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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
TRIBUTE TO MRS. EDDY

Editor Herald:
A woman! Yet no man on eartn, save one
a nobler better work for man hath done
She strove in sweet humility to tread
The path of Him whose precious blood was
shed
s.E'en as / follow Christ" said She
"folow thou me-"
Her creed, the creed of Love-no more no
14or aj1,--to heal. to comfort, and to bless.
Ne,er word of condemnation to the sinner
given, =. 49,
But loving arms outstretched to point the
rno snS,erer seeking surcease from his pain
Ne'er sought her in good faith and sought
FOR " She of sorrows cup had drank full
Had Known the bitterness Of those who
And gently to the Fount of healing she had
She now now led others. by earth's fettor'
Until from every clime--in every tongue
Pose songs of gratitude-her praises rung.
For Right she lived and labored. that sin
FOR nnrity for principle, for freedom and
for peace. -, -,
xvbat SANDER work, what greater good.
could any here achieve? -
No fear she knew-no shrinking hack-ho
However e rough the road that she must
A MESSAGE 10 the world she had TO give
THAT men might hear--helieve-look up anu
live. -. ,.- .,d
sb. h heeded %i not a cold worlds scorn and
Gu. rave n smile for every taunt or frown.
she. too, must bear her cross II she "oulu
win a crown. ,s -. rv.ra
what mattered 1t IL some SSiO
7, shs but eased ones pain-made one
heart glad.
stand while the fierce flames ap0u' '"e'''
vet to,cs toneSeo them not. So she hath stood
I1nseathed by errors thrusts' IN all he'
The measure OF her good no man may
rr,t, with her we sec the light Of coos
eternal day. -. -Na.. ovs-
she found the cooling fcunt Vhose pro
s, c,ons ~at aSe sp;rit-,hirst, give peace and
~. s"r.b,s poor weary wanderers-oy sin
or sickness bound . .,r
A comfort 10 the sorro"tui
evesS @ w come and drink with her these
,raters cool and sweet;
o.. tonnS the bread Of life for Us snu
h.de Us come and eat.
,u sbe.s gone from u.s. we say TO
mortal sense--snd yet, ,-..n
1r,,,' shonh we sorrow for her. or weep
in vain regretr ,,..r, her
"God Is my Tffe' GOO Is my
psrsnmt Ts sar 11Pe-her very AL1--and she Is
satisfied
Los Angeles. Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
REPLY TO JOHN FOSTER

Editor Herald: In reply TO John Fos-
ter's request to know the truth con-
cerning our eternal welfare, l VIII say
that God does not leave men in DOUBT
concerning those things which He de-
sires them to know. He alWaVs gives
sufficient evidence for faith Now, taith
is the substance of things hoped tor'
the evidence of things not seen (Heo'
lid. But without faith 1t is impos-
sible to please God, for he that cometn
to God must believe that He Is, ana
that He is a rewarder of them that dill
gently seek Him (Heb. l1:O. Inc
power to overcome sin. which is the
transgression of Gods holy law ust
John 3:D; the willing obedience the
submission to Gods will. His law
psalm 40:S), are evidences absolutely
unimpeachabIe that we know Him, and
that we are His. as the following texts
will show: And hereby we do know
that we know Him. If we keep His
commandments: but whose keepeth
His word in him verify is the lowe OF
God perfected. hereby know we that we
are in Him Qst John $3.50. For THIS
is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments, and His command
ments are not grievous Qst John 6:2-5).
For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten son, that Who
soever believeth In him should not per-
ish, but have everlasting life, but there
Is only one way to believe In Christ,
and that is this: If ye love me. keep
my commandments (St. John 14:15).
We cannot do this without the faith OF
Christ In our hearts (Eph. 3:17-21).
Now, to conclude, If any man VIII do
His will or His law in our hearts. as
expressed in Psalm 40:S, he shall know
of the doctrine whether 1t be of God,
or whether / (Christ) speak OF myself
est. John TAD. Blessed are they that
do His commandments, that they may
have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the
city (Rev. 22:l4). Let US hear the con-
clusion: Fear God: to fear God is to
hate evil; and keep His command
ments. for this is the whole destiny OF
man (Eccl. 12:13-1D.
CHARLES BENNETT.
San Pedro, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

