Those who now, in part, understand her mission, turn their hearts in gratitude to her for her great work, and those who do not understand it will, in the fulness of time, see and acknowledge it. In the measure in which she has unfolded and demonstrated Divine Love and built up in human consciousness a better and higher conception of God as Life, Truth, and Love,--as the Divine Principle of all things which really exist,--and in the degree in which she has demonstrated the system of healing of Jesus and the Apostles, surely she, as the one chosen of God to this end, is entitled to the gratitude and love of all who desire a better and grander humanity, and who believe it to be possible to establish the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth in accordance with the prayer and teachings of Jesus Christ. (_Concord Evening Monitor_, March 23, 1895.) TESTIMONIAL AND GIFT. To Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, from The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Rev. Mary Baker Eddy received Friday, from the Christian Science board of directors, Boston, a beautiful and unique testimonial of the appreciation of her labors and loving generosity in the cause of their common faith. It was a facsimile of the corner-stone of the new church of the Christian Scientists, just completed, being of granite, about six inches in each dimension, and contains a solid gold box, upon the cover of which is this inscription: "To our Beloved Teacher, the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, from her affectionate Students, the Christian Science Board of Directors." On the under side of the cover are the facsimile signatures of the directors, Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph Armstrong, and Stephen A. Chase, with the date, "1895." The beautiful souvenir is encased in an elegant plush box. Accompanying the stone testimonial was the following address from the board of directors: BOSTON, March 20, 1895. To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, our beloved teacher and leader: We are happy to announce to you the completion of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. In behalf of your loving students and all contributors wherever they may be, we hereby present this church to you as a testimonial of love and gratitude for your labors and loving sacrifice, as the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, and the author of its text-book, "SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY To THE SCRIPTURES." We therefore respectfully extend to you the invitation to become the permanent pastor of this church, in connection with the Bible, and the Book alluded to above, which you have already ordained as our pastor. And we most cordially invite you to be present and take charge of any services that may be held therein. We especially desire you to be present on the twenty-fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to accept this offering, with our humble benediction. Lovingly yours,