The New York herald., 1920-01-02
Secret Meeting Called for To.
night in Edifice of First
Society.
STRIFE STARTED IN
BOSTON EXTENDED
Massachusetts, Injunction Obtained by
Board of Publication May Be
Generally Applied.

| Christian Science circles in New Yorl
are seething as the result Of contem
plated action by the churches of that faitf
in this city toward cutting off all rela
tlons with the official publishing hous.
of the church in Boston. Members of the
Christian Science denomination who ar.
not wholly in sympathy with the projected
action are calling such step suicidal ant
fraught with extreme danger to the church
that owes its foundation to Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy, and there seems imminen
likelihood of a serious split in the organ
ization itself
The present situation which II is sale
will crystalline itself in meeting tonight
of all the Christian Science churches ir
this city and surrounding territory to b,
held in the First Church of Christ, Scien
tist. Ninty-sixth street and Central Parl
West. has. 1t is understood, grown out Of
fthe sensational acton brought by tn.
trustees of the publishing house in Bostor
against the board OF directors of the Firs
church in that city to restrain il from
interfering with the conduct OF the pub
fishing business esta blished by Mrs. Eddy
The details OF that action, the trial o!
which stretched over period of many
weeks, have been fully dealt with i'm thu
HERALD. BY the terms of the injunction
the directors of-the church were enjoinct
from taking any steps that would tend tc
injure the publishing business and thu
scope of this injunction was wide and 1t.
terms drastic. Once already the agent.
of the directors ard the directors them
selves have been found guilty of a viola
ton of the injunction and have been fined
with fair presumption that on the mex
occasion they might find themselves IL
jail.
Old Threat Recalled.
A number of Christian Scientists in New
York who are neither adherents Of th'
publishing house faction nor OF the direc
tors nor in fact any party to the action
have expressed their conviction that an ole
threat of the directors to destroy the value
Of the publications of the church is 'abou
to be made. and they have not hesithted L
assert that the directors are at the back o.
the meeting scheduled for tonight.
That there is some ground for this is al
legged because OF two recent lectures IL
two of the churches in New York within G
few weeks, one at the First Church IL
November, and the other at the Seventh
Church at both OF which lectures, Mr.
JdthSOns n OHt-lIHe u
the American Expeditionary Forces, spok'
at length, and in addition to criticism o
the Roman Catholic Church which in 1t
self has stirred up the Christian Scientist
as they have not been stirred for years
sought to create sentiment favorable [,
the directors of the mother church IL
Boston.
On the second occasion, at the Seventh
Church, some of those in attendance have
said that Mr.. Jackson quite positivel,
stated that no such decision as that ex
pected from the Supreme Court of Massa
chusetts within few days, could possibl,
stand. and that Christian Scientists woult
be unwilling to submit to IL.
This statement, construed as a taci
notice OF revolt against the decision o.
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