Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-06-08

These answers were nuIm't"d. SUD-
irct 10 obirctlonS hut question: regard
mg the belief of members AS 10 the III
llliblllty OF "Sricncr and Health were
ruled out,
Witness said that the belief Of the
mrInbrrs of the First Church of Christ
i the same today aS II was two years
ago. when she was Il member or the
church.
R,Suming his argument Mr.. Elder
said that part of the annual message
which preceded The alleged llbcllouS
part WAS cong"atulalion over the prog
ross of the church and of truth Hut
the plaini,n' says that suddenly the mo
tive of the writer changed. and her at
iiludr towards the church ana lis prog
ross in the world was abandoned, and
that she Immediately began an attack on
this plainlill. Counsel proceeded to eN'
pound the passages Of scriptures quot
ed. showing that they were llSrl III Il
purely spiritual sense. He severely d"'
no,lnccd the action of the rlaintiif in
distOrting the language of the bible 81
as to make ii apply to herself. ANA >nld
that il showed Il morbid mind struggling
after no1orirty. Even If tn" evidence
vas Overlooking with malice II would
not relieve The plniulill from the nccrS-
Sity of giving proof of actual id"nlilicil-
lion. This the plaintiff failed to do.
Mr.. rrnbady in reply said that the par
ties un This suit. Mrs. Woodbury. anl
Mrs. Eddy, were once co-workrrS in Il
religious movement. He spoke of the
letter addressed to Mrs. Woodbury.. but
sent to her husband. in which reference
was made to the child hrn. illrgitimntr
and of the immaculate conception. lie
submitted that this WAS an attack. AS
to the malicious attitude contained in
HE letters. he did not feel hat he need
refer to them. they having been read by
Judge Bell.
Th" bylaws were then spoken of. and
he rXcoinmunication of Mrs. Woodbury.
forever from the church. II appears
that the Christian ScirnSistS believe
that Mrs. Eddy il, the woman referred to
in the book of Revelations. he said
Mr.. Peabody said that the attitude
taken 10y Mrs. Eddy in refusing to grant
Judge Hanna permission To answer The
Arena article was this: "I.caNr her tn
me-" This was why she took Snmc
weeks To prepare an effect unl reply
one that would prove rrnShimy he said.
The human mind could not put other
than the meaning of Il personality IN
connection with this paragraph. "'rhC
l,nbylOniSh woman" etc.
NV hat did she lAIrS. Eddy) do to pre-.
pare her lilrt" asked Mr.. rrabody
Ut is said that the devil may quote
scriptures to s"rvr his purpose. She
quoted scriptures that she knew her
followers would understand. ! say
| Ihal th, human heart is constituted IN
II certain way. and such nn attack upon
| II woman. made at the time ii was. " hen
she was newly brrravrd. | say calls for
expressions stronger than the English
| language affords. 1t was most satanic
| in its character When she conn lrtr,l
| her mcS,ag" she sent ii to whom tu
Hanna. Who is he? The most prom
incnt and influential member Of the
christian Science Publishing society"
The court said he did not need To have
such ground gOll" over again.
Mr.. Peabody continued an attack upon
The faith for several minutes.
Mr.. Elder briefly replied. taking rX
crldionS to such criticism. which ht
called n mOnStrOuS falSchoud."
| Judge Bell then summed up. and or
dcrrh Il verdict for he defendant.