The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-21
TAKES ISSUE WITH
DR.. GEORGE EAVES
Mrs. Smith Denies Mrs. Ed
dy Borrowed from Buddha
QUOTES HER WRITINGS
Declares That Mrs. Eddy Has Shown
That "The Bible Was Her Only
Textbook Says Two Relig-
N ions Not Related
TO the Editor of The Age Herald.

To the Editor of The Age Herald
In an article by George Eaves, DID,.
entitled Buddhism and Christianity"
In today's issue of The Age Herald the
writer in commenting upon an essay
by Prof. Boyce in the HILBERT Journal
makes the statement that Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy had appropriated myst1-
cal eggs from the Buddhist hen roost :
l ask for space in your paper to deny
this statement. and to- affirm that
nothing could be more at variance with
the truth than the coupling of Mrs.
Eddys name with Madame Blaratslxy,
drawn In any way in her writings from
the teachings of Buddha
1t Is really anomalous to find one
at the present time so misinformed and
so evidently mistaken as to the writ
ings of Mrs. Eddy and so in ignorance
of the fundamental teachings of Chris
tian Science.
While the readers of your paper
cannot be deceived into believing the
misstatement of this hen roost story"
Yet it seems but proper to correct the
Oiiol DS d SldltfiltHl Oh the truth.
cannot better be done than by quoting
from the textbook: Science and Health
With Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy.
On page 110 Mrs. Eddy writes: I'm
following these leadings of scientific
revelation. the Bible was my only text
book. The scriptures were illumined ;
reason and revelation were reconciled.
and afterwards the truth of Christian
pen or tongue taught me the science
contained in this book. Science and
Health; and neither tongue nor pen
can overthrow it, ssa41 a fa
One the same page Mrs. Eddy writes:
No analogy exists between the
vague hypothesis of agnosticism, pau
theism, theosophy. spiritualism or mill
lenarianism and the demonstrable
truths of Christian Science"
On page 269 Mrs Eddy writes: "The
testimony of the material senses is
neither absolute nor divine. l. there
fore, plant myself unreservedly. on the
teachings of Jesus, of his apostles, of
the prophets, and on the testimony of
the Science of Mind. Other founda-
tions there are none. All other sys-
tems-systems based wholly or partly
on knowledge gained through the ma
terial senses-are reeds shaken by the
wind; not houses built on the rock .
In"Retrospection and Intrespection,' .
by Mrs. Eddy, we find page "a she
writes of her discovery: MY immediate
recovery from the effects of an injury
caused by an accident, an injury that
neither medicine nor surgery could
reach, was the falling apple that led
| me to the discovery how to be well
myself and how to- make others seN
| Il then withdrew from society about
| three years-to ponder my mission, tc
search the scriptures. to find the
Science of Mind that should take the
things of God and show them to the
creature, and reveal the great curative
princip1e-Deity
THE Bible was my textbook II
answered my questions as to how /
was healed but the scriptures had to
me new meaning, new tongue.
Their spiritual Specification appeared
and l apprehended for the first time
in their spiritual meaning, Jusus
teaching and demopstration. and the
Principle and rule Of spiritual Science
and metaphysical healing--in a word
Christian Science
The very name Christian Science
proves that 1t is founded in the teach
ings of Christ Jesus. AS one who has
travelled in the Orient and visited many
of the famous old Buddhist temples
attended their services and heard their
teachings explained. can state very
authoritatively that Buddhism has nc
more to do with Christian Science than
darkness has with light.
| No word Mrs. Eddy has written is
dearer to her followers than her in
junction in message for 1901 page
"a, where she says: Follow your
Leader only so far as she follows
Christ
the chapter on "Atonement and Euch-
artist in Science and Health will be
found Illuminating to those seeking the
truth of the problems of the atone
ment PERLE L. SMITH.
Assistant State Publication COMMITTEES
Birmingham, July 20. 1913.