The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-19


emsy for you 10 clotns one % His nstls en~s
Give yourself no more trouble 10 get tbs
three garm ents called for ny me through
a-t weeks Ssnhr,i
! MARY BAKER EDDY.
IL Ia . matter OF coincidsnce that In the
end 81 the year 1890 Mrs. Eddy had been
forced TO retain four firms OF lawyers "a
defend an expensive libel suit brought
against her by former pupil. whom
she had accommodated
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SPOONS
AZ another time there appeared again
i'm one OF the official organs of the Church
a personal announcement by Mrs. Eddy.
This was under tho head Christian Sci
ence Spoons. and it read as follows
ON each Of these most beautiful spoons
- a motto in bas-relief that every person
on earth needs to hold in thought Mother
requests that Christian Scientists shall not
ask TO he informed what this motto ~ but
each Scientist shall purchaS. at least one
spoon and those who can afford " one dozen
spoons that their families may read this
motto at every meal aud their guests made
partaker- of It's simple truth
MARY BAKER q. EDDY
The price Of the SPOONS was 50 for the
plain ones and IS for fancy The motto
was never revealed until the spoons wer"
finally put on the market. and then II
was found To be concis. enough 10 be-
included entirely in tbs. bowl
That Mrs. Eddy herself was not u it'll.
proud Of her achievements as a business
woman and AN author whose royalties
were large il demonstrated in more than
one place, through her official CORE"
spondsncp. In the Christi1n Science
Journal u July. 1879. she answered "a
criticism which had be.n brought against
her by one outside the sect ON the score
OF her iliteracy. After saving that she
had never drawn from Emerson for in
SEPARATION she proceeded to .num"rat.
her achievements a. writer and editor.
In iss3 / started the Christian Science
Journal Mrs Eddy wrote. and for
euitor.
Il am the author Of Science and
Health; the demand for the book in
creases and the book il already in its
2Iith edition Of go copies each. / air
rated in the Nationcl Magazine GsO3D as
standing the eighth in the list If twenty
two Of the foremost living anthors
just what was the figure of Mrs Eddy's
profit from the sale Of Science and
Health and her other copyrighted works
has not been published by any Of her
students or by the heads Of the Mother
Church.
IN DEFENCE or HER WEALTH.
In the files OF the Christicn Science
Journal there can he found one spologist
for Mrs Eddy's frank financial interest
in the religion Of which she assert .d her
self 10 be the -discoverer- This ia Rich
ard p. Nerrall. a member of the First
Church Of Christ, Scientist. in New York
In the March number Of the church =
official organ Verrall answered "a ques-
ton which had been put To Mrs. Eddy
through the columns Of the New York
Tribune and which the head 81 the Church
herself had ignored.
The questionsr wanted 10 know how
il WA that IA a follower OF Jesus Mrs
Eddy has managed To accumulate a fair
rropor, ion Of this worlds wealth. whereas
| He 'Jes,is, hai not where Ia lay his head =
Gases are by no meansl rave. answered
Mr.. yerrali of ministers ~ the Gospel
acquiring wealth and receiving large
salaries. but how many records have
We Of clergymen giving charities amount e
ing to over 100000 in one wear: Mrs.
Eddy has exceeded This amount in one
year. Her wealth is obtained. not from
salaries. hut from the sale Of her writ.
| ings. and one book that costs NJ retail
81 a copy has healed patients who hal
previously expended hundreds OF dollars
for remedies and failed to recover