The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-10
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CHURCH GIVES OUT STATE
MENT
HER POSITION MADE CLEAR
Edward A KimbaII Defines Mrs.
Eddys Attitude in the Cult of
Which She Is the
Founder.

CHICAGO, Ill, June "a special dis
patch to the Inter Ocean from Boston
says:
Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the
Christian Science faith, has given out a,
statement through Edward A Kimbal
OF chicago, making clear her attitude in
regard to some of the matters touched
upon in the Woodbury-Eddy libel trial.
Mr.. Kimball is one of Mrs. Eddy's closest
friends, and assisted in the preparation
OF her case in court After long con-
terence with the founder of Christian
Science, Mr.. Kimbau said:
Mrs. Eddy has solemnly declared from
the first that she Gid not allude to the
plaintiff when writing about the Babylon
lsh woman, and the only dignified and
consistent course open to her is 10 rest
peacefully on that declaration and let
others contend if they will.
Mrs. Eddy does not believe or teach or
l want any one else to 9elleve that she is
infalliab!e. We and she believe in the
infallibility of God only.
She does not think that she is the
woman clothed in the sun spoken of in
Revelation. She does not teach or want
any one to believe that. On the con-
trary, we do not believe that the word
woman means any woman but rather
refers to conditions of thought or the
revelations of truth
The witnesses did not explain our be-
lief about Mrs. Eddy because there is no
formulated belief on the subject. She
discovered Christian Science and founded
or established Christian Science as a re-
HSloUS benet or faith. 1t may be said
in a general way that Christian Scientists
regard her as the one who has perceived
this spiritual science and as one who, by
reason of her moral and spiritual culture,
has become the logical, beloved and we'll
equipped leader of this denomination. She
is generally recognized as being one of
the foremost religious teachers of the
age.
She has never taught privately or 9TH
erWise any theories concerning genera
ton or any of the phenomena of exist
ence contrary to or in addition to those
which have been uniformly presented in
her classes and stated in her books. In
her work, 'Retrospection and Introspec-
ton, she writes: We do not question
the authenticity of the scriptural MARIA
tive Of the virgin mother and Bethlehem
babe and the MesSianic mission of Christ
Jesus; but in our time no Christian Sci
enlist will give chimercial wing to his
imagination Or advance speculative the
cries as to the recurrence of such events.
MRS EDDY HAS VETO POWER. ,
Regarding the effort made to show
the exercise of unusual control by her
over the affairs of the church, it may be
said that the bylaws of our church are
originated by her, or by the directors,
or by the first members but. they are
not adopted without her approval. On
the other hand, no bylaw can be en-
forced unless the church does enact it.
These bylaws do seem to lodge with her
but it is not for any other purpose than
to maintain the integrity of the denomi-
nation and it's affairs AS matter Of
fact she seldom exercises any of her
privileges provided for, and all of our
branch churches are independent organ
izations
Regarding the comment about Mrs.
Eddys income and financial affairs, the
facts are that there are aoVere500 church
socie@es in our denomination. None of
the usual provisions has been made for
the financial support of the central de-
nominational organization. Other
churches take up quarterly and annual
collections for this purpose; we have
none. The only money we get for such
purposes is derived from the sale of lit
erature. including Mrs. Eddys works.
think that during the last five years a
very large part of. her means has been
devoted to the advancement of the
cause.
81 am convinced that Mrs. Woodbury.
made great mistake in assuming that
Mrs Eddy was willing to do her gratu-
itous injury. Some day she may learn
that she has made a mistake and realize
that Mrs. Eddy was ever a tender. low
ing teacher, intent upon the genuine well
fare of a student. have never vet
talked with anyone who said he thought
that the references Mrs. Eddy made
meant a person"