The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-04

aver. that belief or religion to
be ultimately accepted and recog-
nized must first pass through the
fires OF persecution. then the ad-
vocates and disciples of Christian
Science have vet. before them an inter
esting experience The latest Of cults.
Christian Science. is also received with
q greater degree Of tolerance than
would have been possible centuries ago,
and its followers have not been ''perse-
cuted" in the sense implied by the term
in the past They have merely aroused
antagOnism. have been looked upon
with suspicion and have met with re-
buffs administered rather in a negative
than in a positive manner.
But, at allsevents. enough antagonism
has been aroused to bring Christian
Science prominently before the public.
and enoughflias been done by its pro-
meters and followers to prove that it
has passed from the realm of fads and
theories to the province of accepted
fact Its friends and adherents promise
that it is here to stay. and they point to
its growth in the IS years since it was
started with single advocate and one
disciple to the present following of a
million. with several churches and a
recognized status in the community.
Accepting. then. Christian Science as
an ecclesiastical factor that cannot be
ignored in a summary of the religious
history OF the last quarter of a century.
we are confronted with the fact that It
was practically founded by woman.
and that. too. by a woman who is still
living and still guiding its destinies. AS
a dootrinal and curative system Chris
tan Science Is accepted as the invention
Of Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy. a native
of New Hampshire. then dS6s) resident
in Lynn, Mass. She now divides her
time between Boston and Concord. in
her native state.
A few years ago a controversy broke
out over the alleged discovery of this
science" and its application as a cura-
tive agent for the ills of life 1t was
claimed that not Mrs. Eddy. but her in
structor. now ceased-Phineas Park
hurst Quimby-founded the system.
which she merely adopted and extend
ed. Without. however, expressing an
opinion as to the merits in this contro-
versy. 1t may be asserted for Mrs. Eddy
that she breathed into the system the
breath of life and expanded it to the ali
menslons Of q cult In her hands. or.
rather in her mind. it became the nm,
~A--A- ~-- a ~A4A~I ana the foundation 0f
a creed She wrote books TO show that
all is Mind. and there is in reality b,1t
one Mind, which is God Man is the
idea OF God Proceeding to show. the
oneness of God and man (throueb fbe
universal emanation Of transcenaent
MiHd-that is Cod. Mrs. EDDY nrs5f-
Gated from this, in brief. that mind VS.
all IN all; that matter Is none,istarf ~
cause it is opposed to mind. which lie az
erything, ana consequently the ov1.-
reality. Hence followed the neratio1
Of evil and the assertion that evil ANA
sickness. even death, were onIv 49,
ments Of the Imagination
As a doctrinal system Christian Sc5-
ence is best set forth in the tenats
adopted by all the churches Of this de-
nomination.
I'D As adherents of Truth we take
the Scriptures for our guide to eternal
Life Cd We acknowledge and adore
one supreme God We acknowledge his
Son and the Holy Ghost and man as the
divine image and likeness 90 We ac-
knowledge Gods forgiveness of sin in
the destruction Of sin and that sin and
suffering are not eternal % We ac-
knowledge the atonement as the ef
ncacy and evidence of divine love. Of
mans unity with God, and the great
merits OF the Way-shower, Christ Jesus.
90 we acknowledge the way of saliva