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  	                MESSAGE TO THE MOTHER CHURCH 

  	    Beloved Brethren: — People coming from a distance
 6	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
 9	address this congregation, and the Clerk of the church
  	can inform correspondents. Your dual and impersonal
  	pastor, the Bible, and "Science and Health with Key to
12	the Scriptures," is with you; and the Life these give, the
  	Truth they illustrate, the Love they demonstrate, is
  	the great Shepherd that feedeth my flock, and leadeth
15	them "beside the still waters." By any personal pres-
  	ence, or word of mine, your thought must not be diverted
  	or diverged, your senses satisfied, or self be justified. 
18	    Therefore, beloved, my often-coming is unnecessary;
  	for, though I be present or absent, it is God that feed-
  	eth the hungry heart, that giveth grace for grace, that
21	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
24	the amplitude of His mercy, the justice of His judgment,
  	the omnipotence of His love; and this, to compensate
  	your zealous affection for seeking good, and for labor-
27	ing in its widening grooves from the infinitesimal to the
  	infinite.