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cation and liberal culture.
Her Religious Ch racter.

that for nearly ten years, as former
First Reader in the Mother Church in
Boston and editor OF the official peri
odicals, have had opportunities
which enable me to speak intelligent
ly of Mrs. Eddy's life and character as
well as OF her labors and literary at
tainmcnts' Speaking from this want
age ground can truthfully say that.
intellectually. she is one of the most
acute persons have ever seen;
that she flabors necessarily and I'M
selfishly for the cause 10 which she
has devoted her life, and that, not
withstanding her years. she performs
an amount OF labor each day which.
If known, would seem incredible. even
If done by one in the adolescence OF
life As TO her religious character.
speak my profoundest conviction
when | say believe it to be as nearly
Chrstlike as is possible to denizen
of this earth | cannot conceive how
q person on this plane of existence
could walk more closely with God.
or exempiify more exalted Christian
life.
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her work. even thus far, prove thisy
To the many thousands all over the
globe who are the conscious benefi-
Charles of her work. she has indeed
proved herself to be a religious re-
former and Christian evangel. Yet,
Notwithstanding her highly spiritual
nature, she is withal an intensely
practical person. She keeps close
watch OF current affairs and ac-
quants herself with the worlds do
ings She is, moreover. patriotic
citizen of her native state and of her
adopted city. contributing generously
of her means toward their material
welfare and upbuilding. She has re-
Gently donated, the sum of 100000
to build a church edifice in Concord.
New Hampshire, in addition to having
donated the ground on which it is %
be erected.
pass now to consideration of the
precepts and principles of Christian
Science.
What is the Greed of Christian
Science?
!, So far as Christian Science has a
creed. ii is found in the tenets OF the
Mother Church, which constitute its
declaration of faith. All who become
members of this church must solemn
ly subscribe to these tenets. They
are as follows:
/. AS adherents of Truth. we take
the inspired Word of the Bible as our
at. IN, nfa mil tfa
2. We acknowledge and adore one
supreme and infinite God; we &C.
knowledge one Christ-His.So Christ
Jesus; the Holy Ghost or the divine
Comforter; and man His divine i'm
age and likeness.
3. We acknowledge Gods forgive
ness of sin in the destruction of sin,
and in the understanding that evil and
sin are unreal, hence not eternal.
But the belief in sin is punished so
long as 1t lasts,
4. We acknowledge Christ's atone
ment as the evidence of divine and
etiicacious Love, unfolding mans uni
ty with God through Jesus Christ the
tWayshower.
3 We acknowledge that man is
saved through Christ-through Di
strated by the Galilean Prophet in the
healing of the sick and the overcom
| ing of sin and death. Also that the
crucifixion of Jesus and his resurec
tion were designed to elevate human
faith and understanding to the spirit
ual perception of the eternal exist
ence of the good and the real in man
6. We solemnly promise to strive
watch and pray for that Mind to be In
us which was also in Jesus Christ; to
love one another; and to be meek
merciful, just and pure.
copyrighted and used by permits
sion of Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the
author)
Mrs Eddy is the author of these
tenets. So much are they part OF
the essential teaching of Christian
Sciencethat they are Incorporated into
the text book to which have referred
1t will readily be seen that these ten
cts teach not only the highest moral
ity, but the very essence of Christian
| ity. No one can read them without
becoming aware that every person
who subscribes to them adopts the
Bible as his guide and as the Word Of
God 1t cannot. therefore, be truth
| fully charged that Christian Scien
lists are unbelievers in the Scrip
lures, The fact is, they are ardent
believers in the Bible, reading anc
studying IT daily, and making it theii
constant companion These tenets
further clearly set forth the absolute
supremacy of God, the divinity of the
Christ; that there is but one Christ;
the forgiveness of sin through the de
| struction of sin; the atonement for sir
and all of its consequences through
unity with God the Father; in Other
words, through obedience to His di
vine law: that salvation from sin
sickness and death, is the salvation
Jesus taught and proved in His life
and ministrations; that this salvation
is free TO all; that man, as Gods
universal and eternal son, occupies q
relationship to God that can never, in
any true sense of that relationship, be
severed or destroyed; that man as
Gods image and likeness can no more
be destroyed than can God himself be