The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-15

dld Mrs. Stetson realize her mistake.
A prominent member of the Chris
tian Science Church. so close to the
inner circle of control that his words
have the force of authority, gave the
facts, stipulatiing only that his name
be withheld, at least for the present.
Friday of last week, when Mrs. Stet-
son and her trustees, ripe for revolt,
were planning to GUST Virgil o. Strick-
Ter from the first leadership of the
New York church, a confidential mes
senger reached New York from Botson
He represented the mother church di-
rectors, and his mission was to confer
with Mrs. Stetson.
This emissary holds a prominent Of
fee in the Christian Science publication
burerau and is rated as one of the
shrewdest lieutenants of Archibald
Mel elan. He had with him Mrs.
Eddy's letter, destined three days later
to purge Mis-. Stetsons church of the
spirit of revolt.
Tho secret message he bore to Mrs.
Stetson was substantially this:
In war between us there can be
only one result-disaster to both sides
and destruction to the church. Let us
compromise.
AGREES TO MEET DIRECTORS.
Mrs Stetson summoned her advisers
to a conference the next day. 1t was
d ecided to accept the overtures of the
Boston leaders.
1t was agreed that the Eddy letter
should be read at the members meet
ing Monday, that there might be a
united expression of love and loyalty
toward Mrs. Eddy.
With this arranged Mrs. Stetson
hurried to Boston, ostensibly to face
hostile judges in the mother church;
in reality-as she imagined-to meet
the requirements of program devised
to conceal the working out of secret
compromise agreement.
1t is said that Mrs. Stetson was still
faithfully playing the game" Tues
day night when from her rooms at the
Hotel Touraine she issued her public
admission of error and humble submits
sion to church authority. This was
done, as she thought, to make it easier
for her judges to find the "whitewash-
ing" verdict agreed upon.
IN POWER OF HER ENEMIES.
But with the issuing of that public
confession Mrs. Stetson placed herself
completely in the power of her enc
mics.
She had permitted her church to
pledge obedience to the Boston man
ayers, and had been tricked into an
open admission of the justice of what
ever punishment the mother church
might inflict upon her. But Mrs.
Stetson probably did not realize this
until judgment was pronounced.
Mrs. Stetson had been treated with
marked consideration by the mother
church directors throughout the hear
ing at Boston; her judges had listen
ed with every outward indication of
interest and sympathy to all her eX-.
plantations and excuses.
Apparently theSe nVe directors Oh
the mother church had charitaby
overlooked the fact that they, indi
vidually, had been treated" with the
death thought by Mrg. Stetson, a.
cording to the convicting evidon e.
PARTED FROM THEM WITH 4
SMILE
Mrs Stetson was smiling when she
left the directors Wednesday; ltl.
smiling when she reached the Hotel
Touraine, and smiling yet when last
last seen by Boston folk stepping
aboard train for New York.
Archibald Mcclellan and his fellow
directors considered the language OF
the verdict against Mrs. Stetson with
the utmost care. They worked on it
up to late hour Wednesday night and
resumed the task at an early hour yes
terday morning. By noon the verdict
had been framed to the satisfaction of
Mrs. Stetson's judges, but this was
not enough. Before it was issued to
the public it was submitted to a score