Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-26

ness conditions large balances are like
lily TO occur on either side of the govern
ment's expense account and it should
not be allowed to affect the gold reserve
kept to redeem the stamount of paper
currency circulating as money and de-
pending for Its stability upon the gov
ernment's ability to redeem it. So any
thing short of law that would accom-
plish this last reform would be sorry
bit of reform indeed
MARK TWAIN ON CHRISTIAN SCI
ENCE.
The fair opponents of Christian sci
ence admit there is much in it that is
good while they also say there is much
of it that is irrational. The adherents
of this creed believe they are persecut-
since obtained good standing among
the people later on. Mark Twain has
written his impressions of the doctrine
of Christian science, and after reading
them no one can doubt his views on
that subject. But Mark Twain's name
and fame of course. stand for some
things amusing or satirical. He uses all
of his power of satire on the belief it
self and for the book of Mrs. Eddy
which is the fountain head of the cult
he uses as weapons both satire and di-
49, ~.
mopolitan for October
To embody his ideas Mark Twain
uses mythical tale of an accident he
suffered in Europe He had walked off
|. a cliff and accumulated 234, more or
Hess. compound fractures. The only
medical help he could obtain was from
the village horse doctor and Mrs. Full
Her. Christian science healer from
! Boston. The healer came first, and af-
ter scorning to look at his tongue and
pulse. repeated her axioms. She
scratched herself with pin and said:
Ouch," Then, to quote.
/ Just at that point the Stubenmad-
ichen trod on the cats tail, and the cat
4 let fly frenzy Of eat profanity. i
asked, with caution:
rs cats opinion about pain valua-
/ ble2''
"A cat has no opinion opinions pro-
coed from mind only; the lower AMI
4 mails being eternally perishable, have
mot been granted mind; without mind
there is no imagination. A cat has no
imagination.
Then she had a real pain?i'
II have already told you there IS nc
such thing as real pain.
/ 1T is strange and interesting. | dc
wonder What was the matter with the
Ecat.'
In the same manner he goes through
the doctrine as explained by Mrs. Full.
Ter:
1T is quite simple. she said; ..ths
Fundamental propositions of Christian
science explain it, and they are sum
i married in the four following self-evi-
Ident propositions: l. God is all in all
IL Tod is good Good is mind 3. God
l.spirit being all, nothing is matter. 4
i Life, God. .omnipotent good, deny death
$Ievil, sim disease. There-now you see.
1 1t seemed nebulous. it did not seen
4 10 say anything about the difficulty il
hand non-existent matter cal
propag gate Illusions. said, With some
hesitancy
Does-doess 1t explain?Y
Doesn't ii? Even if read backward
iii will do IT..
With a budding hope, | asked her t.
do it backward
Very we'll Disease sin evil deatl
deny good omnipotent God life matte
las nothing all being spirit God mind i
good good is God all in all is God
!, THERETO you understand now?''
aIt-it-well, it is palmer than it wa
before: still
He read Mrs. Eddy's book to pass tn
time. These are his conclusions:
For of all the strange and franti
and ineomprehensible and uninterpre
, table books which the Imagination o
+ man has created surely this one is TIL
, prize sample.
The books Seventies of self-satisfac
tion do almost seem to smack of
e heavenly orgin-they have no blood
/ kin in the earth. Ii is more than hu
man 70 be 50 placidly certain abou
things and so finely superior and S
T ulFlly content Win one $ ptIIofHldllc'
i Without ever presenting anythln
: which may rightfully be called by tn
strong name of evidence She finds tn
Whole Bible in an unclaritied condition
and at small expense OF time and no eN
n pense of mental effort she clarifies
s from lid to lid. reorganizes and i'm
!. proves the meanings, then authorize
! lively settles and establishes them wit
n formulate which you can not tell froi
: Let there be light" and Here 70
. have II.
;, He closes the paper with this:
Nothing exists but Minde"
Nothing she answered. AN els
Il is substanceless. all else is imaginary
Z l gave her an imaginary check. ar
now She is suing me for substanti
= dollars. IT looks inconsistent.
; IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
$. The Dunlap Herald state that presel
d prospects for a republican victory
j. Harrison county We're never more fla
~ tering and adds: when farmers a.
l. receiving good prices for their stoo
t and grain they are not apt to vote f.
Is a change in administration, either
lie state or national affairs.
er The Boone Republican thinks the