The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

won converts from the first L followed
it Up, teaching and organizing, and trust
in me grew. / was the mother, but, of
course, the term pope is used figura-
lively.
"a position of authority" she went on,
became necessary. Rules were neces-
but each one was the fruit of expert
ence and the result of prayer. Intrust.
ing their enforcement to others, | found
at enc time that they had six churches
sions are dangerous in an infant church.
l wrote to each church in tenderness, III
e3h9rdaSf m and and in rGnIke nd i ana
again, If that is to be pope. then you
car judge for yourself. 1 have even
been spoken of as a Christ. but to my
understanding of Christ that is inpossi-
bic. If we say that the sun stands for
God, then all his rays collectively stand
for Christ, and each separate ray for
men and wv, women 9h, God the father Is
with the father and so the mystery is
scientifically explained There can be
but enc Christ
land the soul of man?"
is the spirit of God inhabiting clay
and Withdrawing from it-but preservin &
individuality and personality to the end.
l held it absurd to say that when man
dies his soul will be better than he was.
How car it be? The individuality of him
must make gradual approaches to perfec-
ton
DE you reject utterly the bacteria the
Dry Of the propagation of disease"
on, with prolonged infection. EN-
tirey. If I harbored the idea about
disease ] should think myself in danger
of catching 1t. No such thing, l may
say that l am very susceptible to an at
mosphere cf fear about me-"
''Then as to the laws-the fealth laws
Of the states on the question OF infec-
touS and contagious diseases. How does
Christian Science stand as to them?"
81 say render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesars. We cannot force
perfection on the world. Were VAGINA
ton OF any avail ! should tremble for
mankind but knowing it is not. and that
the fear of catching SMALLPOX is more
dangerous than any material infection,
1 say where vaccination is compulsory
let your children be Vaccinatcd and see
that your mind is in such a state by
yoIr prayers 1t will do the children no
harm.
80 long as Christian Scientists obey
the laws, | don't suppose their mental
reservations will be thought to matter
much. But every thought tells and
Christian Science viii overthrow false
RT~T''edsgN in the end =
What is your attitude to science In
general? Do you oppose it?''
Not with a smile, "if it is really
science"
Wei. electricity, eneineering the tel
ephOne. the steam engine-are these too
material for Christian Science?"
NO, only false science-heaiing by
with drugs until they had no effect on
noe. The doctors said / would 1--we l. the
drugs could be made to act on me- Then
homeopathy came like a blessed relief
to me. but found that when I pre-
scribed pellets without any medication
they acted Just the same and healed
the sick. How could L believe In the
science Of drugs?"
But surgery?"
"The work done bv the surgeon is the
last healing that viii be vouchsafed TO
us or rather attained by us as we near
a state Of spiritual perfection. At pres
ent J am conservative about advice on
surgical cases"
inventions?"
oh, we cannot oppose them They all
tend to newer, finer more etherealized
ways Of living. They seek the finer es-
sences. They light the way to the
church of Christ. We use them: we
are preparing the way for US"
We talked on many subjects some only
OF Wntch sire mere touched upon and her
views strictly and always from the
STANDPOINT OF Christian Science, were
continually surprising. She talks as sone
who has lived with her subject for q
lifetlme-an ordinary lifetime-and so far
from beng puzzled by any question. wei
comes II as another opportunity for pre-
sGntIng another view Of her religion
Those who have been anticipating ma
ture and declaring Mrs. EDDY non exist
ent may learn authOritativelv from The
Herald that she is in the fish and in
hrath. Soon after I reached Concord or
my, return from Pleasant View. Mrs
hddN's carriage drove into town and
mouse before returning. She was inside
and as she passed the same expression
of looking forward thinking thinIing
was on. her face 90