Another
Communion season in the branch churches of our denomination is over, and many have doubtless been inspired by its lessons to bring forth "more fruit," even as the Master required of all his followers.
THOSE
who are cultivating their acquaintance with the flowers these sunny days, will not doubt the statement that Paradise was a garden, nor question that the roses and lilies are its most fitting symbols.
As individuals advance in years, they are very apt to ask themselves, when their birthdays come to remind them of the high hopes with which they set sail on life's voyage, whether or not they have realized these hopes, and thinkers are wont to question the past and the future no less seriously each time the nation's natal day comes with' the revolving years.
SOME
persons who have attended our Wednesday evening meetings for the first time have been more or less mystified and unfavorably impressed by the fact that many references are made by the speakers to the great improvement which has taken place in their financial condition since they have accepted Christian Science as their rule of living; and because the connection between sickness and poverty has not been understood, although a little thought upon the subject would have shown them that the two are usually as closely related as parent and child, these investigators have gone away from the meetings in a somewhat dissatisfied frame of mind.
The
sentiments and impulses which give character to a national holiday are not to be undervalued, even though upon special occasions they may reach a distressingly high tide of exuberance and enthusiasm.
[We
are indebted to The Boston Herald for the following interesting article regarding our Leader's copy of "The Book of the Presidents," which she has recently received.