Evening star., 1921-02-27
ADVERTISEMENT.

legal action. you have published in
the advertising columns of the press,
doubtless at great expense to your
self, and l must admit the logic, elo-
quence and force of your articles
have interested me; but l found
nothing whatever of the twenty-six
expelled students, and no mention of
your opponents. Therefore l was
puzzled as to your motive"
Preached for Years.
"Mr. Starr" began my hostess,
"for years l have preached from the
pulpit to those who were desirous of
learning the Science of Life, as
taught by Christ Jesus and redis-
covered and given to the present age
by Mrs. Eddy. But when twenty-six
of my students were dropped recent
ly from membership in our church,
without previous notice or hearing,
on the charge of not having attend
ed the church services for year. |
saw that must avail myself of the
press in order that all may know
what my teaching of Christian
Science really has been and is.
my life is known by many, but
my teachings have been called by
the directors of the. material organ
ization pretended Christian Science.
and my books. "reminiscences, Ser
mons, and Correspondence, and
Vital Issues In Christian Science
with Fac-Simile Letters of Mary
Baker Eddy, which contain all that
l have taught and demonstrated for
years, have been boycottcd and the
members of the organization forbid
den to read them. | have even been
told, by those who afterward re-
pented of ever having committed
such an act, that my books have
been burned
$50 in justice to my great Leader,
Mary Baker Eddy. to myself and to
my students, 1 decided to publish my
teachings, regardless of the expense,
and I appealed to humanity, through
the press, to judge whether my
spiritual Interpretation of the Bible
and of Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures conformed to Mrs.
Eddy's teachings. indeed went
into the highways and the byways
through the press. know that
genuine Christian Science, which /
teach and demonstrate, will show
the people the way to health, holi-
ness and Immortality, if understood
and practiced.
"In doing this I have brought the
notice of thousands to Christian
Science, hoping to direct their at
tention to the churches, where the
Pastor that Mary Baker Eddy Or
dained - which is the Bible and
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures and readings from which
constitute the Sunday morning SER
mon, without any Interpretation -
may awaken many to genuine, de-
rmonstrable Christian Science.
Faith Tested.
"My responsibility is in being will
ing to go all the way that Jesus
marked out, even to drinking his cup
of opposition to his statement, that
he was the Son of God, which rela-
tionship, in this hour, true Christian
Scientists also claim for themselves,
namely, that they also are the sons
and daughters of God, who is the
only creator, the Father and Mother
of all.
"As a pioneer of Christian Science,
my faith and understanding, in DEM
onstration of Christ's teaching, have
been tested, under the greatest
stress of opposition to the spiritual
fact, that I am a child of God, spir-
itual and not material. / have had
to rise to proof of the supremacy
of divine love for God and for my
brother man.
ITO fulfill this mission has been
my responsibility. 1t is the people
who are now responsible for re-
jecting, or accepting and proving
the rule, or the law of Life, the full
filling of which is love for God and
man."
Looking at Mrs. Stetson, radiant
in health, intelligence and energy, I
realized the necessity of proof of
such a premise, to convince others
of its value.
Il have been told, Mrs. Stetson,
that these twenty-six people who
were dropped from membership in
their church are prominent citizens,
men of representative character and
women of high culture and intellf-
gence."
"Yes, they are" Mrs. Stetson re-
Piled. "These men of affairs and
great prominence, and women of the
highest refinement and culture, were
dropped without a hearing"
"Were all of them your students?"
Trustees for Years.
Eyes. Some of them were trustees
for years, during the building of the
church. At the time of the change,
when the organization passed into
the hands of the directors, my trus-
tees, who were then in Office, re-
signed and left the management of
the material organization to those
who were appointed.
During the eleven years since
that time, those who began with me
to build on a wholly spiritual foun-
dation have not interfered in the
slightest with the church manage
ment. However, they have con-
tributed to the support of the church
and havet attended the Sunday
morning service to hear their Pas
tor, which is the Bible and Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures.
They had always been church