New-York tribune., 1909-06-07

BE condition and in Boston they lie awake
nights trzing 10 think of some new way TO
change one OF the publications another so
they can sell another million copies at 81
corv / don't want to interfere with their
financial or money making schemes. Let them
keep the financial end IN Boston, if they want
TO- and let US have the spiritual uplift here in
New York
The faith. as Mrs Gilbert portrayed it, was
IN q sad state Of factionalism.
Its Mrs LatIIrop and her son. Of the Sec
ond Church standing with Boston against Mrs.
Stetson. Of the First Church" said she. The
result she said. was complete lack Of har-
Inony instead Of the il-pervading love IN Whlch
the Scientists believed, that some church
members refused 10 attend services. but read
their textbooks at home
Mrs. I.athrop was sent here first" said Mrs.
Gilbert. TO establish the Mother Church; but
she was not an aggressive woman, and didn't
make ont very we'll Then Mrs. Stetson came,
and lust pushed ahead. and made the church
q success She vas put in as preacher-there
were sermons in those days-and that III
sense nut her over Mrs. Lathrop. Mrs Lathrop
and some OF her friends withdrew and started
the Second Church. although that was a breach
Of custom and the rules. From that time on
there was dissent between the members of Mrs
Ste1son's church and those Of the Iathrop
church
eAs time went on other churches were forrhed'
the Third the Fourth and so on Last year
Mrs Stetson was holding overflow meetings ana
announced that she would form q new church
and call it the Second Church. refusing 10 rec
ornize that there was a Second Church. al
though the cards Of all those newer churches
were published regularly IN the Christian SCI
ence periodicals. thus giving them regular stand
ing Mrs. Stetson held meeting. at whlch
$4,000 was collected or subscribed toward the
new Second Church. Then she was called TO
Boston about the end Of last year. had the law
laid down To her, abandoned her scheme and re-
funded what money had been raised
HER mission" TO HARMONIZE CHURCH.
..elov. all this meant great deal TO me, and
thought and prayed over it The more / prayed
the more il was borne in on me that l was 10
harmonic these differences by establishing
new chu-ch-the Seventh. the mystic number
al which members and leaders Of the other
churches could meet in harmony and learn to
dwell together in love. I talked it over with
friends broached il to some of the leaders.
NIr Dittemore told me he thought the task
would be harder than that Of any mortal who
ever undertook a hard task I said If God was
with me il would be easy. And 1 got to-
gether friends and influence and undertook TO
hold meetings al the Plaza, but was checked by
commands from Boston not TO do so.
Then I went 10 Boston. TO see the leaders
there and TO Mrs. Eddys home. 1 was between
two factions. and l WAS likely TO interfere with
the publication OF the profitable literature. Why,
there's d new edition Of the hyTnnal coming out
IN July from which S1.O00,o00 s20O0,0o0 Will
be realized Where does it go? Why should
these constant changes be made in the inspired
boolzs3 I believe in the inspiration OF Mrs Eddy.
but she is dead. and Christian Science is a big,
vital force Why should there be all this secrecy,
all this mystery and fetichism?
Maybe they are afraid of me They tell me
now that I'm a disturber; that my thought is too
advanced for them. It may he. Martin Luther
was too advanced for the Roman Catholics at
one period Of history, but he spread the light II
God is with me, why may I not be just such
instrument to His purpose? I suppose I shall
be attacked and misrepresented. They can't
hurt me I have friends, rich and powerful. who
agree with me that the time has come for
change I can't tell who those friends ard asso-
ciates are now: it would only subject them
abuse and misrepresentation such I shall
have 10 meet; but plans have not been
abandoned: they will not be abandoned. We
shall keep on until Christian Science is relieved
Of this incubus.