Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-08

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larger congregation; and while our mum
bers here in New York may be estimated
at about 1000, believe there are not
There are In all probability 10000 in the
whole country"
''What is your method of treating a
PATIENT"
"Well," replied the priestess, again
smiling, II expected that question. But
first let me tell you what are our funda-
mental principles. Christian science is
bringing every man and woman into q
sense of their oneness with God, and to
accomplish this we must prove that
God is everything and fills all space. and
He, being spirit, there is subsequently
no matter. Now, let US suppose you are
the patient. Sit on the other end of that
sofa-no, straight up-so. Now. look at
me. l used to keep my eyes open and
look the patient straight in the face, but
l found that embarrassed many of them,
especially nervous women, SO dropped
my eyes, not shutting them, but keeping
them so, and she dropped the heavy
lashes till the dark orbS themselves be-
came invisible.
| 'NOw," she continued without raising
| them, Il see you in my spiritual mind; l
| must get your mind in harmony with my
own and | must get you to put aside the
mortal mind and to comprehend that the
eternal mind is everything and the
spiritual mind, which is the ex-
preston of the eternal mind, should
take possession of you in order that
| you may overcome the mortal mind.
| When you do this all illness will cease.
There will be nothing to be i'll. Your
mortal mind, your body and your all
ment will all be things of the magma
tion-past and gone. Nothing can harm
or effect the eternal mind, of which you
are portion. You must overcome the
devil-or evil-and realize that, being in
harmony with the eternal mind, you are
governed by it and protected by it. All
else is immaterial and there can be no
sensation of pain or anything else with
such an understanding as this. l show
you that all your ailments are the out
come of your mortal mind and arise
from error or evil and just as soon as
you are convinced of this and conquer it
| by the spiritual mind sickness will pass
away and you will have nothing to
| mourn over. 1t is difficult for some ma
| lures to reach this elevated plane, but it
can be reached-though slowly"
is it true that free love is one of the
doctrines fought by your SCHOOL,"
at is not. l know that great deal of
| talk has been excited by the unfortunate
Plunkett affair, in which Mrs. Plunkett
left her husband and attempted to just
ify her conduct on spiritual grounds.
The trouble is that Mr.. Plunkett, who
is sincere man, but weak, allowed her
to be the ruler of the domestic establish
ment and to dominate In everything.
"Would Christian science haye con-
demned Plunkett if he had punished the
man who invaded his home-shot him.
for instance-as many men would have
done?"
The priestess seemed puzzled. ri don't
think it would have condemned him
for beng a little more manly at any
rate" she said
There is widespread impression that
Christian science affords an opportunity
to many chaelatans of both sexes to prey
upon the credulous. Is this well
founded"
1T is unfortunate that there are in
posters in this way, as well as in others.
but true scientists discountenance al
in sincere way the truth, and we claim
to possess, in various degrees
the gift conferred upon the disciples,
who were taught to go out and heal the
sick. OF course there are many cases
we do not try 10 deal with. Some we
send to surgeon. The science hasn't
advanced far enough yet to mend a
broken arm or crushed finger, although
| believe it will some day"
The new religion observed the re-
porter, glancing around the elegantly
furnished room, ''does not seem to ex-
Clude those comforts and luxuries that
conform to fashion,"
''Ah, you expected to find me sort of
a recluse-dressed soberly, like an abbess
or mother superior. You find none of
the signs of asceucism or religious aus
teriuy you looked for? Is that it? No.
Christian science does not prevent me
from dressing like woman of fashion
and from all the social enjoyment lady
usually has. Why should it: Does it
improve ones religious belief to be
CARRIED like num-