The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
WRECKS THE HOME
Breaks Up Marital and Home Ties Says Mrs. ChHsty- cbaro..
All Her Family Troubles to the Influence
of that Church
New York World.)

New York WORLDLY
sI do not wish to enter into a con-
~troversy with Mrs. Eddy or Mrs. Stet-
son or the followers Of either. but
christian Science leads young girls
astray.
christian Science raises the Daser
passions of men.
christian Science undermlneS the
happiness of welded life.
"Christian Science strikes a death
blow to mother love.
christian Science destroys moral
and mental freedom.
christian Science is absolutely
lacking in charity, human and divine"
b Indictment was spoken by Mrs.
Howard Chandler Christy to a World
reporter yesterday afternoon. Chris
tan Science, according to Mrs. Christy,
has broken up her own home. She Is
little daughter Nathalie. whom her
| husband, Howard Chandler Christy,
the artist. detains at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
He is a devoted follower OF Mrs Eddy
and wants to bring his child up in
h faith Mrs. Christy objects TO
this.
II know that my husband would
seek reconciliation now if only 1t were
not for the influences to which he Is
subjected" b sighed yesterday. Il
had a telegram from him only last
night. But there are Scientists all
around him in GAINESVILLE. and I
haven't much hope"
Mrs. Christy is spending Thanks
giving with her mother and married
West One Hundred and Thirty-ifth
street. She is a beautiful woman. the
original of the famous "Christy GIRL"
but the black and white drawings can
not reproduce her lovely cOloring. She
has long ropes of curly dark hair, big
brown eyes and a wonderfully clear
ivory-White skin.
Mrs. Chrfsty's Story.
Understand" she said yesterday,
/ have no personal quarrel with
any member Of the Christian Science
My attitude toward her has been
grossly misrepresented. And I think
that the basic principle Of Christian
Science, as laid down by Mrs. Eddy
the dominance of mind owe matter
is true and beautiful.
II used to be interested in Science
myself, till found that I was alto
gether unsuited to it's ideals. At that
time my husband was rabid against it
Then afterward, owing to some physi-
cal benefit he thought he had received
from it. he became much interested,
and I tried to like 1t again. But I
could not believe that all the beauti-
ful things in life are unreal things
And I will not have my daughter
brought up in such a belief.
II believe Christian Science leads
girls far astray from the things in
which they should most firmly believe.
A young girl ought to grow up regard
ing a marriage for owe as the most
sacred, the most joyous. h most
her life. But Christian Science prac-
ttttoners deliberately teach that mar
rage is a lower state, with which only
the lesser minds should content them
selves. some go so far as to say that
marriage is absolutely wicked. Do
you suppose I'm going to let them
teach my child that-as they've been
teaching my husband?
Christian Scientists assert that no
ties are binding. They say that these
ties simply do not exist Don't you
see the inevitable effect on men with
a lot Of temperament? All sorts of
evil passions will have free rein in
them. They will hate fierce1y, they
will grow vindictive, they will become
horribly unjust-and there are other
still baser passions which Will blaze
unchecked.
Its Effect on the Home.
THE effect on Christian Science on
the home Is extremely subtle and hard
to describe. Yet you see the result in
my case, and I'm only one of many.
/ firmly believe. There are lines of