The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
MRS. EDDY,S
Calls the world . Dream Chaos. Denies
Reality, Discredits knowledge.

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To TEE EDITOR OF THs suN-Sir: There
are one or two other things Mrs. Eddy has dis
covered besides those mentioned in letters
to TIE SUN. Perhaps the most startling OF
these. the most benefcent TO mankind In Its
practical results, Is the announcement that
mortal existence is a dream. 1t has no real
entity This constitutes part OF her sublime
message 20 humanity contained in Science
and Health page $50.
The truth OF any proposition lies In the fact
that we can accept it and translate IL into
action in our daily lives. II IL were not true
we could not act upon IL. for In the end 1t must
spell ruin. whether for the individual. the
nation or the race. According TO Mrs. Eddy's
proposition. our existence Ia not real but
mythical. a mere pigment OF the Imagination,
and the external world In which we find our
selves, In which we live, move and have our
being. is nothing but a dream chaos. Uni
versal acceptance OF this doctrine must needs
sooner or later put an end to existence. To
deny the accuracy of our perceptions and OF
our reasoning upon these perceptions. TO
discredit the principles and teachings Of
science. to put aside the wisdom gained by
experience throughout the ages, this is
to set up a procedure which, vigorously
applied would in time annihilate our race;
For, were mankind 20 turn ASIDE IRON al
hat our life in this world Is the greatest OF
all illusions. sanity would be destroyed,
rational relations could not exist. ana our
fools paradise would be swept away in a
tg!aSliIg by the irresistible forces OF nature
whose reality we had been puerlle enough
The practical effect Of Mrs. Eddy's dis
covery Is TO- place q check on normal human
obstacle in the path of social and intellectual
under The suIss Of newly revealed religion
placent closing Of the eyes TO this worlds
sin and misery. and an extremely. satisfying
serenity that S1, comes 9Tne s not IEGm f f4Sm n re 9roT
denying responsibility. from Idle introspec-
ton and from dreaming.
pr 1n tas D DSSTTfid Starr n jordan s%i%sn Of ' sssSfSTd
University, whose life work is a credit to our
Western civilization:
guessing. dreaming or Specializing. No discovery
IL made by chance In our day. None come TO con-
edge. The method OF science Is in Its essence simply
that OF common sense. In the degree that organ
in the lives Of men and nations. men and nations
have been. happy and effective. There is nothing
rests upon experiment and observation alone.
every step OF which has been verified by thousands
Of bright minds.
debase our reason, to destroy reality, 20 make
activity impossible, to cease to do our duty
in the world. This IL to. cease TO grow. TO
become a burden to our friends and a cum-
Something has been said by previous
correspondents in your columns Of the pre-
pOsterous claims advanced by the leader of
Christian Science. / need only call attention
n the very latest, put forward over her own
signature In the August number OF the Chris
han Science JourRaL A priceless boon is
offered 10 suffering humanity in the form or
a new cure for conta gious diseases. Here
after there are TO be no more plaques. no
epidemics. no cholera. no yellow fever nor
other gion. All are to be vanquished
by the spiritual remedy prescribed by, Mrs.
Edd Shorn OF its somewhat cumbrOus
phraseoloGy the recipe is as follows:
In times Of contagious diseases It Ia possible to
effect a cure through realizing the omnipotence
OF Truth. Life and Love.
That Ia all. Notice the sublime confidence
Of the claim, unaccompanied by any word Of
successful demonstration. Yet there are
some thousands Of good people in the world
ready TO accept the statement without re-
curing It's demonstration. These are our
fellow beings whose brsins have been be-
fuddled by the. silly. sentimentalism per-
vading Mrs. Eddyis book, Science and
| Health &. r. EASTMAN.
CAMBRIDoE, Mass, October 20.