The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-07
Christian Science.
I'VE RECEIVED the following COM
w munication during the week from
a Salt Lake disciple Of Mrs. Ed

VIZ munlcdtlOn during the week IIoIl
Salt Lake disciple of Mrs. Ed
dy's:
Editor Salt Lake Intermountain:
Will you kindly give place to the fol-
lowing in your next issue. In yours OF
Jan. 81 1 notice the following:
People who some time ago feared
that Christian Science was going to
run away with the world will be re-
lieved when they learn that there is
a schism in the body, and that six
churches in Chicago have puclicly re-
pudiated Mrs. Eddy and her bombas-
tic gospel. They have reincorporated
as the Church of the New Thought.
Western Waterman"
Permit me to say / am we'll ac-
quainted with the Christian Science
movement in Chicago and know of a
certainty that there are now four
churches there, and none of them have
ever even discussed the idea of reDu-
dating the teachings of Mrs. Eddy.
They are all loyal to her teachings and
working in harmony thereto. The new
thought movement has nothing in
common with Christian Science and
never were followers of Mrs. Eddy. 1t
belongs more to what has been denom-
mated mental healing or Suggestive
therapeutics" These isms of mental
healing are wholly different from the
teachings as given by Mrs. Eddy, and
While some of them have for time
called themselves Christian Scientists,
their ways of working have nothing in
common with science. If you will take
the trouble to correspond with Bicknell
Young, room A, Kimball hall, Chicago,
you viii ascertain the facts as I have
them above. Thanking you in advance
for publishing this, I remain, yours,
LEWIS B. COATS.
Salt Lake City, Feb. 8, 1903.
The item to which our esteemed cor
respondent takes exception is from the
Western Watchman, published in st.
Louis. The editor of that paper is up
to date, and thoroughly informed on
all current topics. Mr.. Coats states
that there are four Christian Science
churches that are yet faithful to Mrs.
Eddy's teaching in Chicago. He dis
claims anything in common with the
seceders, whose creed is mental heal
ing" and who for time called them
selves Christian Scientists" The fact
of their retaining the name would indi-
cate that they were originally follow
ers of Mrs. Eddy, whilst their cardinal
doctrine, mental healing or "sug-
gestive therapeutics sounds like Mrs
Eddy's claim of being the receptacle ''of
a final revelation of the absolute prin-
| ciple of scientific mind-healing." The
other name, suggestive therapeutics,
suggests a close relationship between
the seceders and Mrs. Eddy, who is the
real theraputist. In Science and
Health" p. IS, she says: Mortal Medi,
cine substitutes drugs for the power Of
God, even the might of mind to hea
the body. Science divests materia
drugs of their imaginary power anc
clothes spirit with supremacy" BY
comparing what mental healing" OIL
suggestive therapeutics, suggests
with Mrs. Eddy's teaching, it would
seem then that both start on the same
basis, and that the editor of the West.
ern Waterman, who seldom mods, was
right when he wrote there was
| schism in the body Nor are "thes,
| isms of mental healings wholly differ
ent from the teachings as given by Mrs
Eddy. She says that sickness, ever
leprosy, is a creation of mortal mind
an illusion. Deny illusions, deny SIM
Mrs. Eddy's Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" furnishe!
all the information needed, withou
writing to Becknell Young. 1t show.
that the Western Waterman was keen
sighted, watched carefully the inroadi