The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11
TuSERH SHLZH,

out Of Congress-for what does the Con-
stltution amount 10 when an attempt -
made 20 overturn the pillar OF our family
life7-but We are not Hkely TO have an
other religious war or Mountain Meadows
massacre.
A MAN Is To
SUCCEED MRS. EDDY.
When We come to speak Of Christian
Science there IL either much or nothing
to Be said BY happy coincidence that
able writer who, in iS71. first made u
Sc Brigham Young plain" and gave Us
10 understand the good and the evil OF
M0rmonism has lived 10 take Us behind
the vale where lives the mother % Chris
tian Scisnce-Mrs. EDDY. Of Pleasant
View. perhaps the mos, enismatieal nsure
OF the age.
Christian Science though Il may be a.
old a. the oldest hills. appeals 10 many
a. the very latest achievement Of religious
thought. and II certainly has come very
much nearer 20 those % Ne who live IN
the Eastern States than any OF the cru
sades which have been previously men
/ toned
Last winter IN Washington Il vas stated
upon what vas accepted as GOOD authority
that at least one-third OF the wives OF
CongreSSmen were votaries OF Mrs. EDDY
and believed her coming FOR good 10 be
Indicated IN that passage OF Revelation
which reads:
And then appeared "A great wonder in
heaven. a woman clothed with the sun.
and the moon under her feet. and upon
her head a crown OF stars"
The Church Of Christ. Scientist is based
Il IL claimed. on the Ten Commandments
the Ninety-hrst Psalm. the Serman on the
Mount and the Revelations Of St John
the Divine. Only eleven years have passed
since It's foundation, and its members are
numbered by the hundreds OF thousands.
10 II dlstinctiveiy = woman's church. and
- per cent OF It's members are women.
Ms Eddy. "a monitor more than a mas
ter" Il r. claimed. will be succeeded in her
position Of Ereat authority by . man,
though Il u held By the leaders OF the
church. unlike more ancient theolozfaus.
that woman has q hner spiritual nature
than man.
Mormonism made = prophet OF its foun-
Der. and Christian Sciences Is making
higher. but a. yet iii defined. claims for its
discoverer. ard IN one decade Il has
passed nom q cult IN obscure back parlors
10 a church with many temples Of stone.
Mrs. Eddy has had 4 busy life
She grew up in a metaphysical atrnos-
phere and presided for many years over
college where this somewhat tnexact
science was taught. She has contracted
two worldly marriages and borne children,
and In the maturity OF her powers she has
founded q church whose CONGREGATIONS
double themselves every four years and
whose Bible costs s.
IN this sect no great popular preacher
can arise. for no sermons are permitted.
the services consisting exclusively OF read
ings from Mrs. Eddy's Bible. a solo ana
perhaps n choral hymn
These are some of the battle cries and
catch words OF the new faith. or the old
one. which Is making such progress.
BATTLE CRY OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Cast cut fear. call In divine love Medi-
cine is the only science TO which We ara
opposed II the heart Is pure the most
ignorant can be teachers. Cultivate self
contentment and self-esteem-
Maladies and disease are bus fears and
mortal Illusions"
Here IN q few careless words are to be
found traced the externals OF the three or
four most popular religious movements
which America has given 10 the world
Mormonisrn is now confined 10 a linite5
and probably a dwildling era-certainIv
the majority OF its recruits are forelVn
born-because OF the damned spot of no
lygamy TO which the New England con
science Will not consent. or the New F,pZ-
land spinster. for that matter, who Dre-
fers her own to fraction Of any mans
hearth.
But perhaps enough has been said to
show that these are soulful times snd
IL there ever was an epoch in which 80
tented man sought only the things tba,
were in his Immediate reach this 4, rot
one OF them. % --O'
To-day. as ever. thousands Of me, .-s
women are putting to themselves that nit
eOus QUESTION OF Plate that. with It's hu-