The Irish standard., 1907-03-30
/. Pain is unreal; hence pain cannot

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dicate the illusion of pain out of the
mind. to quote Mr.. Clemens, she raked
her hand on a pin in her dress, said
"Ouch!" and went TRANQUILITY on with
her talk. On his recovery, which was
| ultimately brought about by horse
doctor, the humorist decided to inves-
tigate, setting out with an impartial
mind, or a mind partial only to the
| extent that it believed in the powerful
influence exercised by the mind over
the body, a clear pre-disposition,
therefore. to be convinced of any pos
sible truth 1t is interesting to note
| by the way. that according to the
humorisD ere setting out, on his re-
covery. both the Christian Scientist
and the horse doctor presented their
bills. The horse-doctor charged him
thirty dollars; the Christian Scientist
charged him a dollar a fracture for
: over two hundred fractures. Since
+, she had stated that nothing existed
but mind, he considered himself fully
justified in paying her with an imagin-
ary check.
| Proceeding, Mr.. Clemens states that
in chapel of the Mosque in Boston,
there is picture of Mrs. Eddy be-
fore which burns. he has been assured,
never-extinguished light. Already
her people term her "Our Mother"
and if there be any doubt of their
sincerity, it disappears when one con-
siders the avidity with which. they
subscribe to her publications, cash in
advance, or obey her slightest COM
mand as to paying into general funds.
The Trust as Mr. Clemens terms
it, has on its side no charities to
support not even to contribute to-.
All his investigation could not show
that farthing was spent on any
worthy object. Closing the first half
of his work, Mr.. Clemens comes to the
conclusion that Christian Science diff
fers only from other forms of Char
latanry in that. with two hundred and
nifty churches. it has organized the
business and the others have not The
second half of the book (Which is pub
lished by Harper's) deals with the
Autobiography Of Mrs Eddy, who car
ries us through the days of her early
childhood, during which she displayed
phenomenal powers of mental acduisi-
tlVeness, down to the monentous
period when she discovered Christian
Science. after which discovery most of
the knowledge she had CLEANED from
school-books vanished like dream,''
a disappearance, remarks Mr.. Clemens,
which accounts for much in her mis-
cellaneous writings.
In these miscellaneous writings, he
says. Mrs. Eddy has one very Curl
Gus and interesting popularity: when
ever she notices that she is chortling
along without saying anything, she
pulls up with a sudden God is over
us ALL or some other sounding ir-
relevancy. and for the moment it
seems to light up the whole district;
then before you can recover from the
shock, she goes fitting pleasantly and
meaninglessly along again. She
likes to fire off a Scripture-verse
where it will make the handsomest
noise and come nearest to breaking
the connection; she often throws out
forfeit. or a foresplendor, or fine
nautical foretop-gallant sound and
make the sentence sing: after which
she is nearly sure to throw discretion
away and take to her deadly passion,
! Intoxicated Metaphor"
That her consciousness of her own
Importance is by no means ambiguous,
is clear from her placing herself as
the third parsonage In rank after Our
Lord and the Blessed Virgin! Fur
thermore, she promises she shall claim
mo especial gift from our divine
origin"
As for her Church, a perusal of the
articles. drafted by herself, which
make up it's constitution, show that
no despot or absolute monarch was
even so despotical or more absolute
in administrative and executive pow
I ers, than Mrs. Eddy No one can be
chosen to the lowest of the minor Of
fees without her approval; each and
everyone is removable therefrom at
the mere nod of the foundress; the
most trivial omission or fault brings
a frown or a dismissal upon the un-
J. happy offender, nor does the lady
deign to give any reason for dismiss
II ing even one Of the members of the
board that constitutes the hierarchy
of her church. Not word of expla-
nation is given nor, indeed, asked; the
letter of dismissal is Senr tho official