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

In answer to questions asked by the
Board Of Sanity Experts appointed by
court 70 inquire into the mental con
iltion OF Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
founder OF The Christian Science
irhurch. chat remarkable old lady has
Just told very interesting story as to
how she became impressed with the
idea that all so called physical all
ments are but errors of the mortal
mind. The questions and answers
relating to the doctrine are Of value
to the general reading public in view
iof the widespread belief In Mrs
Eddy's theories; and they are here
Reproduced:
Development of Her Science.
! OF asked YOU 10 tell us something
about the development Of Christian
Science win you go on ii YOU
please? Al would gladly do il, as !
said
Go on. If YOU will Any
father employed N. d. 8 OF the highest
character and they were estimable
men. and 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 aud keep her away from school
ali you can. and don't give her much
T. edicine Then il was an allopathy,
you know
Q.-Can you tell us how long ago
that was, please? About how
long,
Q.--I don't suppose you can tell US
exactly, but somewhere near A.--No,
Il should say was about Is years
old. along there, about there, and it
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 It was new subject in
New Hampshire, and father says:
well. thought he was a fine fellow,
but he must have gone mad TO have
taken up homeopathy" Well. that
was the general idea of things, and
when be came to Concord people
thought that OF him generally, / think.
But he healed cases that the other M
DIS lid not, and my father employed
him and 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?
A.-Yes, and if YOU get tired say so,
A.-Then | said | will study homeo-
pathy. did. 7 was delighted with
it I took a case that a doctress up
there considered hopeless and cured
the case, and She was like a 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. tinterrupting What did you
say about the highest attenuation?
Al began ct find the highest attenu-
oticn in which the drug absolutely ap-
Feared and sent the attenuation to
Or. Jackson of Boston. and asked him
III he eoud discover the original Of
that
Q-Was it Or. Jackson. the chem
ist? Alt was common table salt
Q.-Was il Dr. Charles r. Jackson,
the chemist? A-Yes. sir. and he re-
plied to it, u 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
said lwould be safe and see whether
am deceived or not. l went to work
on a patient and gave them a high
attenuation of medicine and they took
il and recovered rapidly Then there
were symptoms of eclipse. and had
been quite interested in homeopathy
and thought By giving too mich 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 81 the medicine and gave them
tsingie pellets mmedicated. nothing
bit the sugar pellet. and they went on
and gained again Just the same.
Al last / said to them. Now YOU
ldon't need any medicine. you go with
tout it, and they said y viii" In
three days thew came to me and said.
I feel some Of the oil symptoms"
repeated my pellet. not one particle
OF medicine. and they began TO gain
! again. There was ms first discovery
lof the science Of mind. That was a
failing apple to me I said This is
lplain to me. that mind governs the
4 whole question" ! was always OF a
religious tnrn Of mind. sacrediy pray
ing always 10 be KEEP from sin. Then
{ was afraid to take step. waited
and PRAYED for God 10 direct me and
next thing found were spiitualists
who we're claiming 10 be mediums
" ent INTO their tracts 10 find what
they we're doing aud fornd it was a
lhumbug and hypocrisy but pro
rrunrad IL eo Shall I 20 on with This