that any other organ continues its
activity. Man holds this belief in
Immortality, which is inconsistent with
all NATURAL law, not because of the
W ,kness of his reason, but because
of the strength of his faith in past
religious teachings and because of his
inherent dread of ceasing to be.
Man is onl. one of the many forms
of life on this earth and is subject
to the same natural laws as any other
form of life, and instead of his con-
tinuing his present consciousness in
perhaps another form, he simply is a
part of the whole, and as he is a re-
plica of his parents (and should al
ways endeavor TO improve upon the
degree of perfection that they repre-
sented), SO does he propagate his
type, and then wither and die, and
his offspring. in turn, develop. pro-
pragate, wither and die, and so on ad-
iRfinitum, and this is what is called
the process of evolution, through which
each form of life is continually i'm
proving on its predecessors, and the
continuity of the race Is the thing
not that Of the Individual
ALAN WARDE.
Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Editor Herald: In his recent mes
sage to congress President Taft re-
newed his recommendation for legis-
lation providing for the establishment
Of a bureau or department of health.
The president expresses his regret that
the assertion has been made that such
a bureau or department is to be made
in the interest of any particular school
Of medicine.
"It seems to me-" ne says, that this
assumption is wholly unwarranted, and
those responsible for the government
can be trusted to secure in the per-
sonnel of the bureau the appointment
OF representatives OF all recognized
schools of medicine and the manage
ment of the bureau entire freedom
from narrow prejudices in this re-
gard
In my opinion 1t would be rather
surprising If the American people did
not very vigorously protest against
knows all government physicians and
surgeons. in the neighborhood of 1000
in number. belong to the allopathic
school, although many other schools
of medicine and healing are recognized
and practiced today without inter-
ference. Among these are the osteo-
pathic, eclectic, homeopathic, naturo-
patnlc SCnOOlS OF meulClne, us we'll dS
mental science. the Emmanuel move
ment, Christian Science, etc.
Many county, state and national
associations Of the independent schools
of medicine have very vehemently
protested against these proposed
health laws. Were there a need for
this legislation. there is no doubt that
these physicians would be just as, ia
vorably disposed toward the passage
of such bills as their allopathic
brethren.
All these proposed laws would re-
suit In the complete domination of the
so-called Irregular" school (allopathic)
and very serious encroachments on
the personal liberties of the American
people, who would just as certainly
object to the establishment of state
medicine as they would protest against
any effort to establish a state religion.
w. D. HART.
Yaa Apgn1ns cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
OUR PosToFFIcE DEFICIT

Editor Herald: There used to be some
years ago-there may be still--a league
or association whose particular object
of propaganda was the national own
ership of railways. 1t is perhaps ten
years or near it since | read some of
their literature, showing from duly
authenticated figures that the United
States postoffice deficit was the result
of gross and deliberate miSnanage-
ment. 1t was shown, for one thing,
that instead of owning our own mail
cars and running them on mileage, we
rented such cars from the railroad
companies, paying in each six months,
for rent, the full building value of the
cars. Since the life of these cars aver
ages five years, we thus paid for each
car ten times over, just to oblige our
friends, the railroads. l suppose these
figures hold good today. Hence our
postoffice deficit. In England. with a
service that is more generous to the
public in quite number of ways, they
have an annual surplus of some thirty
million dollars.
l think it was also shown that on
some ocean-going mail, which the
steamships could we'll afford to carry
for l cent a pound. we were paying
them no less than S cents a pound; a
sheer put-up job between our govern
ment officials and certain favored
steamship companies, as other steam
ship lines would gladly have taken the
contract on the proper terms. Probably
these figures still hold good.
Add to this that well known trick of
estimating the seasons mail on peri
odical Weighing test" deliberately
faxed with an enormous padding Of
held-over department printed matter,
and the knavery of the whole business
is apparent. PAUL ]. WHITAKER.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
REFORM IN MARRIAGE LAWS

