The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
he states as follows.


| 1.-The writer W. uId submit the prop
osition that Professionalism must SUD-
stantally adopt the faith and practice
of Christian Science if its churches are
| to fulfill their mission their mission to
| the world. This conviction is the re-
sui. Of several years critical and ph'loso
| phical investigation of the doctines and
practice Of Christian Science compared
with the experiences and observation
of many years as priest of he church
The fact that such a proposition
shocks the church sense and meets
with contempt is presumptive evidence
of its truth Men do not condemn a
movement unless they feel its influence
penetrating their predjudices and false
positions and awakening them to an
unwelcome truth. The church has al
ways denounced and prosecuted what
ever has not accorded with its inherited
traditions and formulated beliefs"
| The clerical critic Of your city is
doubtless aware of the great healing
and regenerating work accomplished by
christian Scieace. Beyond questl n
christian Science has quickened the re-
ligious aspirations of more peope than
advent of Christianity. The gentle
man declared in his lecture that he
would not be a Christian Scientist
under any circumstances" Would
| he mt 70 ha oa,r that Cbrist;on S-iopre
is the truth which Jesus Christ
taught? A minister of the gos-
pei of Christ Jesus should follow the
truth wherever it leads. So imperative
was Jesus in his insis,ence that the
truth be followed, irrespective of dog
ma, that he urged the plucking out Of
the right eye or the cutting off of the
right hand il these stood in the way of
eternal life Can this critic truthfully
say that his concept of Christ's teach
ings bear the fruit that Jesus and the
APOSTLES had? Does Christianity, as he
demonstrates it, have the greater
works" which Jesus promised his fol-
lowers should have? If not, isn't it
about time he changed his views and is
not his refusal to accept Christian Sci
ence under any circumstanc, - an evi.
dence of bigotry instead of desire
to know and prove the truth in what
ever manner it may come?
The gentleman declared that Mrs.
Eddy and her parents were Spiritualist.
Nothing could be farther from the truth
Mrs Eddy from early childhood was a
member of the Congregational church
until she disc Christian Science
Her father and mother were also mem
bers of the same church. The critic
further prove his ignorance by ASSERT &
that Mrs Eddy had no education and
could not write letter that was legible
One cannot but wonder what Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep this minister had been in
dulging in the past quarter of Q CEN
tury to be guilty of such absurd state
ments. Does he for a moment imagine
he can possibly injure Christian Science
by such fantastic charges? 1t is hardly
necessary to state that Mrs Eddy was
a highly educated woman. wrote hun
dreds of letters with her own hand, a
number Of which the writer has read
personally, and withal was one of the
most intellectual women that ever
lived.
A few days ago, Governor Felker, of
New Hamp-hire, declared that as Dan
iel Webster was the man of New Ham
shire, so Mary Baker Eddy, the dis
coverer and founder Of christian Science
was first among the women of tn e
Granite state. ''She has left the impress
her work not only on New England
uut on the entire world" he said,
"snd we are proud Of her"
This critic to bolster his attack on
christian Science reiterates the much
worn untruth that Mrs. Eddy plagiar-
zed Science and Health from one P.
P. Quimby. Perhaps the gentleman is
not aware that this ssm charge was
once used in an attempt to infringe
Mrs Eddys copyright to Science and
Health. To show how much the U,
S. Circuit court thought of this plea
a decree was given in Mrs. Eddy 5
favor and the infringing books to the
number Of several thousand were de
stroyed by the order Of the court
Very Sincerely,
EZRA w. PALMER