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be a person of good moral character. Nothing in the 

 way of liberal education. All must pass an examina- 

 tion, to which those only are admitted who have studied 

 law three years either in an office or in a law school. 

 Supreme court appoints a committee of nine members 

 to examine applicants. 



Oklahoma. Must possess a good moral character. 

 Must have acquired the requisite learning. This fact is 

 ascertained through examination by the court. Appli- 

 cant is examined in open court by committee. 



Pennsylvania. He must be a citizen of the United 

 States and of a good moral character as certified to by 

 two persons. He must have a good English education 

 and a knowledge of the elements of Latin as evidenced 

 by examination. In most counties the rules of court re- 

 quire a two or three years' course of study (prior to final 

 examination, by a committee) in the office of a member 

 of the local bar and require at least one year's actual 

 work in an office, even for students of regular law 

 schools. 



South Carolina. Citizenship required. Must be of 

 age and of a good moral character. Graduates at the 

 law school of the State University are admitted without 

 examination; others must Undergo the examination 

 upon the course of study prescribed by supreme court. 



South Dakota. Must be a resident of the state, of 

 age, and of good moral character. All are required to 

 pass an examination in open court. 



Tennessee. Must be of age and of good moral char- 

 acter. No other requirement. The professional attain- 

 ments of the applicant are ascertained by any two 

 judges. 



Texas. Six months' residence in the state required. 

 Applicant must be of age, and have a good reputation. 

 Graduates from the University of Texas are admitted 

 without examination. Others are examined by a com- 

 mittee on Blackstone's Commentaries^ Kent's Com- 

 mentaries, Stephens on Pleading, Story's Equity Plead- 

 ing, first volume of Greenleaf , Story on Notes, Story on 

 Partnership, Story's Equity Jurisprudence, or books of 

 like character. He is expected to have some knowledge 

 of the Constitution and statutes of Texas and the 

 practice of her courts. 



Utah. Citizen of United States or one having de- 

 clared intention to become a citizen. Must be of age 

 and of good moral character. All applicants are strictly 

 examined in open court. 



Vermont. Must have resided in Vermont six 

 months, be of age, and of good moral character. All 

 are examined in open court by a committee of the bar ; 

 but applicant must have studied three years in the 

 office of a practicing attorney, though not more than 

 two of these years may be spent in attendance at a law 

 school chartered by any state of the United States. 



Virginia. Must have resided in state six months, be 

 of age, and a person of honest demeanor. It appears 

 that all are subject to examination by the supreme 

 court of appeals on common law, equity, commercial 

 law, and practice, and the Code of Virginia, but the 

 diploma of a law school duly incorporated by one of the 

 United States " is considered." 



Washington. Must be a citizen of the United States, 

 have resided in state one year, have a good moral char- 

 acter, and be 21 years of age. The supreme court, by 

 two of its judges, satisfies itself that the applicant has 

 sufficient general learning, but an attorney of the state 

 must certify that applicant has studied law for two 

 years previous to his application and that he believes 

 him to be a person of sufficient legal knowledge and 

 ability to discharge the duties of an attorney and coun- 

 selor at law. 



West Virginia. Must be a citizen, one year a resi- 

 dent of the county, and have a good moral character. 

 All applicants are now (1897) examined by the law 

 faculty of the University of West Virginia for the su- 

 preme court. 



Wisconsin. Must be a resident of the state and be 

 of good moral character. Graduates of the law depart- 

 ment of the University of Wisconsin are admitted on 

 their diplomas ; others are examined by state board of 

 examiners, if they have studied law at least two years 

 prior to the examination. 



Wyoming. Must be a citizen, of age, of good moral 

 character, and learned in the law, all of which must be 

 passed upon by the standing committee on admission of 

 each court. An examination is mad into the private 

 character and unprofessional literary attainments of 

 applicant. 



CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. 



The following are the claims of Christian 

 Science, as stated by Mrs. Laura Lathrop, 

 C. S. D., New York: 



The revelation of Christian Science came to 

 Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy in the year 1866, 

 and its truth and power were immediately 

 demonstrated by signs following. For thirty- 

 two years sinners have been reclaimed, de- 

 praved appetites for opium and intoxicating 

 drinks have been destroyed, the sick have been 

 healed of every disease, including insanity ; 

 the blind have received their sight, the deaf 

 their hearing, shortened limbs have been 

 elongated, crooked spines have been straight- 

 ened, and law after law of the human mind 

 has been broken. The one great text-book of 

 this science is" Science and Health," with 

 key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker G. Eddy, 

 supplemented by another book by the same 

 author called "Miscellaneous Writings." 

 " Science and Health " is now in its one hun- 

 dred and sixtieth edition, and the demand 

 for it is increasing daily. The Christian 

 Science Publishing House is at 95 Falmouth 

 street, Boston, Mass., and here are published, 

 besides the two books above mentioned, other 

 works by the same author, also The Chris- 

 tian Science Monthly Journal, The Christian 

 Science Weekly, and the "Christian Science 

 Bible Lessons." In the October Journal 

 for 1898 there were mentioned 1,916 prac- 

 titioners, 289 regularly organized churches, 

 113 services where no church has as yet been 

 organized, and 81 institutes. One hundred 

 and twenty of these practitioners are in Greater 

 New York, and sixty-seven in Manhattan 

 Borough. There are six regularly organized 

 churches of this denomination in New York 

 city, three of which own church buildings. A 

 beautiful building is now being erected at the 

 corner of Central Park West and Sixty-eighth 

 street by the Second Church of Christ Scientist, 

 New York city. 



Flourishing churches have been organized in 

 London, England; Paris, France; Dresden 

 and Hanover, Germany, and in Canada, Bra- 

 zil, and Scotland. Many handsome church 

 edifices have been built in different cities, and 

 many others are in process of erection. The 

 mother church is located in Boston, Mass., 

 and those all over the country are its branches. 

 Their services are uniform, consisting of two 

 meetings on Sunday and one on Wednesday 

 evening. No sermons are preached by a per- 

 sonal pastor, but a sermon made up of selec- 

 tions from the Bible and "Science and 

 Health," with key to the Scriptures, is read by 

 two readers, called the first and second read- 

 ers. This church is emphatically a healing 