Editor Herald: In an editorial by
M" he desires some one to frame and
introduce bill compelling every ap-
plicant for a marriage license Ito pre-
sent a bill of health, and asks II the
Idea is wrong" to start the agitation.
The idea Is decidedly wrong. for we
have enough rank unenforced laws as
1t is; the books In the United States
are incapable of holding all the laws
now and we have more laws than
ancient Rome. There is not any ques-
tion about the folly of inquiring about
the health of persons who contemplate
marriage. for 1t Is the concern OF those
directly interested and 1t is not of gen.
eral interest.
If every person in poor health was
to be condemned on that account there
would be few marriages and IL they
were foolish enough to submit to an
examination and pronounced healthy
and fit and were not who would pay
the penalty for the error? Surely not
the ones who were inclined to protect
society by submitting to an examina-
ton, and If the offspring Of the homo
should be afflicted. would the one who
gave the bill of health be called upon
to answer? MOI
IT is not the fault of marriage that
the insane asylums, homes for the
feeble-minded, orphan asylums and
truant ScnOOiS are HllSu, IL 10 hoh tilO
fault of marriage that unhealthy chill
dren are born to the world, but 1t Is
probably true that IL an interdict Is
put upon marriage It would be the
cause of more children being born out
of wedlock and children born thus
would be more susceptible to disease.
often healthy parents have unhealthy
children and healthy children have un-
healthy parents.
If laws were passed and enforced
prohibiting marriage, those desirous of
marrying would associate regardless
of any verdict children would be the
result, and all kinds of children. laws
or no laws, and as long as nature
holds it's own the youngsters will be
with us. The more the merrier, healthy
or unhealthy. If the latter we VIII
assist them to get their health No
assembly OF Legislators can assure
us that our children will be well and
strong. OWEN MOhFh1'
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
cRITIcIsEs FOOTBALL

Editor Herald: In your outspoken
paper l saw the statement that the
reported fatalities of football this sea-
son were nineteen killed and APO seri-
ously inquired. This, of course, only
includes a small number Of the inju-
ries which occurred. One man was
arrested for murder and let off through
the influence Of friends.
Who is responsible for this killing
and Gripping of the very physical
flower of American youth? The re-
sponslbility should be fixed and the
guilty parties held for punishment.
The person who kills another in this
way should be held for murder. IT is
A well established principle of law that
n man Is supposed to contemplate the
natural and probable consequences OF
his acts. If the natural and probable
consequences of the great American
game are killing and crippling, then
all who aid or abet in this killing
should be held as particeps criminis.
as accessories before the fact.
Those who helped this young man to
after the fact of murder should have
been held as accessories after the fact.
Who slew all these? Who will kill
like number next season?
It will not do to say that we did
not expect any deaths to occur under
the new rules, for the fans ana colleSe
presidents responsible for the old game
generally fought a revision, as taking
away the interesting part Of the game
which was the element Of extreme
flerceness, If not brutality.
They knew, or should have known,
that at least nineteen Of the strongest
bows would go down to death, and
they deliberately lent their influence to
the commission of the act.
It might be interesting to inquire
why they thus forgot their obligation
to their Christ and the parents of the
boys. Why do they encourage such
hazardous, death dealing and crippling
sport? May it not be found In the
advertising it brings to their institu-
tions and the supposed increased pat
ronage? Does this mitigate the Of
fense?
In what manner can American col
leges arrogate to themselves superior
ity in religion or refinement to the
bull fighters or the prize fighters while
this game is carried on? How many
plug-uglies were killed in the same
length Of time? NJ. G.. McCASLIN.
Whittier, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
coRREcrs WRONG IMPRESSION

