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390 child of God, hence perfect, you have no Principle to demonstrate and no rule for its demonstration. By this I do not mean that mortals are the children of God,—far from it. In practising Christian Science you must state its Principle correctly, or you forfeit your ability to demonstrate it.

(Signed) &emsp;

Mrs. Eddy’s rejoicing over the healthy state of the church was further augmented in the month of November, 1909, by a letter received from the Associate Manager of the Committee on Publication, which was published in the Sentinel with these words from Mrs. Eddy:

Hear, O Israel. The following letter from Mr. Mattox tends to comfort, reconcile, and elevate the waiting hearts of all Christian Scientists:

I have just returned from a six-weeks trip to the Northwest and the Pacific Coast, where I attended meetings of the state committees on publication and assistants. It may interest you to hear briefly of the nature of these meetings and of some of the conditions prevailing in the field. The energy and vigor of our great western country and of the Pacific coast are proverbial, and I found that this typical western alertness was characteristic of the Christian Scientists and of their work.

The meetings were everywhere well attended, and the Scientists seemed eager to get any message that would improve the quality of their service and make them more intelligent and more effective workers in our great cause. I was most hospitably received, and it made me especially happy to notice everywhere a hearty and generous desire to support the directors and all the activities at head-