The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-14
ALLEGORINNG OF MRS. BAKER EDDY
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preceding topics, one significant change his been made. We speak tonight not on "Why no Christian can be, but on Why no Christian should be a mem- Der of Mrs. Eddys cult A mind train- ed in scientific and philosophical think ing finds 1t impossible to be impressed by Mrs. Eddys writing except by way of amazement that so many people of otherwise fair intelligence have been able to take it seriously. It is as indis- putable as it is natural that no name known to the world of exact research or of philosophic thought can be found among the adherents of this surprising Science" But 1t is equally true that minds untrained and uninformed in the fields we have been traversing the last two Sunday nights, may enjoy and ev- idence a genuine Christian life; and in- asmuch as the followers of Mrs. Eddy belong to this cIass or minds and 8 very large majority of them, like her. self. were formerly members of recog- nized Christian Churches and received at the hands of the historic church the essentials of the faith, it IS to be ex- pected that their Christian life will continue and indeed for a time be uuickened in their new act of faith and under the influence of such coudless optimism, as Mrs, Eddy guarantees and this even while they are endeavor- ing, under the spell of oracular and specIous phrases, to Understand an absurd falsehood to be fundamental revelation from God. In time, of course, that falsehood, In spite of mingled or remembered truth, will, just so far as l it Is trusted, bring forth evil fruit for l the individual and for society; and so recognizing that there are many real | Christians among our Christian Scl- ence" friends, who are sincerely seek ing to reproduce the mind and the vlc- tory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus ] Christ, our question remains, "Why no real Christian should be member of the cult called Christian Science"
 To this question, In the light of our | discussion thus far, I should answer first of all, Because Mrs. Eddys teach ing stultifes the reason of her follow
 CTS. Every Christian is called to as wide and strong and exact an intel- lectual life as is possible for him. In this he is to find and glorify God as I truly as in his emotional or volitional | life. He is commanded by his Master tt love God with all his mind as well as | with all his heart. According to apos-
 tolic teaching, God has given unto us the spirit of discipline" or "a sound l mind" and the Christian is to "be
 ready always to give an answer to ev- cry man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in him." But over the gate-
 way of Mrs. Eddy's metaphysical para
 disc may we'll run the legend: "Aban-
 don logical thought, all ye who enter | here.'
 Since last Sunday evening my atten-
 ton has been called to an entirely
 characteristic Christian Science" de- liverance from certain Rosemary O.
 Anderson of New London, in which sht l evidently supposes herself to be 'an-
 swering" the first discussion of this se ries on "Why no real Scientist could | be what is known as Christian Sci enlist It was of course evident tC
 every normal intellect that had follow.
 ed the discussion in question: and ther
 read Rosemary o. Anderson's letter that the latter answered absolutely
 nothing that had said. This commun
 ication lays itself open to easy criti. | cism, of it's English, its logic and it'
 exegesis but have no wish to be un. | kind to Miss or Mrs. Anderson, nol
 have I time for a needless analysis O. her sentences. Wisdom is justified O
 her children" I shall refer only to hel charge of "the unfair practice" on my
 part "of separating words and phrase! from their context" May be allowed
 to assert even though the lady sug.
 gests that mine Is not "the mind of al i honest seeker for truth" that 1t is not
 possible for her to give the "oligina
 context of any citation in the address