  Beloved Brethren:—Until recently, I was not aware that the contribution box was presented at your Friday evening meetings. I specially desire that you collect no moneyed contributions from the people present on these occasions. Let the invitation to this sweet converse be in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come [1] ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Invite all cordially and freely to this banquet of Chris- tian Science, this feast and flow of Soul. Ask them to [5] bring what they possess of love and light to help leaven your loaf and replenish your scanty store. Then, after presenting the various offerings, and one after another has opened his lips to discourse and distribute what God has given him of experience, hope, faith, and under- [10] standing, gather up the fragments, and count the baskets full of accessions to your love, and see that nothing has been lost. With love, Mary Baker Eddy [15] |
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