The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05

too. and cussed, all right-yery all right de- nending entirely upon what your opinion
 of Christian Science is. The author Is an FnRlishman you note he doesn't give
 his name-wise man!
 This writer. looking across to Ameri-
 ca and reviewing in his mind the differ
 ent articles. books and so forth written about Christian Science seems to think that in this country the Church of Christ, Scientist. is passing. or will soon pass
 from consolidation to disintegration. He believes that by the death of the founder, who is now S7 years old. 1t will begin to be divided against itself Now, in Eng land the writer says there are no signs of disintegration, but all of consolidation, and adds, "We must walt patiently, 1t
 may be for a quarter of a century, till
 our country Is tired of Christian Science.
 I marvel that so many good people are kind and polite to her
 Any good Christian Scientist friends of
 this reviewer will please bear in mind
 that in this review. portion of his days
 work, the latter is not in this case, at least, expressing any personal opinions as to the question under discussion. On the
 contrary. this review will only attempt
 to show what the writer before mentioned has to say on the subject; proves or at tempts to prove. With this personal ex- planation made-they are off
 The author says that in London there are 64 registered Christian Science heal CTS, in Manchester 10, in Brighton nine and so on. That there names, addresses
 and telephone numbers, for 'absent treatment" are published monthly in the Christian Science Journal. That all these headers have been "trained to take cases' and have made formal declaration that they use as their only textbooks the 1 Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings, and that they are not engaged In any other pro- fession or vocation other than healing. The author says that the proportion of men to women among these headers in London, Is high, 1 to f. Further that 1t is to in Boston, to in Chicago, to in Los Angeles. The founder, of course is not in practice; this author stating that the following notice Is printed, weekly in the Christian Science Sentinel in very large type-"Mrs. Eddy Takes No Patients"
 "T-he author of the Christian Science textbook does not consult nor read let ters on disease Writing to Mrs. Eddy on proper subjects is not prohibited. Our committee on publication will be reliable on this subject. Beware of counterfeit letters"
 We are told in this book reviewed that the doctrines of Christian Science are contained in Mrs Eddys writings, espe- cially in Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures" That the use of this book at the ordinary Sunday services, Is l threefo1d: CD. Its version of the Lords l Prayer is read aloud, sentence by sen- | tence, with the Christian version. O. The '1esson-sermon, which is the chief part of the service, is composed of passages | from the Bible, read alternately with passages from "Science and Health
 and the following prerace is always re-
 cited before the lesson-sermon:
 "Friends, the Bible and the Christian l Science textbook are our only preachers. | We shall now read scriptural texts and 1 their correlative passages from our de- 1 nominational textbook; these comprise l our sermon The canonical writings, to- 1 gether with the word of our textbook, | corroborating and explaining the Bible 1 texts in their spiritual import and appli-
 cation to all ages, past, present and fu- | ture, constitute sermon undfvorced | from truth, ,incontaminated and unfet- | tered by human hypotheses, and author | ized by Christ"
 1 It is stated in this book reviewed that 1 in England The Christian Science Quar- | terly publishes the Sunday lessons for
 each quarter. That the subjects for the | Sundays during July-September 1908, | were as follows: God Sacrament, Life, | Truth, Love, Spirit Soul, Mind, Christian
 ity, Man, Substance, Matter, Reality. | And the whole service lasts about an | hour That when an afternoon or even-
 Ing service is held, it is an exact repeti- | ton of the morning service. That no | prayers are said (except the version of 1 the Lords Prayer), but that there is an l interval for silent prayer. That the music Is very good and so Is the sing l ing The shortness of the service, the l comfort of the seats, the admirable dis 1 tinctness of the reading and the evident
 refinement of the congregation, this writer says, are all pleasant.
 | It is plain, therefore, he says further, that we have in "Science and Health"
 a sure guide to the doctrines of Christian 1 Science; so far as any guide can be sure. 1 which, "claiming final inspiration, is yet | under frequent revision, expurgation and | wholesale correction"
 l In this book discussed the author
 states that the passages which he has l put toge ther are mostly from a 1903 edi- | tion of Science and Health.'
 "Christian Science Is sometimes called l Divine Science, or simply Science. That | there may be no confusion, l, have avoid- ed the ordinary use of the word Science. | I have arranged the quotations from
 Science and Health and from Mrs Ed dy's other writings, in the old fashioned | form of articles. It must be clearly un- derstood that the majority of these ar- ticles have been pieced together and arc not mere transcripts of single para graphs but patchwork of short sen tences."
 The book has nine chapters and se- | rjes of notes The chapters are: Philos- ophy and Christian Science; the Christian Faith and Christian Science; Life and Christian Science; the Reality of Dis eases; the Reality of Pain; Testimonies
 of Healing; Opposing Testimonies; Com mon Sense and Christian Science, and Authority and Christian Science.
 The book makes very interesting read ing.
 "Discoveries in Everyday Europe" by
 Don c. Seitz QIarper & Brothers) In this day of the tripper-across-the- pond there is hardly a book, small as this one is, that will afford more gen
 nine amusement than 'Discoveries in Everyday Europe which were made | by MT. Don c. Seitz, who was and no
 doubt is yet. one of the big men on the New York World
 If is q book of 'vagrant Notes of a Rapid Journey' For instance;
 sThe dining cars that run north from Basic into Germany use leaden-colored
 china. Each guest gets a stack of plates
 piled one on top of the other, in num- I Der equal to the total of the courses. Six
 plates indicate six courses. So the dln-
 ner comes and goes in layers; the same
 knife and fork do the work for all.
 "The popular wine in Rome Is called
 Frascati. It is thin, straw-colored stuff
 with a powerful smell that comes per
 haps from the feet of the peasants whc tread out the grapes. -
 Paris does not put fig leaves on It's