New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-05

healing But she was conrinushy ioh
by ridicule and several OF ner pnp'is -
thar when thez tried to go out and prsctice
,v;.houf her aid thsv could make nothins
~ the se,caIled es,iArice. Fut she pe's.
vered in her purpose and SUES were y -.
70 make three of The pupils pay Tor tnsai
tuition.
nv 1875 she had completed the first edition
of her hook. Science and Health. ana
rad made money enough 10 pay S5s.o tor
The house ar M Broad street. Lynn, over
z,hieb she prrt a sign Christian Science
Home" and where she continued 70 take
pupils and held her FIRST church services
IN the summer Of that year some OF hsi
nupiIs subscribed fund for the purpose OF
bringing out her book but the printer Van'-
ed more Of il and would nor nrtsn ms par
Of the work until she had added cnapLsr
on rnesne-isrr,. The book came out ~ rhe
fall. and some of the pupils started out %
sell it. hut they had q hard time. ana u
was many months before the edition was
exhausted.
Defends Big Charge for Tuition
Mrs. Eddy had now after careful consld-
Grafton set price Of $3.50 for three weeks
tuition in her school OF this she said in
when God irnpeIled me 70 set a price on
nv instruction in Christian Science mind
healing could think of no financial equiv
alent for an importation of knowledge of
that divine power which heals. but 1 was
led 70 name $500 as the price for each pupil
In one curse of lessons at my colleges
startling sum for tuition lasting barely
three weeks This amount greatly troubled
me. 1 shrank from asking IL, but was
finally led ~ strange providence TO ae-
cept this fee. God has since shown me IN
muititudinous ways the wisdom OF this de-
cision, and I beg disinterested people 20 ask
my loyal students If they consider $3.50 any
real equivalent for my instruction during
twelve half days or even in half as many
lessons"
On June s. 1916, eight Of Mrs. Patterson
pupils led by Daniel H SpOfoTd. SUD
scribed $40 a week TO pay for nall for
holding regular Sunday services OF the
Christian Science Church As had been the
case in her former school. however, IL was
not long before dissension arose among the
ul1ufls az The Broad street house Dorcas
Rawson and George Barry had been the
agents II. buying the house. and they, with
Eliza beth NewhaIi were the agents for sell
ing the first edition OF Science and
Health Everything went we'll until Asa
Gilbert Eddy appeared or the scene as a
new pupil
Mrs. Patterson al once became particu-
iarly friendly with Mr.. Eddy and this
caused jealousy. The school had been a
close corporation and the old members re-
sented the Intrusion of Eddy. Mrs Patter-
son was getting out a second edition or
her book and she decided that Barry 5
lack of business ability was TO blame for
the slow sale of the first edition she put
Mr. Eddy in charge OF the second edition
and Barry refused TO come 70 the Broad
street house again Sporord said that he
was being driven out
The Marriage TO Mr.. EDDY.
Mrs Patterson settled the rivalry b
marrying Ny Eddy on New Years Day
1877. This seemed at first 10 stop the fight,
but after remaining quiet for e few months
Barry brought suit against Mrs Eddy in
the spring Of 1877 for =. 100 for work he
had done in getting out the first edition OF
her book. He got Judgment for 1850
Spoford was the next TO make trouble
He was helping to bring out the second
edition OF her book, and II was not long
before he said that he could not do any
thing on account of her incapaciJy Tor ousl-
ness This brought about the first word OF
NJ a "
Gus. Mrs Eddy was accused OF bringing
her pupils together and having them con-
centrate evil thoughts on Barry and Spot
ford
On the other hand, Mrs. Eddy's adherents
accused Spofford and Barry of practising
malicious animal magnetism and out OF
this grew the Ipswich Witchcraft Case,
in which Miss Lucretia Brown. Of Ipswich,
brought a suit against Spofford for inter
Brown, who had remained true 70 Mrs
Eddy,
In her bill of complaint Miss Brown said
that Spofford was a InesmeriSt, and used
his power TO injure the minds and bodies
of other persons. She declared that Spot
ford had afflicted her with neuralgia and e
temporary suspension of the use OF her
mind
Edward ]. Arens. a pupil Of Mrs. Eddy,
argued the case for the Christian Scientists,
and IL was only two or three months later
that he and Mr.. Eddy were arrested on a
charge of conspiring 10 murder Spofforti
This was in October. 1878. Spoford disap-
peared early III that month, and Two weeks
later what was said 20 be his body was de-
Iivered 10 the Boston Morgue. Arens and
Eddy were indicted in December, 1878 Spot
ford soon appeared alive and we'll. and IN
January, 1873 the indictment was dis
missed.
Mrs. EDDY Invades Boston
In 1878 Mrs. Eddy began TO carry her
teachings into Boston. She gave lectures
at first on Sunday afternoons in the Shaw