Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-15
TWENTIETH CENTURY MIRACLE

CURED in New York city on Sunday.
April !. 1t proved that the limit of
o.edulity was not reached during the
| gislative hearing at Albany some
we eks before. when certain sincere be-
levers stated that they had known in
stances where decrepit clocks had been
made to start and keep good time and
song birds had been made to mout
merely by the concentration of thought
and the exercise of faith on the part OF
the scientists.
AS to this last occurrence in New
York. which has shaken things to their
foundation. it appears that at the dedi-
catory services of the new church. John
Carroll Lathrop, one of the most prom
inent members of the congregational
that be the accepted term-and one of
the readers. made the direct and posi-
tive statement that at the laying of the
corner stone some time previous veri-
BILE miracle had been performed. The
nature of this miracle, as explained by
Reader Lathrop, was astonishing
enough to satisfy any persons regard
tor the marvellous.
The gentleman informed the immense
congregation that by the exercise of
faith and through the concentration Of
thought, certain stone letters on the cor
lter stone had actually been made to
disappear. In other words, the letters
had simply been thought off, dissolved
and made nonresident
Further explaining, Reader Lathrop
said that the name originally selected
for the structure was the New York
Second Church of Christ Scientist
The plans furnished by the contractor
designated it and the specifications
called for corner stone with those
identical words engraved thereon. This,
however, was afterwards changed by
some gentlemen of the church who had
authority in the premises, so that be-
fore the stone had even been dressed.
the contractor was notified of the new
inscription desired and the work was
done by an ordinary stone cutter up in
Concord, New Hampshire. The change
ordered merely eliminated the words
New York from the inscription, but
II was one that the members of the
organization attached considerable i'm
lortance to.
Along about this time, Mrs. Eddy,
who appears to stand at the head of the
sect, and who is doubtless a most es-
Unable lady, learned of the inscription
first ordered and she also thought it
would be appropriate to leave off the
words New York" Accordingly, she
wrote from her home in New Englan
to Reader Lathrop or some one immed-
ately associated with him suggesting
such a change, but by this time the in
scliption had been cut Reader Lathrop
learned this much, but did not learn
trat change-the very would he in
tended to call for-had been made. So
TIE matter stood, and according tn
Il ader Lathrops information rattle,
lack of informat ion-it was impossible
t. make any correction by ordinary
means. Thereupon it seems, Reader
lathrop and those powerful minds i'm
nediately associated with him conceived
by concentration of thought and the ex-
ercise of faith.
Later still. when the corner stone ar
rived, the inscription was, of course
found to be in exact accordance with
the change suggested by Mrs. Eddy. Il
can easily be understood that this woulC
surprise those who We're not aware tina,
it had been brought. about by ordinar,
instructions to very prosaic stone cut
tel, clad in Overalls and jumper, employ
lrs the usual tools. However, Reader
Lathrop and his immediate associate.
kept their enthusiasm and satisfaction
bottled up until they could launch the
miracle with proper eclat. The dedica
ton of the church offered a fitting occa
sion and then Reader Lathrop detailed
his miracle, giving all the facts" an,
boldly prOclaiming it as such.
The marvellous part of this who'll
ridiculous proceeding is not in the fac
that through some hallucination Reade
lathrop and two Or three other en-
tiusiasts should have been carried ava,
D.! ferver, but that three great con
Gregations-for three services We're hel,
IA succession-made up of presumabl,
ihteillgent people, in the heart of tn,
greatest city in America in the YER,
bosom and center of Occidental civiliza
ton should sit agape and drink il
TINS absurd story as the ever-liyin,
truth 1t is astounding, indeed, that il
these circumstances a man could pu
forward such thing as the sacred trut]
without insulting the intelligence O
every man and woman before him.
Amag'Hing such a scene as that, Will