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word of health without a named charge. During these years of service in which only freewill offerings were received, scores heard the word and received the healing. Of these many, but few adhered to the teaching or made it practical in their own lives. It had come too easily to be valued.

Upon the opening of the College where order in every way must prevail, and all expression be adjusted to that order, it was found more satisfactory to both teacher and student that there be a regulated scale of prices. Since this change, many have been instructed and many healed, and almost, without exception, these are being faithful to the Principle and practice.

A teacher who changed from her custom of free-will offerings to a charge gave the following reason: In the classes where free-will offerings were received, there was much irregularity in attendance. Knowing this to be detrimental to a comprehension of the subject, she decided to name a sum for the classes. From that time regular attendance was the rule.

A Christian Science teacher told of a working woman who saved for two years to have the hundred dollars required for lessons. One remarked, "You did not accept it, did you?".   "Certainly," she replied, "I could not think of discouraging that woman's enthusiasm. Of all the students in that class none was so earnest, obedient and teachable as