The Washington times., 1903-02-02
TWAIN LASHES MRS. EDDY
AND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Strikes Hard in Third EX-
pose of the Cult.
SERIOUS AND HUMOROUS
Supreme Head of the New Religion
Given Title of Pope by the
Talented Writer.

NEW YORK. Feb. Mark Twain
strikes another hard blow at the Chris
tian Science doctrine in the third paper
of his expose Of the cult, in the February
North American Review" Serious and
humorous by turns. he reviews the
progress made by Christian Science in
the past few years. and then, writing as
IN the year 1902, he gives q faucifUl ret
respect of the paramount influence at
tanned by the cult.
The humOTist assumes that Christian
Science has become the sole spiritual in
fuence. as well as the dominant secular
power, throughout the earth He gives 10
the supreme head of the new religion the
title Of pope He says in part:
"One Of the first acts of the Christian
Science Tor Divine Scjence) popes when
they had attained TO supreme power in
the globe was the destruction Of all sec
ulaT IibaTries, the suppression Of ali sec
ular seats of learning, and the prohibi-
tion Of all literature not issued by the
papal press at Eddydats CBoston).
Pope Mary c. Eddy Xxx"
This extinction OF light was begun
nearly 900 years ago. about the begin
ming OF the reign Of Her Divine Suprem-
acy Pope Mary Baker G. Eddy "
tViceroy of God'-as the official formula
OF that remote age words it. a formula
still used in our own day under Her Di-
vine Supremacy Pope Mary Baker G.
Eddy Xxx.
But my Book II deals not with legend.
but with fact. It's materials are drawn
from the great find OF seven years ago.
the inestimabIe book which Mark Twain.
the Father of History. wrote and sealed
up in special vault in an important
city Of his day, whose ruins were disCov-
cred under mounds in the desert wastes
a hundred and fifty years ago. and In
recent years have been clandestineIv ex-
plored by one whose name must not
reveal, lest the church learn it and
bring the traitor to the rack and the
stake.
Twain, Father Of History
This noble book was written during
the time of the rise of Christian
Science. and is the only authentic one
IN existence which treats OF that extra
ordinary period. the church histories he
ing-what we know them TO be. but do
not speak it out except when we are
writing as am now. secretly and in
the fear Of consequences.
What we know of the Father Of His
tory is gathered from modest chance ad-
missions Of his own. and viii be found
IN The proper places in my succeeding
volumes. We know that he was a states
man and moraIisr OF worldwide autbori-
", and historian whose works were
studied aand reVered by all the nations
and colleges in his day
1t IS apparent that he had defects.
IN one place he quOtes-WfIh an evident
pang. though he thinks he concaals the
hurJ-Jhls remark from book, By an
unknown author. He possesses every
tine and great mental quality except the
sense OF humOT-' Nine-t enths of this
verdict IS nobly complimentary, yet, in
stead Of being satisfied with II and CRATE
tuI Tor II. he devotes more than five
pages 10 trying to prove that he has the
sense of humsr. And faiIs-though he
IS densely unaware Of II. There is some
thing pathetic about this.
In n II. year OF Our Motherl So. a.
D. 1879. Our Mothers Revelation was
published 1t bore the title. Science and
Health. with Key 10 the Scriptures and
disciples in connection with volume.
now long ago obsolete and forgotten.
called the Old and New Testameurg- as
translation OF the meanings Of that
volume 4 generation OF Two after her
ascension she rewToIe Science and
Health and discarded its previous con
tents. and also its title She sent this
perfected work down from on high ~
Revelation From that day TO our her
book has borne the simple title. The
Holy Bible. by Her Divine Supremacy,
Pope Mary Baker c. Eddy T.
Gigantic Oil Trust.
About the year 1870 Of the so-caIIed
Christian era "A. II. 500, ingenious men
uIas5ed together a multitude OF small
and Improbable oil industries under the
control Of restricted body Of able man
agers-and that was the first trust.
The first trust created the second, the
second the third. and so on. IN the
course Of q generation they created hun
dreds."
Circumstance then created the trades
unions. says the humorist, which. by the
araaIgamation Of other unions. paved the
way fer Labor Trust. which marched
side By side with the Commercial Trusts
4Dl q 6btfl y ili4ty WAeG II IlaEClel ahead
Of them. But
Side By side with the Labor Trust and
the Commercial Trusts was moving the
Christian Science Trust-Quite uuheed-
ed, except 70 De despIsed by the wise
and smiled at by the sarcastic. Prema-
turely. All attention was upon the other
fwe-th0se busy servants that were
opening and paving the road for their
and the worlds future mastery without
suspccting s..
End Of All il Black Night.
The years drifted on. Labor whipped
Capital. Capital whipped Labor-turn
about All the railways. ships. teIe-
graphs. telephones, manufactures, news
papers-aU the Industries OF the nation.
in a word-becamc combined in one pro-
djgious trust. and in its home Office It's
board directed all the affairs Of the
country,
It's chairman uttered his command.
and next day every newspaper in the
land spoke his views with one voice. he
touched button and delivered his or
ders. and the conventions nominated his
candidate for President, and on election
dgv he rlc0uIc EfarrGF that aauzfGe4--