Evening star., 1921-10-02
RsIisious Notice.


to-hand encounter, until envy and jeal-
ousy have retreated before the Word Of
God,-omnipotent Truth and Love. My
books will be read by the future
struggler for an immortal conscious
ness, and Christian Scientists will learn,
that only by reflecting Truth and Love
to the mental assassin, can they demon
strate the teaching of Christ Jesus and
Mary Baker Eddy, in health, happiness,
and Immortality. Mrs. Eddy knew that
I had never failed to follow her instruc-
tions as to self f-defense, meeting the foe
with the weapons of Truth and Love, as
suring them that they were the chill
dren of God and that impersonal evil
could not use them as channels, to pre-
vent true brotherly cooperation be-
tween them and me- in the great work
of establishing Christ's kingdom on
earth.
The question which your present let
ter raises between myself and my
spiritually illumined students on the
one hand, and you and your adherents
now in control of First Church on the
other hand, as to which of us is truly
building ION wholly spiritual founda-
tion," must be left to be determined by
the progress of events; but if your con-
cept of building spiritually, which you
avow that you are "loyally, honestly
and meekly striving to do," includes
the erection of a structure that would
shut off your neighbor's enjoyment of
light and air, damage her property,
violate the agreement under which she
purchased her land from former
e hot
tainly be characterized by the public
as spite wall, then am confident that
even non-Scientists can safely be
trusted to form a correct judgment as
to which of us is in truth building ION
a wholly spiritual foundation in
obedience to Mrs. Eddy's request, and
in conformity with the. teaching of
Christ, Love thy neighbor as thyself.'
I further quote from your letter
the following:
eve believe that every Christ
ian Scientist would rejoice to learn
that you had needed the admoni-
ton of our beloved Leader,
Mary Baker Eddy, to you, as ex-
pressed in her letter of July 23rd,
1909, found on page $50 of Mis-
cellany, and as follows:
"'My dear student:
Awake and arise from. this
temptation produced by animal
magnetism upon yourself, allowing
your students to defy you and
me- Treat yourself for it and get,
your students to help you rise out
of it. It will be your destruction
if you do not do this. Answer this
letter Immediately. :.
AS ever, lovingly your teacher,
MARY BAKER EDDY"
The materialists have never under
stood her letter to me, awake and
arise" which you quote. This letter
has ever been a trumpet call to me to
awake and arise to- constantly higher
spiritual demands. I have never
shrunk from it's imperative command,
and have fearlessly met any tempta-
tion that animal magnetism has
brought to bear upon me in the form
of subtle idolatry on the part of my
students. My Leaders clear spiritual
perception saved me from impending
destruction, or loss Of my spiritual
power in a dark hour, when the enemy
Of good was trying to separate me
from her, as she was about to rise be-
yond my human sight. 1t required the
spiritual vision of an Elisha to cry out
as I did: Neither height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, shall be able
to separate me from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus and in my
Leader, Mary Baker Eddy!"
BY her letter, awake and arise"
Mrs. Eddy meant that she desired me
to follow her out of material organiza-
tion, and not to let my undestroyed
human love cling to my weak students,
who were not ready to leave their ma
terial gods. Her clarion call, which
evidenced her constant spiritual solici-
tude and care, broke the spell and en-
abled me to rise higher, freed from the
leaden weight of the weak and vacil-
lating students, whom / left to tarry
awhile longer in the material senses,
lulled by the stupefying beliefs Of life,
truth, intelligence, and substance in
matter
In venturing out into the depths, to
help my students who were not ready
to begin to "build. on a wholly
spiritual foundation" was in danger,
which my Leader felt, and she called
me to leave them alone, and be not
separated from her impersonal spirit
ual presence. Later, had the Field of
Christian Science been permitted to
read my books, "reminiscences, Sermons
md Correspondence, and Vital Issues in