I cannot be the conscience for this church; but if I [20] were, I would gather every reformed mortal that desired to come, into its fold, and counsel and help him to walk in the footsteps of His flock. I feel sure that as Chris- tian Scientists you will act, relative to this matter, up to your highest understanding of justice and mercy. [25] Affectionately yours, MARY BAKER EDDY Feb. 12, 1895 [Page 147.] The First Members Of The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts _My Beloved Students_:—Another year has rolled on, [3] another annual meeting has convened, another space of time has been given us, and has another duty been done [5] and another victory won for time and eternity? Do you meet in unity, preferring one another, and demonstrating the divine Principle of Christian Science? Have you improved past hours, and ladened them with records worthy to be borne heavenward? Have you learned [10] that sin is inadmissible, and indicates a small mind? Do you manifest love for those that hate you and de- spitefully use you? The man of integrity is one who makes it his constant rule to follow the road of duty, according as Truth and [15] the voice of his conscience point it out to him. He is not guided merely by affections which may some time give the color of virtue to a loose and unstable character. The upright man is guided by a fixed Principle, which destines him to do nothing but what is honorable, and to [20] abhor whatever is base or unworthy; hence we find him ever the same,—at all times the trusty friend, the affec- tionate relative, the conscientious man of business, the pious worker, the public-spirited citizen. He assumes no borrowed appearance. He seeks no [25] mask to cover him, for he acts no studied part; but he is indeed what he appears to be,—full of truth, candor, and humanity. In all his pursuits, he knows no path but the fair, open, and direct one, and would much rather fail of success than attain it by reproachable means. He [30] [Page 148.] never shows us a smiling countenance while he meditates [1] evil against us in his heart. We shall never find one part of his character at variance with another. Lovingly yours, MARY BAKER EDDY [5] Sept. 30, 1895 Extract From A Letter