The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-18
THE ORIGIN or
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MRS. MARY BAKER G. EDDY TELLS
HOW SHE GOT IDEA THAT
MIND CURED ALL.
Experimental ON SICK
With SUGAR Pills and Cured Them
Bible Told Her God Did it
Christian Scientists Can't
Make People Sick.

/ iii answer to questions asked by tn
/ Board Of Sanity Experts appointed b
court to inquire into the mental con
dlfion OF Mrs, Mary Baker G. Eddy
founder OF the Christian Science
'church, that remarkable old lady hai
| Just told VERY interesting story as Z
how she became impressed with TN
! idea that all SO called physical all
ments are but errors Of the morta
mind. The questions and answers
relating to the doctrine are OF value
to the general reading public in vie"
of the widespread belief in Mrs
Eddys theories; ana they are here
Reproduced.
Development of Her Science.
o. asked you 10 tell rs something
about the development of Christian
Science. viii YOU go on, ii YOU
please? Al would gladly do it, as
said
Go on. if you will Any
father employed N DIS Of the highest
character and they were estimable
men. ANA they would say DR.. Renten
was one. and he said and the other
said. Don't doctor your child; she
has got too much brains for her body,
Keep her outdoors, keep her in exer-
else, and keep her away from school
alb You can. and don't give her much
T. edicine Then it was an allopathy,
you know.
Q.-Can Won tell us how long ago
that was. please? About how
long?
OIL don't suppose YOU can tell US
exactly. but somewhere near A.-No,
II should say was about IS years
old. along there. about there, and II
came to memo. wasn't as old as
that | think-and it came to me
through Dr. Merrill that he was a
homeopath. and had never heard of
that before Ii was q new subject in
New Hampshire and father SAYS:
well, / thought he was fine fellow,
but he must have gone mad to have
taken up homeopathy. Well that
was the general idea of things, and
when he came to Concord people
thought that of him generally. | think.
But he healed cases that the other NJ,
lbs did not, and my father employed
him aud / got well under his treat
ment Then you asked me TO tell my
footsteps
Homeopathy Her First Study.
OIL did A.--And | studied homeo-
pathy- may lean back in my chair?
AYES. and # YOU get tired say so.
A.--Then said viii study homeo-
rathy. dill. was delighted with
ii took case that a doetess up
there considered hopeless and 7 cured
the case, and she was like barrel
in the bed full of water, and | cured
her right up. began to think some
thing about what it was that cured
when the highest attenuation
o. nterruptingl What did YOU
say about the highest attenuation
Al began OF find the highest attenu-
Iation in which the drug absolutely APP
pearsd and I sent the attenuation to
Dr. Jackson OF Boston, and asked him
# he coud discover the original Of
that
Q-Was it DR.. Jackson. the chem.
ist? Alt was common table salt
Q.-Was il Dr. Charles r Jackson.
the chemist? Ayes. sir. and he re-
Piled to it, Il cannot find a particle
in it"
OIL knew him personally A.
Did you?
How She Cured the Sick.
Q.-Yes. Al knew it was so and
I said Iwould be safe and see whether
! am deceived or not I went to work
on a patient and I gave them a high
attenuation Of medicine and they took
it and recovered rapidly Then there
were symptoms of eclipse. and had
been quite interested in homeopathy
and thought by giving too much OF
| this even diluted attenuated medicine
there might be a crisis produced and
difficulty. and so ! thought / wanted
them TO stop. and ! took away every
bit Of the medicine and gave them
islngle pellets unmedicated. nothing
bit the sugar pellet. and they went on
and gained again just the same.
AT last I said TO them. Now you
don't need any medicine. YOU go with
out it, and they said. + will" u
three days thew came 10 me and said
I feel some OF the OIL symptoms"
repeated nay pellet. not one PARTED,
of medicine. AMI they began TO gain
again There was my first discover
loo the science al mind That was !
falling apple to me. ! said This 8.
iplain to me. that mind governs th'
4 whole question was always of Z
religious tnrn Of mind sacrediy pray
ing always TO Do KEEP from sin. Ther
u was afraid 10 take step. ] waite.
and PRAYED for God TO direct me an.
next thing ] found were suiriiuaiisf.
who were claiming to De mediums.
went INFO their tracts 10 find wha
they were doing. and fornd it was Z
HUmbus and hypocrisy bat J pro
rcunced il so Shall ] 90 on vith thi
unnecessary deta12
{, Eager TO Tel Of Her Faith.
4 latter listening 10 the graphaHhon.