Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-16


Indian doctrine of illusion. we may b.
sure that she is unconscious of what,
after all, is only fanciful and fortui-
tous resemblance. Truth is truth and
cannot be discovered too often.
Mother Eddy speaks plainly in her
letter of "one p. P. Quimby Tan obscure
uneducated man." whom scoffing in
fdels have called the founder of her
profitable science: profitable" of
course, as the scripture is profitable for
doctrine and goodness is profitable to
all things. 1t was not necessary for
Mother Eddy to defend herself against
the adherents of the pretender Quimby.
She is in undisturbed possession of
her throne, and adored and worshipped
by her subjects. who are more than
glad to give her things needful. No
other female founder of q sect not Jo-
anna Southcott, not Katherine Tingley,
can be compared with her in vigor,
strength of will and the capacity to eX-
cite unquestioning faith and obedience.
The prosperity of her cult is sufficient
proof of the acuteness of her intellect,
and her honors cannot be taken away
by too enthusiastic Emersonians or
1t is strange that some of the prying
Dryasdusts have not tried to make her
the intellectual daughter of Bishop
Berkeley.
Still, Mother Eddy's protest contains
information that the world will well
come. She gives an account of her ed
ucation and literary trillnphs, the story
of her mental development. In the case
of great men and great women such a
story appeals to higher motives than
curiosity. 1t explains and Eliminates
career. None of the numerous arti-
cles in newspapers and magazines on
Books That Have Helped Me- is as
as helpful as Mother Eddy's survey of
her equipment and her progress.
Judge Hanna's certificate is almost
superfluous. Mother E,6dy's education
speaks for itself in this record of it and
in her other literary work; and its
depth and many -sidedness are plain.
Those hasty or malicious spirits that
have doubted her attachments will now
see their error. If they have eyes to
see: and the unsuitable foundations OF
christian science are revealed. Sheer
ing sciolists have been sure thar
christian science was the deadly OPP
posite of chemistry, natural philosophy
and logic. The unwilling of Mother Ed
dy's early intellectual stores, of the
severity and pteciseness of her train
ing will surprise and disappoint the
cavaliers.
By the way, why not have some pious
hands undertake the task of collecting
from the leading newspapers and the
files of such magazines as Harpers,
the Atlantic, the Galaxy, Putnams,
Scribner's. the Century, u sheaf of
Mother Eddys writings now buried in
undeserved neglect? Doubtless she
would consent to the excavation of that
treasure, for her letter shows that she
has modest but just pride in her lit
erary achievements and renown.
In recent catalog of rare books the
frs. edition of Mother Eddy's MASTER
work was priced at $S5 and the third at
sos. Are there seven other foremost
living authors on the first and third ed
itions of any one of whose works the
booksellers put such golden numbers !?
We gladly bear this testimony to the
literary eminence of Mother Eddy.
She is not pulled up by this or by
her nobler fame in religion, morals.
metaphysics and therapeutics. She has
the modesty as we'll as the majesty of