The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
Christian Science the Religion
of the Bible"
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forced into public view by methods
and proceedings as extraordinary as
any in history, it seems not inappro-
pirate that, in public lecture, brief
reference should be made TO her by
those who are more or less acquainf-
ed with her life and her work.
Many of the faisehoods concerning
Mrs Eddy have been SO recently and
SO effectually refuted by well known
newspaper and magazine editors and
writers that II seems hardly necessary
for me here to attempt any additional
refutation, Among the many prOmi-
nent newspaper men who have writ
ten of Mrs. Eddy is Mr.. Arthur Bris.
bane. In both daily newspapers and
the Cosmopolitan Magazine he has
written at length the results of an in
terview he had with Mrs. Eddy the
sth of last June. Mr.. Brisbane thus
speaks of Mrs. Eddy's home: 1.-THE
nome of Mrs. Eddy has been called
by writer's of imagination "a house Of
mystery As matter of fact, the
house is about as mystic rious as the
average little New England house,
He thus refers to Mrs. Eddy's per
sonalty: Beside a writing desk, in
an arm chair, sat white haired Wo-
man who rose and walked forward,
extending her hand in friendly greet
ing to stranger That was Mrs.
Eddy for whom many human beings
in this world feel deepest reverence
and affection, and concerning whom
others have thought it necessary or
excusable to write and to say unkind
and untruthful things. 1t is quite GER
tain that nobody could see this beau
tiful and venerable woman and ever
again speak of her except in terms of
affectionate reverence and sympa
thy"
! may add to this that, after Mr..
Brisbane had seen Mrs. Eddy, and in
the latter part of June, l had the
privilege of visit with her in her
home, and ! can truthfully corrobo-
rate what Mr. Brisbane says. | have
seen Mrs. Eddy at short intervals for
upwards of eighteen years, and, al
lowing for the passage of time, | have
never seen her manifest greater vigor,
strength or alertness than at this last
visit.
Is Being Prosecuted.
Why Mrs. Eddy should be the OBJ
ject of such opposition, amounting to
persecution, would be an anamo lous
question were it not for the teaching
of past history.
1t is historically true that every
great hero and patriot has been more
or less misunders tood, misrepresent-
ed and maligned. We have but to re-
member that Washington was de-
nounced by his enemies as a hypocrite
and traitor; that Lincoln was called
a tyrant, an ignoramus and a boor,
and that Grant was maligned and con-
spired against by the little men whom
he unwittingly consigned to obscurity
by his overshadowing & eatness. But
even more is this true of moral and
religious reformers. History fails to
/ furnish single exception to the rule
that these reformers have been mis-
represented and prosecuted in the de-
gree in which their labors and efforts
were not understood. Until their
mission became understood they were
regarded as innovators rather than
reformers and therefore as persons
dangerous to supposedly settled con-
ditions and institutions. Mrs. Eddy
has, to some extent, shared and is
sharing the fate of her predecessors.
The enemies of advanced thought
have ever fattered themselves that
by striking down the leaders they
could destroy The cause. The oppo-
i nents of the Cristian religion evil
IDENTITY thought that by crucifying
! its great Founder they could prevent
the spread of the truth which he had
come to establish. But then, as now,
the truth they sought to destroy was
the more rapidly advanced by reason
J of such efforts. Christian Science is
more firmly established in the minds
of unprejudiced and thinking people
than before the recent unjust and ma
licious attacks upon it and its leader
We know that, Notwithstanding al
pretensions to the contrary, the on
slaughts are upon Christian Science
rather than upon Mrs. Eddy.
Early Church Records.
The early records of this church
contain the following interesting and
significant item: AT a meeting OF
+ the Christian Scientist Association,
April 10, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Ed
/ dy, it was voted, To organize a church
designed to commemorate the word
and works of our Master, which
should reinstate primitive Christian
ity and its lost element of healing"
We point to the twenty eight years
i intervening history in witness of the
correctness of that early declaration.
During these years many thousands
have been brought out of conditions
of sin, sorrow, grief, woe, distress,
disease and sickness, who without the
aid of this scientific Christianity
would have remained in abandoned
and hopeless conditions. We do not
hesitate to say, therefore, as matter
of curren history, that to most
wonderful and gratifying extent prim-
tive Christianity has been reinstated
and it's lost element of healing re-
stored
The Scriptural Basis.
We boldly proclaim that there is
very plain, very specific, and yer
abundant Scriptural authority for al
that Christian Science claims, and es-
pecially for what it claims with refer
ence to the possibility of healing sick
ness and disease through the direct
agency and power of Almighty God
/ will endeavor to quote such plain
parts of Scripture as seem to us to
furnish unmistakable proof of the
correctness of the Christian Science
position. Christian Science teaches
that God is in truth Almighty. If He
is Almighty then surely He is correct.
" defined by the other terms Omni-
potent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, SUI
preme and Infinite. He who is al
powerful is always all powerful. He