The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-16

underst and or share that experiences o
power except in TIE exact degree in which
they Themselves have taken the requisite
sfeps leading thereto.
10 claim any more Is Is absurd as 20
expect an untutOred school boy 20 cipher
in derimsls niao has nsFer learned addition
There ID no beginning in the middle TO
work out ores salvation. Ali must - con-
tent to creep before they walk. Be huEnbled
before they are exalted and then walk
uieekIy and patiently the stfaight and mar
row way. every step 81 which Is . JOY, be-
fore ia gain the mountain top Ct power.
where il they would run none shall hinder
then-
There Is no building upon another's
Iabors or vicariously prcftiDg by the sacri-
Gces Of others
go and buy oil for yourselves" "sell
all thou hast and follow me, Let the
dead bury their dead, y The works that
do ye shall do, yea even greater" Preach
the gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead.
all these are imperative commands upon
humanity, and Christian science says the
time TO obey them Is now.
The second manner in which this cause
suffers Is from the intentional injury done
20 IL by large class Of students whO have
failed 20 make fortune or personal repu-
tatiOn out of IT, Many Of these tI know
whereof speak have received their tut
ton grelnito1sly from the Massachusetts,
Metaphysical college, and months At time
the bounty and financial aid of its presi-
Gent, besides.
The morals of these students are as weak
as their arguments, and through their
public and private teachings and their pro-
fuse literature they wiIfnily misrepresent
every line and precept of the science. and
so duh the sword OF Truth that it does not
cut through the self-will and vanity and
sins OF their followers; hence no clean,
wholesome healing Is accomplished BY
them.
They work as dishonest surgeon might,
who attempts to heal an abscess while the
bone Il still carious, takes his unearned
fee and leaves his patient worse for having
sseli him. Nor does this evil intent
stop here. The life, motives and deeds of
the leader OF the cause are misstated TO the
ignorant public, and she is continually dis
cusscd, criticised and falsihed.
There is malicious purpose in all this.
IL Is TO so prejudice the world against its
author, that her text book, Science and
Health, " viii be ostracised or denounced.
Ii Is self-evident fact that one mast
have correct, ii not full, estimate OF per-
son 90 comprehend his or her mission.
therefore to get the real value which ''Sci-
ence and Health possesses its author
must in measure be understood.
The suppression Of this book is not sue
ccssful, as results prove, il having reached
its forty-second edition. Still, these actions
are not without an influence upon the pup
lie mind, and the quiet. honest student
finds much Of his success in healing obsti-
nate cases, which consists OF bis telling the
simple truth of this book and its author 50
far as he knows 1t, and then OF plac-
ing the volume in the hands of the invalid
or sinner and leaving il 70 do its blessed
work.
These recalcitrant students ply their own
trades, however nefarious or opposed TO
Christian science. and retain before the
public the name they dishonor, calling
themselves by the title OF scientists
This, too, Is a fruitful source of injury.
The newspapers are fall Of their work, and
thus through the press the seeds OF preju-
dice are widely, though unconsciousIy,
sown.
But all these obstacles do not dishearten
the real workers, or render faint-hearted
those who love the cause, and labor to per-
petuAte the words Of It's leader.
Their strength is renewed constantly By
the patient example they have before them
and by the promise that II the bread is cast
upon the waters. afser many days it shall
return. OH brothers and sisters, in COM
mon cause there Is no reason for doGbt OF
fear. We have but 10 do our part, cast our
influence on the side OF God and leave the
rest TO him.
JOSEPHINE C. woopnrnY, c.. s. D.