We wove a web of doubt and fear,—...
We wove a web of doubt and fear,— Not faith and hope and love,— Because we looked at our work, and notAt our pattern, up above!Phoebe Cary.
"CHRISTMAS THANKS"
Under the above caption, in the January number, our dear Teacher expressed her gratitude for the gifts her students made her on Christmas. She commences thus: ''One of the most difficult things to...
AWAKEN
Awake, for the voice of Jesus calls: "Arm for the rights of Soul, And rise with me from the error of thought That bellef of sin and death has brought,For I lead to the heavenly goal! "Ha...
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
The Sacred Tree midst the fair orchard grew; The Phænix Truth did on it rest, And built his perfumed nest,— That right Porphyrian tree, which did true logic shew. Each leaf did learned notions giv...
Questions Answered
What can prospective students of the College take for preliminary studies? Do you regard the study of literature and languages as objectionable? C. F. O.Persons, contemplating a course at the Metap...
Letters
VOICE OF TRUTH.We hear its utterance, as nowhere else, in the new language of the Bible, revealed in Christian Science, and made manifest to us through right instruction, which places us within rea...
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
A wasteful people, we Yankees. We buy foolishly, use foolishly, and throw away foolishly. As a rule, the poorest people, instead of being the most economical, are the most careless. They buy a...
Motherhood
I'll lift my heart in gratitude above, For gifts of nature and redeeming Love; And next for thee, who dost with fondness prove—A Mother. With kindness thou didst watch my infant years, Soothed whe...
A THOUGHT
We seem to be travelling along an ever-turning and changing road. Now we wander over pavement easy to the feet, —no ragged edges here,—and on every side the whirl of glorious emotions touches us. G...
Letters
Apple-Blossoms and Water-Lilies.For the past week I have travelled daily by rail, through one of the loveliest sections of old Massachusetts, and have enjoyed glimpses of town and country along the...