The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-16
new RULE ON HEALING
Changes In Revised Manual
Of Christian Science.
LIMIT ON NUMBER OF PUPILS SET

Hereafter Teachers Are to BE Re-
strfcted TO Thirty students Year.
extraordinary Care Exercised In
the Revision OF the Bylaws.
The revised edition Of the Christian
Science manual will cause consterna-
ton among a certain class Of the fol
lowers Of the faith and a revolution in
much Of the general conduct Of the
church, says a Boston special to the
Chicago Herald.
This manual, which is frequently re-
vised and reprinted, contains the rules,
regulations and bylaws which govern
the denomination. 1t is published by
and for the mother church in Boston,
but ali Christian Science churches in
the world are governed by its laws, as
is the First church in Boston. The
book is the joint product Of Mrs. Eddy
and the directors Of the mother church,
though in reality Mrs. Eddy is the au-
thor Of most Of the contents.
The present revision much alters the
attitude Of the church in the matter Of
instruction and teaching, and it is in
this respee. that a considerable num-
Der of people win be seriously affected.
The revised manual win also direct
particular attention to the work Of
bending the energies Of the church into
the field of healing, and to accomplish
this an endeavor viii be made to build
M an entirely new and large body Of
s'practicing" Christian Scientists, who
1 win in time supplant the older ones.
The truth Of the matter seems to be
that. aside from Mrs Eddy's vel
/ known wish to found her church on al
/ enduring rock, there has arisen Of lat'
years q body OF Christian Scientists
who BIZ their zeal and influence hay,
attracted to themselves a considerable
I personal influence, There are teacheri
IN Chicago, for instance, whose reputa
ton IS 10 large that their incomes ar
f $4,000 10 $4,000 a year, This is no
pleasing to the heads Of the church, TO
the tendency to make Of Christian Sci
i ence a money making business is whol
i IL contrary to the spirit Of the faitl
and most offensive to Mrs. Eddy.
I Mrs. Eddy Il determined to max
sshealing the corner stone Of Christia
\ Science, and to do this the more eei
tainly and to curb those who hay
strayed into the paths Of pure none
making is the purpose Of this revise
manual.
Edward a. Kimball, one Of the leat
ers Of the denomination, said:
ssYou see, the people who Join Il
Christian Science denomination a.
mostly people with troubles Of SON
kind. They come to us feeling thi
they can set rid Of their troubles, an
when they do get rid Of them they na
urally tell others who are III troubl
ana 10 the church spreads Mrs. Edd
is right tn thus directing the energi'
Of the church.
Hereafter teachers of Christian sc
ence may instruct not more than thiri
pupils id any one year Heretofol
some teachers have sent out 100
more pupils a year. The normal couri
OF the college III Boston will be su
pended for three years, and the emit
efforts Of the board OF education N
be given to primary education. TN
the board Of education III Boston VI
come into direct competition with inc
vldual teachers everywhere and nat
rally Will get the bulk Of the new ?
/ pills. This is part Of the purpose OF =
: new bylaws. The board Of educati'
j will have personal knowledge OF 7
new generation Of teachers, and CERT
Gates may be withheld from such
j the board does not wish to send out.
Extraordinary care has been ex'
i cised III this revision OF the bylaw
E Some idea Of this may be gained VIII
It Is known that after the entire g
+ ton, very large one, had been pril
q ed, bound and Issued, few days a
it was suddenly recalled, and the II
. copies of 1t which had been sent 9
d were traced and recovered. The eXi
I. reason for recalling the work is !
known, except that one Of the ehur
! officials says tt was to correct an err
j in some figures. The whole edition Y
). be ripped up, new pages Inserted
9 bound and then issued.
i. The important fact in the revision
e that the attitude OF Mrs. Eddy ana
board Of education toward the mann
Il Of teaching Christian Science has bt
Ii radically changed, and the change
ii stand, as will her determination
ir make healing the corner stone Of
Is church.
re This question of education mas y
an absorbing one with Mrs Eddy e.
since she started the metaphysical
lege in Boston twenty years ago. Y
mained open ten years and turned
re, 5000 graduates. Then there was
he pension Of the work for FIVE yef
ng after which it was resumed under y
ke form, board Of education. ln
en- years the board has sent out perm
" 200 qualified teachers from the norl
ms course. while the old graduates OF .
s. Eddy's college have built up ID e
HE cases schools and Institutes when g
Q pletely overshadow the work OF