperishable truths which pervade and sanctify the Bible shall bear it up above the flood of change and the deluge of years.

I am often asked, Could not Mrs. Eddy do more good at healing than teaching? I answer according to my own judgment, that doubtless healing would be more to her liking than teaching, for the results appear sooner, and as a rule the patient has more gratitude than the student.

Out of the bondage of mortal fear into the harmony of Divine Science makes the body whole. Conquering an error in one instance enables us to make a better demonstration the next time.

"To him who, in the love of Nature, holds communion with her visible forms, she speaks a various language. For his gayer hours she has a voice of gladness and a smile, and eloquence of beauty ; and she glides into his darker musings with a mild and healing sympathy, that steals away their sharpness ere he is aware.

Somerville, July 18th, 1884. DEAR READER,—Of late I have been deeply interested in the welfare of those who profess Christianity and are holding on to the belief of carrying round with them a sick body.

The new "science," better known as the art of mental healing, which is attracting great attention in Boston and its vicinity, has become a topic of pulpit discussion. Rev.

Our lives have some weight, and let that be thrown into the right scale. The baneful effect of evil associates is little seen, in comparison to what is felt.

A strong character, whether directed by wisdom to goodness, or misled by ignorance to evil, has, as its basis, a self-consciousness of power—a positiveness— which should come from divine persistency, recognizing that "where there is a purpose, there is a way to fulfil it. This characteristic in man builds railroads, levels or tunnels mountains.

Are our "feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace?" Have we invested ourselves with the whole armor of God, so that we are able to withstand the wiles of the devil? Have we sufficient understanding of Divine love to carry us through the warfare of error, so that we shall not smell of the battle smoke, or carry a thought of it with us? "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. " Let us seek that secret place.