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In reply to all invitations from Chicago to share the hospitality of their beautiful homes at any time during [25]

the great wonder of the world, the World's Fair, I say, Do not expect me. I have no desire to see or to hear what is to be offered upon this approaching occasion.

I have a world of wisdom and Love to contemplate, that concerns me, and you, infinitely beyond all earthly [30]

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expositions or exhibitions. In return for your kindness, [1]

I earnestly invite you to its contemplation with me, and to preparation to behold it.

Message To The Mother Church

_Beloved Brethren_:-People coming from a distance [5]

expecting to hear me speak in The Mother Church, are frequently disappointed. To avoid this, I may here- after notify the Directors when I shall be present to address this congregation, and the Clerk of the church can inform correspondents. Your dual and impersonal [10]

pastor, the Bible, and ”Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” is with you; and the Life these give, the Truth they ill.u.s.trate, the Love they demonstrate, is the great Shepherd that feedeth my flock, and leadeth them ”beside the still waters.” By any personal pres- [15]

ence, or word of mine, your thought must not be diverted or diverged, your senses satisfied, or self be justified.

Therefore, beloved, my often-coming is unnecessary; for, though I be present or absent, it is G.o.d that feed- eth the hungry heart, that giveth grace for grace, that [20]

healeth the sick and cleanseth the sinner. For this consummation He hath given you Christian Science, and my past poor labors and love. He hath shown you the amplitude of His mercy, the justice of His judgment, the omnipotence of His love; and this, to compensate [25]

your zealous affection for seeking good, and for labor- ing in its widening grooves from the infinitesimal to the infinite.

CHAPTER IX. THE FRUIT OF SPIRIT

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An Allegory

Picture to yourself ”a city set upon a hill,” a [2]

celestial city above all clouds, in serene azure and unfathomable glory: having no temple therein, for G.o.d is the temple thereof; nor need of the sun, neither of the [5]

moon, for G.o.d doth lighten it. Then from this sacred summit behold a Stranger wending his way downward, to where a few laborers in a valley at the foot of the moun- tain are working and watching for his coming.

The descent and ascent are beset with peril, priva- [10]

tion, temptation, toil, suffering. Venomous serpents hide among the rocks, beasts of prey prowl in the path, wolves in sheep's clothing are ready to devour; but the Stranger meets and masters their secret and open attacks with serene confidence. [15]

The Stranger eventually stands in the valley at the foot of the mountain. He saith unto the patient toilers therein: ”What do ye here? Would ye ascend the moun- tain,-climbing its rough cliffs, hus.h.i.+ng the hissing serpents, taming the beasts of prey,-and bathe in its [20]

streams, rest in its cool grottos, and drink from its living fountains? The way winds and widens in the valley; up the hill it is straight and narrow, and few there be that find it.”

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His converse with the watchers and workers in the [1]

valley closes, and he makes his way into the streets of a city made with hands.