Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-26
MRS. EDDY'S MISTAKE.
Apostle ofChristian Science Climb
cd Up the Wrong Family Tres.

Cd Up the wrong iamliy irSs'
Special Correspondence.
oNDON, March lj.-Labourchere's
characteristic comments today on
l. the letter he has received concern
ing the ancestors Of Miss. Eddy pro
phctess Of Christian Science, are 81.
amusing that they are worth quoun'
In fun. together with the correspon
Gcnce
1t VIII be remembered. perhaps, tia
Il was stated IN the Ladies' Hon.
Journal IN an article written under MI.
Ludys supervision, that among MIS-
Eddy's ancestors was Sir John Mac
Nell, a Scotch knight, prominent u
British politics and Ambassador to Per
liza. Her great-grdndiathe was IN.
kght Hon Sir John MacNeil OF Fam
burgh. Scotland MIS- Eddy IS the onl!
survivor oil her fathers family, WhIcL
hrrc the cOat.of-arms OF the anclan
MacNtils The motto " Nncere aul
Mort CConquer or DicD surroundlni
the shield, and enclosed in heay.
wreath Is the motto OF the order OF Ia
Bath Trll Juncta in Uno cThre
Joined In OneD To these family ira
dltlons Mrs. Eddy has but one heir by
her first husband, col. George Wash
ingtor Glover, OF Charlestown, soutl
Carolina"
And here il the letter the editor oil
Truth has Just received from Aberdeen
In consequence Of Mrs, Eddy's claim
"Sir-I shall be glad II you thlnk
this untruth. contained In the cncloseG
article, suitable for correction IN you
paper ,
Il am the only married grandchill OF
the late Right Hon, Sir John MCNEIL,
G. @. b., of Edinburgh, Who was prom
inent In British politics and Ambassador
TO Persia, and Mrs, Eddy is certainly
not my daughter
my mother, Margaret Ferooza Nc
Neil, was the only child OF his who
reached maturity, though he was three
times married; she mauied my father
Duncan Stewart, r. N, now captain
retired and died In 1871. OF her six
children, one died unmarried three
years ago, Ave survive, OF whom -FOUR
are unmarried.
Il am the wife OF Commander N. G..
Macalister, II. ~, who is at present
inspecting officer Of Coastguard for
Aberdeen division. Yours faithfully.
FLORENCE MACALISTER'
up. ST. wrote to the editor OF the
Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia,
asking him to publish correction, and
/ sent copy OF the letter to Mrs. Eddy
herself. She did not reply at all, and he
excused himself from publishing IT, on
the ground that the correction could not
appear for five months Part of the
article has been copied into Dundee
paper, and probably into others also.
IF. NJ"
ut IS not unworthy Of note" OBJ
serves Mr. LabourChere that Mrs, Ed
dy-who read proofs Of the article In
the Philadelphia Ladies' Home Jour
nal--failed to detect the mlsspelling
Of the name of the family of which
she claims 20 be the last representative,
which Is not surprising in View OF
what Mrs. Macalister now states. The
next word on this matter clearly lies
with Mrs. Eddy. The statement has
been published-as the Philadelphia
Journal asserts, with her knowledge and
full approyal--that she Is the great
granddaughter of Sir John Mcneil, and
the only survivor of the family, On
the strength OF this she has adopted
the motto Of the family, apparently
combined with that Of the Order Of the
Bath, and she proposes TO bequeath the
family traditions" apparently with the
coat OF arms, 20 her SON. Yet we are
told By one of Sir John McNeilps
grandchildren that the whole story Is
absolutely false.
Those who are familiar with the
iargon Of Christian Science viii re-
member that In II disease is described
as "a false claim Unpleasant though
II is TO think such thing Of the
founder Of the faith, It looks as II Mrs,
Eddy Is suffering from a disease which
takes the form Of false claim TO be
the last survivor Of family with which
she has no connection, II may have
been consciousness Of this which pre-
vented the prophecies from answering
Mrs, Macallsters letter. Possibly she
Is now endeayoring 10 cure herself Of
the false claim and az soon as tie
cure is effected. she win explain to
the world that she has been under u
delusion about her parentage. AS,
however the false claim seems TO be
rather serious one, it might be as
well If some thoroughly proficient
Christian Scientist we've called in TO
treat the prophecies without delay