Massachusetts Metaphysical College, and from branch associations in other
States, met in general convention at New York City, February 11, 1886.

The first official organ of the Christian Scientist Association was called
_Journal of Christian Science_. I started it, April, 1883, as editor and
publisher.

To the National Christian Scientist Association, at its meeting in
Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1889, I sent a letter, presenting to its loyal
members _The Christian Science Journal_, as it was now called, and the
funds belonging thereto. This monthly magazine had been made successful and
prosperous under difficult circumstances and was designed to bear aloft the
standard of genuine Christian Science.




FAITH-CURE


It is often asked, Why are faith-cures sometimes more speedy than some of
the cures wrought through Christian Scientists? Because faith is belief,
and not understanding; and it is easier to believe, than to understand
spiritual Truth. It demands less cross-bearing, self-renunciation, and
divine Science to admit the claims of the corporeal senses and appeal to
God for relief through a humanized conception of His power, than to deny
these claims and learn the divine way,--drinking Jesus' cup, being baptized
with his baptism, gaining the end through persecution and purity.

Millions are believing in God, or good, without bearing the fruits of