Beloved Christian Scientists:—Please send in your

contributions as usual to our Journal. All is well at head-

quarters, and when the mist shall melt away you will see

clearly the signs of Truth and the heaven of Love within [10]

your hearts. Let the reign of peace and harmony be

supreme and forever yours.

I proposed to merge the adjourned meeting in the one

held at Chicago, because I saw no advantage, but great

disadvantage, in one student's opinions or modus oper- [15]

andi becoming the basis for others: read “Retrospection”

on this subject. Science is absolute, and best under-

stood through the study of my works and the daily Chris-

tian demonstration thereof. It is their materiality that

clogs the progress of students, and “this kind goeth not [20]

forth but by prayer and fasting.” It is materialism through

which the animal magnetizer preys, and in turn becomes

a prey. Spirituality is the basis of all true thought and

volition. Assembling themselves together, and listening

to each other amicably, or contentiously, is no aid to [25]

students in acquiring solid Christian Science. Experi-

ence and, above all, obedience, are the aids and tests of

growth and understanding in this direction.

With love,

Mary B. G. Eddy [30]