Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-19

iDUiDlut ~ No. jan D.
The January issue Of McClure's Mag
azlne. which undertakes 10 publish the
History Of the early life Of tIe Res
yrend Mary Baker Eddy. leader oi tTe
Christian Scientists, and her family
hsa been brought to the attention q.
Mrs. Eddy. She has taken IN" palms 10
correct the matter. AMI has H"nt OIt
the following statement pyrT her own
signature:
II Is calumny on Christian Science to
ray that man IA aroused to thought ur
action only by ease. pleasure. or reCOnI-
pense. Something higher, nObler. more
imperative, impels the impulses OF Soul.
II becomes my duty TO be Just to the
departed and 10 tread not ruthlessly on
their ashes. The attack on me and my
late famther aud his family In Me-
Clure's Magazine. January, 1907. COM
pels me rs dutiiul child and the Lead
~ of Christian Science to speak.
McClure's Magazine refers to my
fathers tail, gaunt frame" and pic
lures the old man tramping dOggedly
along the highway regularly beating
the ground with huge walking stick.
My fathers person was erect and ro-
bust. lie never used walking stick.
To Illustrate: one time when M
father was visiting Governor Pierce.
President Franklin Pierce's father, the
Governor handed my father u gold.
headed walking stick as they we've
about 10 start for church. My father
thanked the Governor, but declined Ia
accept the stick, saying, Il never use o
cane"
Although McClure's Magaziae attrib-
Utes to my father language unscenily.
his household law. constantly enforced
wis no profanity and no slang phrases.
McClure's Magazine also declares that
the Bible was the only book In mis-
house. on the contrary, my father vas
u great reader.
The man, whom McClure's Magazine
characterizes as Ignorant, dominate
ing. passionate. fearless" was uni
formly dignified--a well-infOrmed, in
tellectual man, cultivated In mind and
manner. lie was called upon To do
much business for his town, making
cut deeds, settling quarrels and even
acting as counsel In lawsuit inyolv-
Ing a question Of pauperism between
'ht 'oNh1 VI DOW ~ H.
Franklin Pierce. afterward President
Of the United States. was the counsel
for Loudon and Mark Baker for Bow.
Both entered their pleas, and my faith
er wont the suit. After IL was decid-
cr. Mr.. Pierce bowed to my father aud
congratulated him. For several years,
father was chaplain Of the New Hamp-
shire State Militia, aud as recolect
II. he was Justice Of the Peace at one
time Ny father was a strong believer
In states Rights. but slavery he re-
garded as great sin. IL ,EIl
Mark Baker was rae youngest OF III
fathers family. and inherited his
fathers real estate, az extensive farm
situated In Boz and Concord ~ r. II
u on record that Mark Bakers fathe.
paid the largest tax In the colony.
McClure's Magazine says, describing
the Baker homestead at Bow: "rhr
house Itself was a small, square boz
Structure Of rndimentary architecture.
Ny fathers house had slopIng root
after the prevailing style Of architec,
ture at that date.
McClure's Magazine states: Alone
Of the Bakers. he (Albert) received q
liberal education. Mary Baker
passed her first fifteen years at the an
destral home nj Bow II was lonely
and discriminating existence Tho