Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-22

matter appeals to Mrs. Eddy, and
like the daughter of tho horse-leccb
she cries give, give" and she does
not cry In vain.
We do not appreciate the extent to
which Christian Science has spread,
because 1t has been so quiet and In
ridious. Mrs. Eddy issues q charter
Her adherents are like the sands Of
the seashore for multitude, and the
wealthy and the aristocratic are to
be found among them as well as the
poor and the illlterate.
-Four years ago there were six
Christian Scientists in n certain
town that ] am acquainted with; n
year ago there were two hundred and
Its membership now numbers four
! hundred. This has all been quietly
done; done without frenzied revive
ais, without uniforms, brass bands.
street parades, corner oratory, or any
, of the other customary persuasions
&C. a godly life. Christian Science,
like Mohammcdanism is restricted
TO the 'unintelligent, the people who
do not think. There lies the dan
ger. II makes Christian Science for
midable. II is restricted to ninety
nine one hundredths of the human
race, and must be reckoned with by
regular Christianity. And will be.
as soon as II IL too late"
| Mark Twain devotcs more than
half his book to description OF
Mrs. Eddy's personal power, and 1t
is about this that we want 10 know.
| II Is the personal equation that indi-
Gates motive, that separates benet-
Iccncc from scldshness, and that en-
tables MS to form opinions that are Just.
1--WE have already seen something OF
the spread OF Christian Science. OF the
vast income that It enjoys, and OF the
things that II does not do with us
money. II does not give one cent In
charity. The river of Its revenue
flows onward steadily and, like most
rivers, X flows always In one direction.
Into what ocean does II ultimately fall,
and what are we To think OF the
strange woman who controls this
formidable movement?
Here at least the author IL unsparing
in his condemnation. and the lash of
his contemptuous sarcasm falls with
on almost tiresome monotOny. He
wants to know who really wrote the
book, Science and Health" of which
she claims the authorship, and winch
is sold to the faithful In such prodig-
Ious quantities and ut such prodigious
profits. Mark Twain seems to think
that Mrs. Eddy certainly did not write
this book. lie believes that she wrote
the preface and some few pages scat
tered here and there. In fact, wherever
he finds piece of quite intolerably bad
English, plese of hopelessly confused
metaphor, an interlarding of detestablc
sentiment or dash of twaddling poet
ry. there he recognizes Mrs. Eddy's
handiwork, and by these signs he
knows her. She herself seems to say
that God wrote Science and Health.
Such ut least Is the inference for the
world, but In her copyright application
she takes all the blame on herself. She
had to, says Mark. because at that time
no foreigner could acquire copyright
in the United States. AFTER weighing
Mrs Eddy's own statements In all their
native confusion and bewildering con-
tradictions, We are told:
At last, through her personal testi'
mony, we have sure grip upon the
following vital facts, and they settle
the authorship of Science and Health
beyond pcradventure:
/. airs. Eddy furnished the ideas
and the language.
2. God furnished the ideas and the
language.
1t is great comfort to have the
matter authoritatively settled.
- Mrs, Eddy's beginning was with tho
publication of Science and Health.
. She copyrighted II, as she does every
thing else. She would copyright "gooC
morning. how do you dO?" II she could
because "She Is a careful person ant
, knows the value of small things Their
she began to teach. Pupils came by th'
, hundred and she charges them $500 FOL
. seven lessons. IL seems that God TOLD
. her to make this charge. So that Il
Criticise would be blasphemous. Thei
came the college with its scale OF eX
y Orbltant fees-"tuitiOn for all strict!
in advance" The church was born
and 1t was no ordinary church for 1
| had at its head a woman whom Mari
I Twain seems to think Is, In her owl
4 peculiar and malOdorous way, the mos
I, remarkable woman that ever lived.
A great deal of attention Is given b,
, the author to the bylaws, and he doe
well TO show us what these really
= mean, because their meaning Is prcg
nant with instruction, A less diluted
I despotism never existed. The Roman
= Catholic Church in the days Of III
l most arrogant power. Of Its creates
pretensiOns, never dared To claim suci
sovereignty over the hearts and lives
Of men as Mrs. Eddy exercises over he
willing victims. We have here an or
: Ganization that is not only undemo
cratic, but that Is autocratic tyrann.
= In lis worst and It's most hateful form
, There Is Board OF Directors, of whom
, every member must be approved b,
, Mrs. Eddy. The Board of Directors
chooses president--subject to the ap
, proya of Mrs. Eddy. There is treas
urer and clerk--practically appoint
0 cd by Mrs. Eddy. There Is no Board o
0 Trustees, but In case there ShOull b,