The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-08
HOW ANGELS LOVE.
The Life Of Mrs. Plunkett and
Mr.. WOrthingtOn.
THEY ARE MUCH TOO PLAT0yIC.
Their Flesh may be Weak, but Their Spirit is
All Right-SOu Longings-A
Divine Marriage.

Especial 10 the HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, June I.-Bently Worthing
ton, who supplanted John J. Plunkett il
the affections of Mrs. Mary H. Plunkett
Will not leave the Christian Science as
sOciation nor discontinue healing.
April l John J. Plunkett moved from the
Temple of Christian Science, taking two
pieces of luggage and copy of the Inter
national Magazine Of Christian Science and
the blessing of his whilom wife He
showed no tendency TO object at the time to
his wift's preference for another, but when,
en- May 10, the Magazine appeared, Mr..
Plunkett was Mortified to find at the head
of its list of teachers and practitioners, the
name of John j. Plunkett, which had
headed the list ever since 1881, deposed
The healer was justified in nOwling and he
intends TO keep it up. The spirit mar
riage' of June was the last straw.
DR. Worthington was seen to-day in
the temple, preparing for the July number
Of the Magazine an account of his meta
physical marriage. Il am glad to see a re
porter" he said, The papers have treated
us fairly, but will reserve for the Magazine
any statements Mrs. WOrthinGton and
care TO make. AS to 'defense,1 we shall
attempt none We are conscious of our
own honesty and we know what the cost is.
We sacrifice everything the world holds
dear, lOF IlC establishment OF principles
that we have found through Christian sci
ence in the relation of marriage All that
bothers me is that miserable man Plunkett
who is unworthy of the eXertiOn of talking
writing or thinking about How dare he
claim an interest in Mrs. WOrthington's
work! AS to this claim, he absolutely has
none. He can establish none in equity
civil law or science. He has a superb nerve
10 demand what he considers his rights
Ugh! could twist his nose if were not
tied hand and feet by the principles of the
creed to which | subscribed. He says Mrs.
Worthington made between sixteen thous-
and and twenty thousand dollars a year
out of the Magazine. 1t is false, false. She
is rich only in the bank of heaven She
put - 900 more into the plant than she got
out, and shG lever even got her Gle tn
ont Of it. Friends have sent her dresses
because they were tired of seeing her wear
the same dress so long. There are too
many money catchers in this world already,
but Mrs. WOrthingtOn does not belong to
the number. If my stern devotion to truth
were less, would be tempted TO take him
by the back of the neck - And his gesture
implied that he would shake the dayllguts
out of his presumptously mercenary pre-
decessor.
Worthington believes that for every man
there is a mate who answers 20 the long
ings Of the heart and whose sympathy can
hear and hush the groanings of his soul
Have you ever loved! You have
surely" The reporter admitted fifteen !
attacks of about ten days each.
''Oh they were not love" said Mr. Worth |
ington. 'They were only the forerunners |
of that great, grand, soul-filling passion.
which will one day take possession of you |
aud eliminate in marriage, real marriage. |
AS marriage now exists there is no life or
love; no husband loves. 1t is as with |
brother and sister, indefinite and subjective.
The condition called marriage as enforced
by law, is not marriage but bondage Mar
riage as now regulated is wicked, however.
and has no divine purpose"