The evening world., 1913-09-25
LEAVES HUSBAND
TO SEEK AFFINITY
y ANDNEWREL|C|ON
Harlem Woman Converted TO
/ "New Thought Deserts
~ Her Home.
MAY HAVE MANY LOVES
Devotees Learn that Lips Can
y Mss Beyond the
Grave.
NAY HAVE MANY LOVES

Ths harmony Of Ifarlcvh Is disturbed
hy tho New Thought" religion. Grant
smith OF No la32 st. Nicholas avenue is
dIstressed because his young and pretty
wife has left him 70 embrace tho now
creed and 60 out IN quest OF her af'inity.
her love. Mr.. Smith says he had the
choice OF clinging to tho millions q his
family or giving 1t all up and marry tho
gin he loved. He chose tho girl Of his
love and nod she has been converted to
tho New Thought" and In out in the
world seeking the "afiin.ty" for which
her now religion stands.
They were married several years aro
and lived happily together, Mr.. Smith
said. unit, about three months ago .
disciple Of the New Thought" placed
literature IN tbs w.fe's hands. made IRE.
auont visits ana completely won her.
Without warning she let home one day
last week. While Mr.. Smith has aiver-
t.sed through the newspapers for her TO
come back to him he said this morning
he had little hope that she would do 40.
HUSBAND CALLS CULT WORSE
THAN WHITE SLAVERY.
Talk about white slavery. what can
be worse than that asked Mr.. Smith.
This New Thought encourages traffic
IN human souls, destroys happiness ana
hrsOks UP homes. My wte-4s gone and
she has been led to believe that It is hor
duty to sseag An0ther man whom she can
love.
''But You must not print this. For
aoodnsss sake don't mention my name.
Under tho hypnotic influence OF sucn
people my wifs could be persuaded to
do anything. They would make her de.
etroy my business and would be turned
out on the street without a home. They
might hypnotic her and make her 20 on
the witness stand and swear anything
against me-"
Mr. Smith delved into "a little box
and took out some of the literature the
New Thought disciples had left with
him. There was little pamphlet
Affinity and Inhnlty''-which contained
marked passages Mr.. Smith had Sc
iected from a book that had been
marked especially for his wife by the
woman who first brought the new doc
trins into his home lie turned to this
paragraph, which he had marked in
parenthesis and opposite which he haa
placed a capital IL" He said the "I'
meant hell
This Is the marriage of the lamb
AZ this period ot evolution every life
may marry the man or woman within
itself and IL u cmbodies this love in
form outside OF itself Il does 80 know
Ing truth and chooses form SO both
may live together in the one .lfe and
he OF one mind ana OF one work.
| I'VE know the higher cali OF self
hood. and should father. mother. child
or lover leave us or forget us We do
not fret-they'rc but the swaddllng
clothes our souls outgrown'-and We
forget"
soul UNFETrERED MAY TAKE
WiNo-so DID WIFE. HE SAYS.
''rhey have taught my wife that she
will forget me-" said Mr.. Smith. THAT
in their religion. Let father. mother.
child or lover break away from their
home and happiness and forget the
past. Could anything be more hellish'"
he asked with emotion. Then he turned
10 another line which read: THE soul
unfottered can take to wing" THAT
10 what they have taught my wife-that
she should tak. to wing and leave me.
She's gone and ! do not know where
she Ia. may never see her again."
Smith said.
Their whole teaching 10 to get wives
to leave their husbands and daughters
10 leave their homes" Mr. Smith con-
tinued. lie turned 70 the Very first
paragraph Of AFFINITY and Inhnty' by
Julia seton Sears. NJ. D..and said Read
that and you will be convinced
"The very frst question the ehiid II Q
ssks IL: Where is my mother" The
last question the adult life asks is:
Where IL my Cod And between these
~, stages of consciou usRess tho only
real question OF the seeking world Is:
'Whare is my love"
DECLARES CULT WOULD MAKE
LOVE MERE LUST.