Evening star., 1921-10-02
Religious Notice.
c. D. continues her defense Css

fore me. It is now ten years since re-
ceived the first letter from your board
expressing their intention of extending
the westerly wall of the garage to the
lot line, thus making the approach to
my front entrance dark alley, and
shutting out the air, the light, and the
view on the easterly side Of my home.
At that time was stunned by the in
gratitude and vengeful animus evil
denced by such proposed action on the
part of those who had then only recently
gained control of First Church; and in
a moment of crushing encouragement
and without having in mind my rights,
I wrote my reply, which was not ac-
cepted nor acted upon by you. was
weary of the struggle with the ma
terially minded, which seemed endless
and hopeless. But now, having come
through the su-ging sea; having met
the waves of opposition to my emer-
gence from the material organization,
hage in 20 d to my Leaders, an rsqusst wba to
spiritual foundation" (*) am strong
to press on towards the redemption of
my birthright. Since that time, as
stated to you in my letter of the 18th
instant, I have recalled that my fence
was placed in its present position, and
the openings left on either side of it.
pursuant to definite agreements, mu-
tually entered into by me- and the trus-
tees of First Church of Christ, Scientist,
after formal approval by the congrega-
ton and the court, when I purchased
my plot of land from the Church and
built my home.
AS to your statement that your pro-
posed plan had my approval, here de-
clare that the wall which you propose
to erect on the easterly side of my home,
cutting off my enjoyment of light and
air, and closing an opening agreed upon
before consented to purchase my land
from the Church and build my home,
has never had my approval, nor can my
previous letters to the board be so con-
strued. nor can I ever approve of a
structure that would seriously damage
my property, disfigure the church edi-
flee, and bring public reproach upon the
Cause Of Christian Science, as an open
reversal Of the teaching of Christ Jesus
and Mary Baker Eddy.
The third paragraph of your last let
ter to me reads as follows:
Like every other Branch of The
Mother Church, this Church is the
demonstration of and belongs to
the loyal members who are sim.
cerely following the teachings of
Mary Baker Eddy as set forth in
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures and the Church Manual,
and one whose name has been +:
dropped from the roll of member
ship of The Mother Church for dis
obedience to the Bylaws of this
Manual may no longer be con-
sidered as having any part in any
branch of The Mother Church"
By no process of reasoning can the
scientific demonstration of church
edifice, made by a student Of Mrs
Eddy, as the fruit of long years of
pioneer work in establishing and up
building the Cause of Christian Science
in New York City, and who was chosen
by her Leader and Teacher for that pur-
pose; a church over which Mrs. Eddy
appointed her as Pastor; a church
whose pulpit she occupied for seventeen
consecutive years; for whose presen:
magnificent edifice she raised the sum
of one million, two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars among her own stu
dents exclusively, and into which she
put her time, thousands of dollars of
her own money, and her advanced
spiritual understanding church edi-
flee conceived by her and brought forth
under her constant spiritual guidance,
with the loving cooperation and tender
watch-care of her Leader and Teacher,
Mary Baker Eddy, who united with her
chosen student in what Mrs. Eddy
termed in a letter as "momentous
move-namely, our memorial of Chris
tian Science, that the ages will look
upon and be lifted up," and which I
sert below in facsimile: