They are diametrically opposed to the philosophy of Karma and of reincarnation, which are the tenets of theosophy.  They hold with strict fidelity to what they believe to be the literal teachings of Christ.

Yet each and all these movements, however they may differ among themselves, are phases of idealism and manifestations of a higher spirituality seeking expression.

It is good that each and all shall prosper, serving those who find in one form of belief or another their best aid and guidance, and that all meet on common ground in the great essentials of love to God and love to man as a signal proof of the divine origin of humanity which finds no rest until it finds the peace of the Lord in spirituality.  They all teach that one great truth that: 

God’s greatness flows around our incompleteness,
Round our restlessness, his rest. 
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.

I add on the following page a little poem that I consider superbly sweet—­from my friend, Miss Whiting, the talented author of “THE WORLD BEAUTIFUL.”—­M.B.  EDDY.

AT THE WINDOW.

[Written for the Traveller.]

  The sunset, burning low,
    Throws o’er the Charles its flood of golden light. 
  Dimly, as in a dream, I watch the flow
    Of waves of light.

  The splendor of the sky
    Repeats its glory in the river’s flow;
  And sculptured angels, on the gray church tower,
    Gaze on the world below.

  Dimly, as in a dream,
    I see the hurrying throng before me pass,
  But ’mid them all I only see one face
    Under the meadow grass.

  Ah, love!  I only know
    How thoughts of you forever cling to me: 
  I wonder how the seasons come and go
    Beyond the sapphire sea?

LILLIAN WHITING.

April 15, 1888.

(Boston Herald, January 7, 1895.)

EXTRACT.

A TEMPLE GIVEN TO GOD.—­DEDICATION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE.

Novel Method of Enabling Six Thousand Believers to Attend the
Exercises—­The Service Repeated Four Times—­Sermon by Rev. Mary Baker
Eddy, Founder of the Denomination—­Beautiful Room Which the Children
Built.

With simple ceremonies, four times repeated, in the presence of four different congregations, aggregating nearly 6,000 persons, the unique and costly edifice erected in Boston at Norway and Falmouth streets as a home for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and a testimonial to the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, was yesterday dedicated to the worship of God.

The structure came forth from the hands of the artisans with every stone paid for—­with an appeal, not for more money, but for a cessation of the tide of contributions which continued to flow in after the full amount needed was received.  From every state in the Union and from many lands, the love offerings of the disciples of Christian Science came to help erect this beautiful structure, and more than 4,000 of these contributors came to Boston from the far-off Pacific coast and the Gulf states and all the territory that lies between, to view the new-built temple and to listen to the message sent them by the teacher they revere.