Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-23
Christian Science.

Mr.. Editor:
communication in your journal
a few days since relating to Christian
Science gives occasion for more ade-
quate treatment of the subject.
The Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science is the Rev. Mrs.
Mary Mason Baker Glover Patterson
Eddy. She lives at Pleasant View, her
beautiful estate near Concord, N. H.
where she enjoys the ample reward of
many years of arduous toll and is able
to live in manner bef1tting here eX-
allied position. Hither gather hosts of
pilgrims to show their gratitude and
love to her whom they honor as the
"Feminine Principle of the Messanc
Expectation"
The textbook of Scientists is SCI
ENCE AND HEALTH, WITH KEY
TO THE SCRIPTURES, written by
Mother Eddy. In this book she be-
llieves she has laid the axe of Science
! ait the root of material knowledge" In
a manner its truths were revealed; for
ually through divine power, during
three years of solitary research" and,
again mo human pen or tongue
taught me the Science contained in
this book and neither tongue nor pen
can ever overthrow it," Its literary
style is mellow and rhythmic and has
the tone of ancient oracles. In that
day, she says, in a prophetic passage
in the first chapter, 1.-The seasons will
come and go, with changes of time and
tide, cold and heat, latitude and longi-
tude. The agriculturist will find that
these changes cannot affect his crops"
The work is based wholly upon the
Bible. 1t will lbe noticed at once, how
ever that the method of Interpretation
is mystical, or spiritual rather than ra-
most convenient passages will suffice
to illustrate: divide the word Adam
into two syllables and 1T reads a dam.
or obstruction. This suggests the !
thought of something fluid of mortal !
mind in solution
The basic principle of Mrs, Eddy's !
work is simply the Ideafistic Philoso- |
ply of Berkeley and Kant and Emer-
son. The prize modern statement of
Idealism is Herbert Spencer's saying:
This necessity we are under to think
Of the external energy in the terms of
the internal energy, gives rather a
Spiritualistic than a materialistic as
1ect to the universe" Now this is on
y wise way of saying that thought
alone is; all things are as we think
hem to be. All undesirable, all evil,
disease, hunger, limita-
ion, and death are fictions to be over
,ome by thought.
To be able to overcome evil, this is
IN accomplishment for which Scientists
trive. In its working it lis as plain as
lay. Thousands of people have learned
hat they can throw off, as they say,
headache, colds and indigestion, they
ave learned something of the pow
n of the mind over the body, as they
ay, but refuse to give Mrs. Eddy her
ust dues. But truth will win.
thousands of men and women are liv-
ng witnesses to Mrs. Eddy's divine
wisdom and power. In 1892 Mrs. Ed
y, by omnipresent mental treatment
called the Prince of Wales of his fever.
And we have secret faith that she
Who has done such great works shall
ike the great Way-shower demon
trate against that great evil which
las hitherto been universally victor
Gus. Jesus was the first to overcome
he illusions of mortal mind and we
re his true followers. Time alone is
ecessary to gain the spiritual attain
lents that will enable us to live and
loye free as the spirit of God.
The way is open to all. The price of
Instruction in the APODICTICAL
'RINClPLE has been reduced from
10000 to $4,000 for ten lessons. After
hree courses one becomes a practi-
loner The price of Mrs Eddy's
ooks range from 1918 to So, according
binding Mrs. Eddy's Souvenir
poons may be had for SO and $5, her
photographs sell at 81 and So. Let all
nth lovers join us. Y. f