Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-05
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how do you do" she would copyright
Int; for she is careful person. and
! knows the value of small things.
| When in the beginning she taught
| Christian Science gratis for good rea-
sons) pupils were few and reluctant,
Land required persuasion; it was when
she raised the limit to 5000 for a dol
/ lars worth that she could not find
standing room for the invasion of pu-
pills that followed.
| With fine aStuteness she goes thru
the motions of making it difficult to
1 get membership in her church There
| is a two-foid value in this system; 1t
gives membership high value in the
eyes of the applicant.
| She does not have to prefer charges
against him (the reader). she does not
have TO find him lazy, careless, incom
petent, untidy illmannered, unholy.
dishonest; she does not have to dis
cover fault of any kind in him; she
does not have to tell him nor his con-
gregation why she dismisses and dis
graces him and insults his meek flock;
She does not have to explain to his
their mouths and turns them out of
doors homeless and ashamed in
strange land; she does not have to do
anything but send letter and say:
"Pack!-and ask no questions"
Some of the hostiles think that Mrs.
Eddy's idea in protecting this property
in the interest of her heirs, and in ac-
cumulating a great money fortune, is
that she may leave her natural heirs
we'll provided for when she goes. 1
think it is mistake. / think she is of
late years giving herself large concern
about only one interest-her power
and glory and the perpetuation and
worship of her Name-with capital
IN" Her church is her pet heir, and
think it will get her wealth. 1t is the
torch which is to light the world and
the ages with her glory
What Mrs. Eddy Could Do.
think she once priced money for the
ease and comfort it could bring, the
snowy vanities it could furnish, and
the social promotion it could commands:
for we have seen that she was born
into the world with little ways and in
stincts and aspirations and affectations
that are duplicates of our own 1 do
not think her money passion has ever
diminished in ferocity; 1 do not think
that she has ever allowed dollar that
had no friends to get by her alive, but
think her reason for wanting it has
changed. l think she wants it now to
increase and establish and perpetuate
her power and glory with, not to add to
her comfort and luXuries not to furnish
paint and fuss and feathers for vain
display. l think her ambitions have
scared way above the fuss-and- feath-
er stage She still likes the little shows
and vanities-a fact which she exposed
in a public utterance two or three
days ago when she was not noticing
but think she does not place large
value upon them now. She could build
a mighty and far shining brass mount
ed palace if she wanted to, but she does
kind of an ambition in the early
scrabbling times. She could go to
England today and be worshipped by
earls and get a comets attention from
the million. if she cared for such things
She would have gone in the early
scrabbling days for much less than an
earl, and been vain of it, and glad to
show off before the remains of the
Scotch kin. But these things are very
small to her now-next to invisible,
observed thru the cloud rack from the
dizzy summit where she perches in
these great days. She does not want
that church property for herself. 1t is
worth but quarter of a million-a
sum she could call in from her far
spread focks tomorrow, with a lift of
her hand. Not squeeze, of it, just
lift. 1t would come without nurmur;
come gratefully, come gladly. And If
her glory stood in more need of the
money in Boston than it does where her
fiocks are propagating it she would lift
the hand, / think.
She is still reaching for the dollar,
she will continue to reach for it; but
not that she may spend it upon her
self; not that she may spend it upon
charities; not that she may indemnify
an early deprivation and clothe her
Self in a blaze of North Adams gauds;
not that she may have nine breeds of
pie for breakfast. as only the rich New
Englander can. not that she may in
dulge any petty material vanity or APP
petite that once was hers and priced