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  	                               TO THE MOTHER CHURCH 

  	    Beloved Brethren: — Until recently, I was not aware
24	that the contribution box was presented at your Friday
  	evening meetings. I specially desire that you collect no
  	moneyed contributions from the people present on these
27	occasions. 
  	    Let the invitation to this sweet converse be in the words
  	of the prophet Isaiah: "Ho, every one that thirsteth,
 
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 1	come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come
  	ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
 3	money and without price." 
  	    Invite all cordially and freely to this banquet of Chris-
  	tian Science, this feast and flow of Soul. Ask them to
 6	bring what they possess of love and light to help leaven
  	your loaf and replenish your scanty store. Then, after
  	presenting the various offerings, and one after another
 9	has opened his lips to discourse and distribute what God
  	has given him of experience, hope, faith, and under-
  	standing, gather up the fragments, and count the baskets
12	full of accessions to your love, and see that nothing has
  	been lost. 
  	                           With love,
15	                                        MARY BAKER EDDY