Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10

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administered homeopathic remedies.
The following morning he found her
completely restored. Mrs. Patterson
says this was done by the power OF
God This. she says, was the discov-
cry OF tho Christ Science. or divine
laws of life. TO quote her further:
"Afy discovery that erring. mortal,
misnantcd mind produces all the organ
ism ana action Of the mortal body, set
my thoughts to work In new channels.
and led up to my demonstration of tho
proposition that Mind is All and maj
ter Is naught. as the leading force in
nind-scicnce."
From this time on Mrs Patterson un-
dertook tho cure Of various diseases.
herself.
In 1877 Mary was married to Asa
Gilbert Eddy Shortly afterwards she
became involved in law suits and her
husband was accused Of the murder
OF one Spofford. though there was alb
soutely no ground for the charge. But
Eddy in 1852, failed IN health. though
Mrs. Eddy and her disciples openly pro-
claimed the science of healing. His
heart became weak; he lost his appetite
and sleep. Mrs. Eddy summoned DR..
Noyes, 81 distinguished Boston physic
ian, to diagnose the case. She admin
lstered to him. but in vain. Just be-
fore his death he cried out: "Only rid
me of this suggestion of poison and
will recover" But he did not recover.
Mrs. Eddy had retired. and he expired
before she could reach him.
Until 1875. when her text book. Sci
ence and Health" appeared, the move
ment was comparatively Insignificant.
but that book gave an immediate i'm
petus to her doctrines. From that
time the belief spread with a consider
able degree of speed and today 1t is
estimated that the Christian Science
church has something like 100000 fol-
lowers throughout the world. In the
United states the Scientists have 500
churches. The number of ministers
is fixed at 1,222 by authorities outside
the church. while the number OF COM
is put at s6,o22 for the Uni
ted States. But these figures are de-
clared by Christian Scientists to be
greatly underestimated.
The life of Mrs. Eddy explains her
Views. She was from early childhood
made familiar with the influence of God
upon human affairs. She was taught
In the school of adversely and suffering,
and. finally, her mind became imbued
with the one idea of healing through
divine power. In her opinion no man
is sick or ever can be sick, but he Is
we'll even though the senses say he is
sick because he is well in Christian
Science, wherein health is the only
reality. In this philosophy there is
really no death. To quote:
death is but another phase of the
dream that existence can be structural
can interfere with the harmony
of being or end the existence of man
in science. He is the same after as
before bone is broken or the body
The corpse deserted by
thought Is cold and decays but 1t never
suffers. Mortals>waken from the dreams
OF death with bodies unseen by those
Who think they bury the body. If man
did not exist before the material or
ganization began he could not exist
after the body has disintegrated. If
we live after death and are immortal,
we must have lived before birth, for
il life ever had any beginning 1t must
the calculations of natural science"
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There Is nothing new. or original. In
this. except the emphasis laid upon the
thought expressed. Mrs, Eddy partly
grasped the truth that Jesus came to
save the children of God from sin and
the consequences of sin, including sick
ness and death, but she never consid-
cred in its entirety the plan of saliva
ton as revealed from time to time
through the inspired servants OF the
Almighty. And therefore, though she
called attention to one great and etcr-
nal truth, she failed to present it in
its natural connection with other,
equally great truths. as plainly re-
vealed. AS is often the case with
those who SEQ in but one direction, she
became One-Sldeu. IN the COntcmpla-
ton of the reality of mind she lost sight
of the reality of matter. But no phil
losophy that ignores, or beittles. matter
in which the Divine mind, through the
creation. found expression for It's wis
dom, power, and love. can be worthy
OF serious consideration. The material
world is just as real, though not as
permanent, as the spiritual, and it is as
necessary for the eternal progress of
man.
Will Mrs. Eddy's religion remain
force after her death? Many religious
have blossomcd for Il season and then
withercd and died. Only time can
tell. In her own fanciful experience
she discovered that the influence Of
mind over the body Is really profound
and far-rcaching, and that mental
healing" may go far toward restoring
many invalids ana sufferers to health
and usefulness. This is u truth that
can mover die. But the cxtravagant
claims of Mrs. Eddy will not survive.
Only the Gospel OF Jesus will remain
as II power OF salvation forever.
AN EXCELLENT NUMBER.