You have come to be weighed; and yet, I would not weigh you, nor have you weighed. How is this? Be- [10] cause God does all, and there is nothing in the opposite scale. There are not two,—Mind _and_ matter. We must get rid of that notion. As we commonly think, we imagine all is well if we cast something into the scale of Mind, but we must realize that Mind is not put into the [15] scales with matter; then only are we working on one side and in Science. The students of this Primary class, dismissed the fifth of March, at close of the lecture on the fourth presented their teacher with an elegant album costing fifty dollars, [20] and containing beautiful hand-painted flowers on each page, with their autographs. The presentation was made in a brief address by Mr. D.A. Easton, who in appro- priate language and metaphor expressed his fellow-students’ thanks to their teacher. [25] On the morning of the fifth, I met the class to answer some questions before their dismissal, and allude briefly to a topic of great import to the student of Christian Science,—the rocks and sirens in their course, on and by which so many wrecks are made. The doors of animal [30] magnetism open wide for the entrance of error, some- times just at the moment when you are ready to enter on [Page 281.] the fruition of your labors, and with laudable ambition [1] are about to chant hymns of victory for triumphs. The doors that this animal element flings open are those of rivalry, jealousy, envy, revenge. It is the self- asserting mortal will-power that you must guard against. [5] But I find also another mental condition of yours that fills me with joy. I learned long ago that the world could neither deprive me of something nor give me anything, and I have now one ambition and one joy. But if one cherishes ambition unwisely, one will be chastened [10] for it. Admiral Coligny, in the time of the French Huguenots, was converted to Protestantism through a stray copy of the Scriptures that fell into his hands. He replied to his wife, who urged him to come out and confess his faith, [15] “It is wise to count the cost of becoming a true Chris- tian.” She answered him, “It is wiser to count the cost of _not_ becoming a true Christian.” So, whatever we meet that is hard in the Christian warfare we must count as nothing, and must think instead, of our poverty and help- [20] lessness without this understanding, and count ourselves always as debtors to Christ, Truth. Among the gifts of my students, this of yours is one of the most beautiful and the most costly, because you have signed your names. I felt the weight of this yes- [25] terday, but it came to me more clearly this morning when I realized what a responsibility you assume when sub- scribing to Christian Science. But, whatever may come to you, remember the words of Solomon, “Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not go unpunished: but [30] the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.”