I received your treatments, both written and spiritual, for myself and daughter, for which I do heartily thank you. I certainly do feel very much better, and my daughter has suceeded far beyond our expectations, as she received a teacher's certificate and has secured a school. I do feel I have reason to thank you all for your prayers.—Mrs. E. G.

I found your little magazine, UNITY. Some one had left it in their linen bag, and I have been reading it and feel that I must write you at once.-E. K., Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa.

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I enclose this offering to you. Your treatments this past month have done more for me than I can describe. I can concentrate better, and my financial condition has improved. I am delighted with UNITY. It is very helpful to me.-Mrs. H. E. M.

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I want to write and tell you how much benefited by your teachings of the Word of God. You have brought me nearer to the light of Truth and close to Christ. I now feel sure that he hears me and that my prayers are answered. Then the dear little Red Leaf, I can not understand it, but it has been a real daily help to me.-V. V. S.

I wish to tell you that I am much stronger than when I wrote last; the weak spells are leaving me. It was like heart failure and I did not know if I would come out of them sometimes. Have not had any for over a week and have no pain, and think I will keep gaining right along. My sister is still gaining and feels so thankful. May the Lord bless you all with every good thing.-J. C. H.

I thank you for your prompt response to my call for help, and your splendid affirmation. I am very much uplifted by it, and my condition was bettered at once. I sleep better, and have better courage. Thank God for this gain.—Â. E. H.

I want to tell you how much Unity has done and is doing for me. My stomach is much better, and prosperity seems to be coming my way. I do not know what I would do without Unity. It is a blessed Unity to me. I thank you so much for your help and kindness.-M. E. D.

My mother has been very much benefited by your treatments. She admires UNITY and Cady Lessons, and the reading and thinking is helping her. She has been a sufferer for a great many years and of late has almost lived on toasted stale bread, but since you began treating her she has eaten a little of almost everything.-Mrs. C.

You had given me treatments for about a month, when things came about as by magic. I keep your magazine and take all the leaves with me when I retire, and carry the shreds with me during the way. They are sweet companions I have grown accustomed to. You have given me the most helpful suggestions, and I hold these thoughts all I can.-J. V. B.

Have been holding the thought you sent, regularly. I began at once to perceive a change in my mental state. The feeling of depression has passed off to a great extent, and I am much more peaceful in mind-not so easily disturbed or annoyed by circumstances. Am sure I am more obedient to the voice of the Spirit, which I think I plainly hear. Am also feeling better and stronger. My mother seems very bright and cheerful and her cough is much better.-A. P. P.

The Red Sheet has acted almost like a miracle. I can hardly realize that it is possible that I am getting well so fast when I think of the spirit of hate and desire for revenge that was eating up my very vitality, and sinking me to such a low level. I have been able to help others who were in distress by just letting go the evil thing. I am getting rid of the fear and anxiety about money.-A. D.

The results of last month's treatments were certainly the surprise of my life. I obtained a position that I would say was exactly what I desired, and I never even dreamed of getting the place. It is certainly wonderful. And I cannot tell you how thankful I am for the help you have given mamma. She is so much stronger and looks so much better that all our friends are making remarks about her improved appearance.-E. S.

I received a letter from my sister that was sick. She saye she praises God for all the good help the friends have given her in time of need. The God of Truth is helping her, and I am glad she is getting along so well. I am sure she loves Unity and all the kind friends that have been so good to her.

My little boy was very sick two weeks ago. His stomach swelled up and he cried and fretted. I at once went and treated him, and in half an hour it was all gone, and he has not been bothered since. I also cured my baby of stomach trouble. This is her second summer. I have not given her any medicine, and really I don't keep it in the house, for I wont' use it.-Mrs. K. M. S.

Your kind letter and statement was received, for which I am very thankful to you. The spiritual assistance you have given me, in regard to my friends who were on the verge of separation, has brought about their reunion.

Kind friends, words cannot express the gratitude of my heart for all you have done for these dear ones, and for me. God bless you, one and all! All glory be to God, His name for evermore, through Jesus Christ.-Mrs. M.

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I wish to report to you about my sister whom you are treating. The first week of the treatment she was much upset, and did not sleep for four nights; the next night she slept three hours or so; the next week was a little better, and last Monday slept all night and late the next day, waking up better and willing to admit felling much refreshed. She also said that her eyes seemed a little clearer, and I have perfect faith that she will recover her sight.-M. B,

I have been conscious of your treatments this last month and have been helped by them. When I wrote you I had seemingly lost hold of myself and began to worry. Now I feel that "there is no longer any room in my mind for thoughts of failure or of lack." Thank you so much.-M. A. M.

