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ill save all who understand it. _Is it wrong for a wife to have a husband treated for_ _sin, when she knows he is sinning, or for drinking and_ _smoking?_ [10] It is always right to act rightly; but sometimes, under circumstances exceptional, it is inexpedient to attack evil. This rule is forever golden: "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Do you desire to be freed from sin? Then help others to be free; [15] but in your measures, obey the Scriptures, "Be ye wise as serpents." Break the yoke of bondage in every wise way. First, be sure that your means for doing good are equal to your motives; then judge them by their fruits. [20] _If not ordained, shall the pastor of the Church of_ _Christ, Scientist, administer the communion,--and_ _shall members of a church not organized receive the_ _communion?_ Our great Master administered to his disciples the [25] Passover, or last supper, without this prerogative being conferred by a visible organization and ordained priest- hood. His spiritually prepared breakfast, after his resurrection, and after his disciples had left their nets to follow him, is the spiritual communion which Chris- [30] [Page 91.] tian Scientists celebrate in commemoration of the Christ. [1] This ordinance is significant as a type of the true worship, and it should be observed at present in our churches. It is not indispensable to organize materially Christ's church. It is not absolutely necessary to ordain pas- [5] tors and to dedicate churches; but if this be done, let it be in concession to the period, and not as a per- petual or indispensable ceremonial of the church. If our church is organized, it is to meet the demand, "Suffer it to be so now." The real Christian compact [10] is love for one another. This bond is wholly spiritual and inviolate. It is imperative, at all times and under every cir- cumstance, to perpetuate no ceremonials except as types of these mental conditions,--remembrance and [15] love; a real affection for Jesus' character and example. Be it remembered, that all types employed in the ser- vice of Christian Science should represent the most spir- itual forms of thought and worship that can be made visible. [20] _Should not the teacher of Christian Science have our_ _textbook, __"__Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,__"_ _in his schoolroom and teach from it?_ I never dreamed, until informed thereof, that a loyal st
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