Editor Herald: Recent contributors
to your Letter Box seem to have some
erroneous ideas concerning Mrs. Eddy
and her work
1t seems a pity that woman who
has done so much for the upliftment
of the world. who has striven through
years of toll to give her spiritual dis
covery to the world in such a way that
the world might demonstrate its YER
ity: who has left to the world such 4
rich spiritual legacy for its redemp-
ton from sin and disease; whose whole
life work has been for the upliftment
and betterment of humanity should at
this day be the object of such unwar-
ranted criticism and question.
Mrs Eddy's fortune nor any part OF
it was the result of lucky real estate
transactions" nor was it accumulated
through royalties of "S1 a book" In
her business relations, as in all others,
she has striven in season and out to
follow Christ. Her life activities prove
this. not only in what she obtained
from her enormous literary output,
but in teaching and healing through
Christian Science gratuitously. 1t Is
q matter of record that she has been
very liberal in this regard and has
contributed most literally to charita-
bic institutions, hospitals and other
worthy enterprises, whether connected
WIN i-llIlSLldIl EotIpllNF VI AACe' - -
Mrs. Eddy lay up treasures on this
earth" when after providing literally
for her heirs she left the residue Of
her estate In what she considered and
what is being proved the best way
for the redemption Of mankind from
all evil, namely. the furtherance Of the
message of Christian Science?
Another writer compares the cheap
est edition of the Bible with the edi-
tf0n of Science and Health, which sells
for S.. Science and Health is sold for
s3. and Is to be had at all public libra
ries and Christian Science reading
rooms for free circulation. AS mat
ter Of fact. the beneticiaries of Science
and Health say they have been repaid
n theusandfold for their investment IN
the book.
why should not Mrs. Eddy have
copvriphted and protected her discOv-
erv7 Who better than she knew the
best way of preserving her discovery
from ignorant and malicious critics? ?
There has not been one instance Of
eNtortion in the copyright or sale or
any OF Mrs. Fddy's writings.
The nature Of Mrs. Eddy's discovery
makes 1t impossible to foster the prin-
cjple Of private monopoly In connec-
tion with il. Reasona BILE copyright
provisions are in no sense monopolistic
nor Is a rea sonqble selling price OF
literary production.
The simple facts by way Of most
evident results bear eloquent testi-
mony that Mrs. Eddy has launched
one OF the most thorough, most far
reaching, most comprehensive religious
revivals since the dawn OF the Chris
tian era. Indeed these selfsame facts
bear the impressive significance Of
what the Master said, "By their fruits
ye shall know them" when he indi-
Gated who were practicing his gospel.
EDWARD w. DICKEY.
Los Angeles. Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
CONDEMNS BAD MANNERS

Editor Herald: I am glad to note
the increasing interest in the Public
Letter Box, and consider II not only an
index to the popular mind but safety
valve to let off an overcharge or pub
lie Indignation at tines The Letter
Box and the fearless, Independent
course of It's editorials Is what endears
the paper to me. Now what J. D. Be
thune says in today's Letter Box CDe-
cember III, is true, but it only partially
solves the problem. What is most
needed is the teaching of ordinary po-
likeness or good breeding, especially
among the young. The writer is fire.
quent passenger on the short line to
and from Pasadena. The cars are gem
orally crowded. and 10 Is quite rare
that any one gets UP even to give an
old lady seat; if they do, il is some
old man. The young men and boys
usually keep their seats, and the wom-
en- are not much better, for | have fire.
ouently seen both elderly men and
women stand in the aisle when some
young and we'll dressed woman with a
little child . to 4 years old would occu-
py whole seat. for which they had
only paid one half. when they could
easily have held the child in their lap
and allowed the older person the seat
for which they had paid. One evening
not long since on q crowded short line
car the writer saw an old man give his
seat to an elderly lady, while two well
dressed young men lolled back In the
seat in front. but never offered their
seat although other old ladies We're
standing. Directly this old lady said
to the man who was standing in the
aisle something about the lack of
breeding of some of the young. The
old man who had given up his seat
made reply. and plenty loud enough
that the young men should hear, and
the raking the gum-chewing young men
got was a caution, and the shot told,
for their cheeks burned. and when Cali
fornia street was reached they skunk Off
the car like whipped dogs.
n. P. STAFFORD.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
LEE BEYOND The GRAVE