I am getting along finely. My peace is returning. I slept excellently last night. My nervousness is leaving me, and the heart palpitation very much better. I am improving wonderfully, and I give thanks to the Father daily for all good things, and especially these blessings. My appreciation for your assistance can not be expressed. I make every endeavor to help others in part return for your treatments, and I shall be able to pay you too.-D. N. S.

I am gaining ground every day. I have a fine appetite, which I have not had before for three months. My daughter is getting better; she has a good appetite, sleeps well nights, and her nerves are getting quiet. My son has a stronger look than he has ever had before. He has also gained in flesh, and his throat is getting better all the time.-Mrs. C. B.

I wish to inform you that, although you did not mention in your letter of the 7th instant the date you began my treatments, I felt the vibrations distinctly on the evening of the 5th, just about five minutes after nine o'clock. It was the strongest current I ever received. From that date I have been improving. I can hear the voices of people talking on their porches across the street, when sitting out evenings, and this is something I have not been able to do for about four years. It gives me new hope and courage, and I know that I am coming out all right. I am getting wonderful demonstrations, with your assistance, and I will soon be able to take up my work again. Words cannot express the loving, heartfelt gratitude I hold for you. May God ever bless and prosper you.-Mrs. C. B. L.

I feel that you all have been such a great help to me and my husband, and he is so much pleased over his condition. He seems a changed man since your treatments. His leg, which has given him so much trouble, is almost cured, and his disposition much improved.—Mrs. J. C. B.

I am using the Red Leaf. I like the beautiful realization— so peaceful and quieting. As I hold it I seem to be surrounded by a protecting power that is so satisfying.-J. W. J.

I am keeping the silent hour right along and am feeling so much better, and am so thankful to you and God for what you have done for me and my son. He, also, is getting along finely.-S. D. M.

My son has been transferred to N. B., salary raised and position better in every way. Praise to God for all the good that has come to my boy, who, I am thankful to say, gives thanksgiving to God with a grateful heart.-I. F. R.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The candid statement of my impression of the New Thought Federation has been taken by some as a criticism of the Chicago Convention. It was not so intended. The officers of the Convention did nobly, and it could hardly have been better handled. What I saw as a hopeless task was the attempt to unify so many lines of individual thought, the basis of which was not in the absolute, but the relative, and must therefore always be disintegrating.

There is but one foundation upon which we can have a permanent federation, and that is the One Absolute Mind. From that Mind, statements of truth can be formulated that will be accepted by all who are functioning in the top brain, where the superconsciousness has its seat of action. Those in whom the tide of life flows no higher than intellectual perception, will not rise to this consciousness of the Absolute, hence we cannot expect them to accept its basis of the origin of all things.

Only those who think purely and act virtuously in all ways, conserving the vitalities of mind and body, can rise and stay in the top brain, hence we may not get together a very large convention in the beginning, but it will come, and be a permanent federation of all men who are truly seeking unselfishly to do the will of God.

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1907 Greeting!

UNITY, being published on the fifteenth of the month, will carry New Year's greetings too late to be appreciated, so we affirm for you that continuous health and prosperity which you have had ever since you became one of our readers.

It is a fact that all who come into our thought radiation are made more healthy and prosperous day by day. This condition sets in just as soon as they catch the spirit of the philosophy which we teach, and

it increases right along. With some it is very gradual, and with others immediate, but to all it comes sooner or later, if they enter into the secret of the Presence.

This Presence cannot be described; it must be realized. A young man who has found it says it is just like a summer's day. Hundreds have written that when UNITY comes into the house this Presence comes with it, and they feel the comfort of a friend and the security of an unseen power. This beautiful

Presence is the Holy Spirit.

Jesus said it would go to whoever asked for it in his name, and so it does. We cultivate its acquaintance as we would that of a very dear friend whom we loved for his virtues and powers; except that we ask the Spirit to do a thousand things for us that we would not impose upon a friend. The more intimate we get with it, the more we ask, and it never disappoints us. The last thing at night, we ask that the Holy Spirit be with us while we sleep; and the first thing in the morning we affirm its presence and power in all the affairs of the day.

When the calls for help come in from all parts of the country, and for a time we seem almost overwhelmed, we retire into the secret of its Presence and its radiant power goes in a thousand directions all at once, carrying consolation and health to all who receive it. Jesus first proclaimed the advent of the Holy Spirit, and it was through his high realization of man's spiritual nature that it was opened to human

consciousness.

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive for the Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:38.

Jesus made a mighty impression on the mentality of our race, and left a spiritual force that has been