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!Christian Science Sentinel, Sept. 2, 1906
I'VE are glad to give prominence to
the following letter to Mrs. Eddy, which
we copy from the Concord IN. H. Daily
Patriot. The statement of Mr.. Sargent
which it contains clearly defines DR..
Quimby's practice as that of mesmer-
list, and, therefore, an impossible foun-
dalton for Christian Science, which has
no utilization with mesmerism, but
which, on the contrary, overcomes and
destroys its alleged power.-EDIToR.l
NEW YORK, August 25, 1905.
Beloved Leader and Teacher:-A gen
tleman (who is not Christian Scientist)
called on me to inquire about treat
ment, and in the course of conversation
it appeared that he had known we'll the
late DR.. P P. Quimby of Portland, Me.
He had lived and grown up in the same
town with him, had himself taken treat
ment of Quimby, knew him we'll per-
sonally, and knew his reputation in
that community.
The name of this gentleman is Mr..
Charles c. Sargent. He resides at No.
20 East 73rd Street, New York, and has
a large business establishment at 917
Broadway. l find he is in every respect
a reputable, honest New England gen
tleman, man of education and refine
ment, sixty-three years of age. He says
that he lived for years at Belfast, Me-,
where DR.. Quimby resided before he
moved to Portland. He also says that
one day, when he was quite lad, a
professional mesmerist gave an exhi-
bition at the public hall in Belfast,
which proved a failure because some
| person in the office perveted the hyp-
motto influence and prevented a perfect
control. The hypnotist invited the per-
son, whomsoever he might be, to remain
and meet him after the performance,
and it proved to be Park Qumby ,as
Mr.. Sargent repeatedly referred to him
Mr.. Quimby was told by the hypnotist
that he % uimby( possessed eXtraordi-
nary mesmeric powers, and that if he
developed them, he could become a
great adept.
That he (Quimby) forthwith pro
ceeded to do SO, the following incident
shows; Mr.. Sargent says that at the
age of ten years, as a little boy, he re-
members distinctly having been
troubled for days with a sore neck
which medicines did not heal Finally,
in desperation, his mother sent him to
| Dr.. Quimby, who was then practcing
the mesmerlc art in physical healing
The latter examined his youthful pa
| tlent, and told him emphatically that
he did not have a sore neck, but ill.,
| stead, that it was his front tooth which
! panied him. This, young Sargent
strongly denied, insisting that his teeth
| had never troubled him, but that the
| pain was in his neck. The boy held to
his point so persistenCly that finally Dr.
| Quimby told him to go home and tell
his mother that he could do nothing for
him. because he Nhe boy had too
strong will; that his purpose had been
to direct the boys thought from his
neck to his tooth and thus accomplish
the cure.
| Mr.. Sargent says that DR.. Quimby
was widely known in the community
as a hypnotist; that people feared his
powers, which he used rather freely;
that whenever some one felt or acted
queerly on the street, it was common
occurrence to say that Park Quimby
was working on him.
| asked Mr.. Sargent if he had ever
heard DR.. Quimby connect God in any
| manner whatsoever with his method of
healing. He replied that he never had ;
that, on the contrary, the power pos
sessed by Quimby was quite notorious
~ d meSLleIIC power, anu IlOlHlUS
higher.
This rehearsal of facts may at any
time be verified by calling on the genie
man named. Christian Scientists
| well know that the Christ-method of
healing disease and sin through the
spiritual power of God, or Truth, act
ing beneticently upon the human mind
and body, is based on the divine Prin-
ciple which, through you, God has un
yelled to waiting world, and that it is
in no conceivable manner related to,
/ nor emanating from, the material sys-
TEN of human suggestion or will-power
practiced by ?. p. Quimby,
Lovingly and gratefully yours,
JOHN c. LATHRoP.
To Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, Pleas
ant View, Concord, n. II.
Here we state, on Mrs. Eddy's au
thority, that after she visited Dr.
Quimby and conversed with him on a
higher outlook, and she regards him as
good moralist- Editor
SMITHTON, (Freedom).
Every one of Ghe beautiful trees that have
so long guarded the last resting place of our
loved ones has been sacrificed and nothing
remains but a barren, desoate hill top. A
certain few have been bent on doing this
from the first, despite the protest of others.
There were thrifty young naples and
grand old elmS cut down over the graves of
those who planted them. No doubt our
dead will rest just as peacefully, but we
under their shade with the birds and flow
arS aronn1 them