Editor Herald: In reading THE Rid
die of Death" by John Foster in our
Letter Box one can imagine dear old
man, approaching the sunset of life
who longs now to say ut is we'll with
my soul"
solomon, the wisest man that ever
was, tells us in Ecclesiastes 9:5: 1.-THE
living know that they shall die; but
the dead know not anything. neither
have they any more reward, for the
memory of them is forgotten" Does
not this do away with Spiritualism and
its message, mentioned in Brother Fos-
ters letter?
Now what about beyond the grave"
What message can be given that would
be a help and comfort at "2 o'clock in
the morning? Perhaps David was
troubled with insomnia His prayers
| seemed to ask for the help which one
needs in the wee sma' hours. Read
dear brother, Psalm 13, and especially
the third verse which says: Tighten
mine eyes, lest l sleep the sleep OF
death" BY that we understand that
death means only sleep. In fact, Jesus
| most emphatically says so in John
11:11-14 "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth
but I go that I may awake him out
of sleep" Again he says in the four
teenth verse, Lazarus is dead" Paul
states this condition of death in Cor
1876. Many other places in the Bible
bring this out plainly. Read Job 7:21
also Job 17:13-16. Now where is the
hope beyond the grave?
David asks the same question in
Psalm sS:10-12. Solomon answers ir
Fec. 0:10.
Job says in Job 14:14:, "If man die,
shall he live again? All the days of
NV annointed time will / wait, till my
change comes"
What will be the change?
"Behold I shew you mystery. We
shall not all sleep, but we shall be
changed. in moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump; for the
trumpet shall sound. and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. o death, where is
thy sting? o grave, where Is thy VIC
tory?'' / Cor. 15:51-56.
The explanation of this great miracle
is narrated in EZ. 37:1-1S.
Paul saws in Romans 6:23: THE
wages OF sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life. through Jesus
Christ our Lord" This is also brought
out In Math. 13:40-42 and various places.
The righteous are promised eternal life
we are taught in 2 Timothy 10 that
through the gospel we may find life
beyond the grave. How? BY keeping
the commandments Of God; by faith
and prayer.
There Is another shore. dear one.
Rest assured that there Is a sea o1
glass (ReV. 15:2) promised us in the
New Jerusalem, whose shores are safe,
where the keel of your boat will not
touch sandbars: a safe harbor, where
no tempests will wreck, where there
will be no more darkness, no sorrow, no
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
VACCINATION FACTS

Editor Herald: Against Mr.. Brock 3
"sngle statement" supporting vacci-
nation, / want to place the following
Dr. w. j. Collins. after many years of
endeavor (as public vaccinator of Lon
don). to reconcile his theory with his
experience, gave up his lucrative post
and declared before a committee of the
house of commons, September 2, 1882:
"I have not the slightest confidence in
vaccination; it often transmits filthy
and dangerous diseases, without afforI /
ing any protection whatever" Also
the ensuing excerpts from the report
of the royal commission on vaccination
of Great Britain. 1889 to 1897 THE
vaccinated, nowadays, generally con-
stItute the majority of the patients in
smallpox hospitals, and in certain linz
tied outbreaks only vaccinated persons
have been attacked" I could quote
much more to a similar effect, if
necessary. WALTER MUIR
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
EVOLUTION AND IMMORTALITY

Editor Herald: Edison's recent pro-
p1Inciamento on mans immortality
seems to have caused no little excite
ment both from those who nave CIV
en- the matter serious consideration
and from those who merely accept
what religious teachings put forth
without stopping to use the gray mat
ter that everyone IS usually endowed
with.
Now. because man has attained that
quality of willing, rather than being
governed by outward forces in his
actions, he has taken 1t upon hlmselI
10 declare that he does not intend to
die Gn it's fullest sense), but assures
IFS that when he leaves TINS eafth II
will only be to take UP MS lie else-
where, ,-1
IT is very evident that mans belief
of immortality resolves into a dread
of becoming nil, and from an earnest
desire to continue life in some form
of consciousness. But time and many
fterations do not make statement
the more true df 1t has no foundation
fo hegin WITH. and these beliefs of
immortality were started at time
when man was most ignorant OF na-
tural laws and when his Imagination
was very vivid.
Today man reasons that surely he
is the highest form Of life, when he
is and the possessof or WondeFIul
organ, the brain, and it's still more
wonderful products reason, thought
wilI-power, sentiments and intelligent
speech. the sum total or essence of
which may be called the soul. The soul
then, as referred to here, signifies a
stat, of inner consciousness and is the
result of the brain performing its prop
er function. and as eXcrettons and Sc
eretions Of the different organs Of the
body are results of those different or
gans performing their respective func-
tions, so is thought, will, sentiment and
speech the due functions of the brain
So man, seeing that he is the only
manifestation of life that apparently
has this thing we call the soul, SAYS
that such a thing is inexplicable and
superna tural and cannot die but new
ertheless, in spite Of its seeming div
Unity, the brain (and necessarily its
products) is born, lives and dies under
exactly the same laws that govern
any other organ Of the body We dc
not maintain that the liver goes on
making bile after the heart stops, OF