The San Francisco call., 1909-09-29
LECTURER ATTACKS
MRS. MARYB. EDDY
Frederick w. Peabody Delivers
His Exposure of Chris
..* tian Science"
Science and Health" Described
as Stolen From Manuscripts
of p. P. Quimby

= Before crowd which packed
Dreamland rink. and which was com
posed OF men and women of every
walk of life, Frederick ". Peabody, q
Boston attorney. delivered mis- lecture
on The Complete Exposure of Chris
usn Science" last night, making a
forceful and bitter attack on Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy and her tenets.
He checked himself repeatedly to
call upon Frank Gale, one of the lead
ers OF the Christian Science movement.
Nho was among the audience to take
j1T Stage and reply TO his statements.
Gale refused TO come forward.
. -EFE f5cdy's lecture was almost exclu-
SO <s.< AT attack on Mrs. Mary Baker
4 Ecet airing at the outset that
njlflsat her the. movement had moth
woun or zoology
aAf 1hs % ltset." he said, let me
effeg word OF apology. / intend to
attsg an sged woman and religion,
sDeF such Z task is distssteful TO any
y Z. Nothing can justify an attack
- woman in private life, but when
Nne steps out Of her privacy and in
me Eaise of benefactress brings suf-
ferirE and pain and death to thou-
sands of children and to deluded dupes,
I. knowing the facts as / do, consider
il my duty TO oppose the machina-
rions OF this adventures and charla-
tan.
He then took up the life of Mrs.
EDDY. According TO his statements
she started out in the world as a spir-
itualistic medium. He said that though
II
was against marriage, she had tried
rlatrimony three times. Her first hus-
hard was 6. brick layer, her second an
itinerant dentist and her third the
man whose name she made famous
HE CALLS BOOK STOLEN
He said that her book, Science and
Health" which had been declared by
her TO be inspired by the Almighty,
was stolen from the manuscripts of
Phiness p. Qufmby, mental healer,
and written by James Henry Wiggin
Of Boston at q contracted price per
lire.
One Of the most amusing things
about this humbug," he said. was
mentioned TO me by Wiggin, who en-
joyed the joke as much as anybody
else. Wiggin stated that in writing
the book he came across one chapter
OF Mrs. Eddys manuscript which was
against publishing il. The plates of
the book, however. had been made up
and it was decided TO take out these
Is pages and insert some other in
spired word not quite so libelous. Just
what to put in was a question be-
tween Wiggin and Mrs. Eddy.
SERMON TO FILL SPACE
About this time wiggin wrote a ser
mon for Mrs. Eddy. which she delivered
IN Boston. On account of her age she
could not see very well. and it was out
Of the question for her to wear spec
taeles. Wiggin told me il wracked him
10 hear his literary efforts butchered.
At the conclusion, however. he walked
down the aisle and heard the words of
praise from the audience, and he said,
When 1 heard the crowd praising that
stuff I knew they would swallow any
thing A brilliant idea struck him.
The sermon was heightened to fill the
vacant Is pages and published as in
spired. Later Wiggin never faileS TO
see the humor OF the situation when
some follower of Mrs. Eddy would tell
him Of the wonderful inspiration TO be
found in those Is pages"
The speaker said that the only argu-
ruent made against his attacks was that
the effort TO have Mrs. Eddy declared
incompetent failed and that she was
given & certificate of good character by
fhe town of Concord The rea son the
suit In court was not pushed" he said,
vas because her attorneys agreed to
10 what had been asked of them by
rae courts, and as for the certificate of
good aracter--weli anybody with
aelgh money can get one of those
irings. These DO net answer my state
lnents."