Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-02-15

clple Of scientific mind healing. the
sovereign oMniput"nce wnich delivers
the children of inrn from pain. dis
ease. decay and every iil that flesh is
heir TO-"
Then he gives a serious summary of
Mrs. Eddy'S book:
1T is written with limitleSs conf
deuce aud compIaccncy and with a
dash and stir and carueStnesS which
often compel the effects of cioquoncc,
even when the words do not seem TO
have amy traccahle meaning.
Without ever presenting anything
which may riGhtfuily be called by the
strong name of evidence ana some
times without even mentioning Il rea-
son for n deduction at all it thunders
out the startling words. i have proved
SO and 50. II is the first time
since the dawn days Of creation that a
voice has gone crashing through space
with such placid and compiacent con-
iGcnce and command"
From this the author turns seriously
10 the question of cure by faith.
NO one douhtS-ccrtIiu not /
that the mind exercises a powerful in
nuence over the body. Faith in the
doctor. Perhaps that is the entire
thing 1t seems 10 look like it. In old
times the king cured the Kings evil by
the touch of the royal hand. Could his
f"utman have done it: No. not in his
own clothes. Disguised as the king
could he have done it: | think we may
not doubt it,"
lie recognizes IN Christian Science
more unusual and greater possibilities
than any new religion in the history Of
the world mas hitherto offered Ii has
huge capital The power and capital
anG authority are concentrated In the
hands of small clique. with no out
SiGerS 10 criticiSe or ask questions.
And then. moved by the sense of fair
plaT, he presents the case Of the Chris
TAN Scientist with forceiuI el"qucNcr:
And who are attracted 10y Christian
Scfncet There Is no limit. lis field is
hof@ohleSS. Its appeal Is rs universal
a Is the appeal of Christianity Itself.
II appeals TO the rich, the poor, the
mig !, the low, the cultured the igno-
raEt, the gifted, the stupid, the mod
est, the vain, the wise, the silly, the
soldier, the civilian. the hero, the cow
ard, the ldler, the worker. the gadiy,
the goddess, the freeman. the slave, the
aduIt, the enid: they Who are ailjng
III body or mind. they who have
tflcAds that are alllng in body or
mud 10 mass 1t in phrase. its eli
entdge Is the human race. VIII it
march! | think so.
itemember It's principal great Offer
to rid the race of pain and disease.
Can it do sot In large measure, yes,
How much of the pain and disease III
the world is created by the imagina-
tioaS of the sufferers aul then kept
alive by those same imaginNtionS2
Four-tifths? Not anything short OF that,
| Should think. Can Christian Science
Danish that four-tifths: think 50.
Can any other torganized) force do il?
None that know of. Would this be
new world when that was accom-
plished? And a pleasanter one-for
lis we'll people as well as for those
fussy and fretting sick ones? Would
it seem as if there was not rs much
gloomy weather us there used to he?
! think So
He takes up the swift and remarka-
be growth of the sect and believes it
likely that "Christian Scientism is
destined TO make the most formidable
show that any new religion has made
in the world since the birth and spread
of Mohammedanism and within a cen,
tury from now it may stand second to
Rome only. in numbers and power in
Christendom"
Mark Twain next turns his attention
to the finances of Christian Science