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From the Directors

The Christian Science Board of Directors

When an applicant for membership in The Mother Church sends his application to the Clerk for presentation to the Board of Directors, who, according to the Church Manual, elect eligible candidates to membership twice annually,—in May or June and in November.

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If the correspondent who signs himself "Interested,"...

Charles H. Parker, Committee on Publication for Cheshire, England,

If the correspondent who signs himself "Interested," and who claims to have read our literature "to some extent," will only extend his reading so far as to embrace the chapter entitled "Christian Science versus Spiritualism" in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, he will find all his questions answered, and be fully convinced that the belief that Christian Science has anything in common with spiritualism is based on a misunderstanding of the teachings of Christian Science.

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I have read with interest the review of two biographies...

H. Ernest Vincent, Committee on Publication for Natal, South Africa,

I have read with interest the review of two biographies of Mary Baker Eddy, by Miss Sibyl Wilbur and Lyman P.

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In a column in your issue of July 27 the view is expressed...

Francis Lyster Jandron, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,

In a column in your issue of July 27 the view is expressed that it is unwise to consult healers who have not made a study of the human body and its functions.

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In your issue of January 20, a lecture of a reverend...

The Hon. C. Augustus Norwood, Committee on Publication of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,

In your issue of January 20, a lecture of a reverend gentleman is reported in such a way as to indicate that the speaker had said that the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, on the subject of malicious animal magnetism are so closely allied to witchcraft as to give evidence that witchcraft may again be believed.

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Accepting Correction

RUTH INGRAHAM

It sometimes happens that when we are told of a mistake we have made, or seem likely to make, we have an exceedingly uncomfortable feeling.

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"Thus do I love thee"

ABIGAIL DOROTHEA BAKER

To the receptive, childlike thought the love of God and His Christ is as real as is an expression of human affection.

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When Patience Is a Virtue

MARGARET L. MARSHALL

Patience has been called a virtue, but the alert Christian Scientist discriminates in his interpretation of the term, repudiating the sense of patience as leniency toward error in any form.