The New York herald., 1921-02-27
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

scious connection with Life and Love
alone with God, and can do more
toward rejecting TO the people the
power Of Truth, than by meeting
physical personalities, which const-
tute "A material organization, a,S
this protects the church and helps
the people"
l asked Mrs. Stetson II she ex-
pected to return to her old position
in the church.
deed, / do not expect to return to
my old position. From those serv-
ices l have graduated. But / have
never resigned my right to the
church edifice, which Mrs. Eddy
built wilh me, and which she desig-
mated as Mrs. StetsonS Church. /
think that some time all will have
the privilege of attending the church
services, and listening to their Pas
tor,-the Bible and correlative pas
sages fre-1a Science and Health 1Cith
Keb 70 the Scriptures, without oppo-
sition, for Love reflected in love will
finally result In unity of the true
brethren in the bonds of peace"
Takes Periodicals.
'Mrs. Stetson, 1 have heard that
the Christian Science periodicals
have been boycotted by many Of the
churches and members. Do you sub.
scribe to the periodicals."
Certainly. I have never for one
moment discontinued my interest in
any of the periodicals, and subscribe
to them all,-The Christian Science
Quarterly, the Monitor, the Se'sti-
mel. and the Journal. Mrs. Eddy
enjoined her followers to subscribe to
them, and her voice Is just as audible
to me now as then. The periodicals
are part Of Mrs. Eddy's work; she
established them. and in our church
Manual she says:
"It shall be the privilege and
duty of every member, who can afford
1t, to subscribe for the periodicals
which are the organs Of this Church."
"Since you subscribe to the peri
odicals, Mrs. Stetson, does this mean
that you support the trustees Of the
Publishing Society in their contention
with the directors Of The Mother
Church, now at issue in the Massa-
chusetts courts?"
"Mr. Starr, both the directors and
the trustees have repudiated me, since
l, with my students, began to build
ON wholly spiritual foundation I'm
obedience to Mrs. Eddy's request; but
could not entertain resentment Of
their opposition. That would hold
me in q material concept and would
prevent my spiritual development.
Unable to Understand.
"They seem unable to understand
the spiritual goal which I strive to
attain. / have found refuge In the
words Of Christ Jesus, Father, for
give them; for they know not what
they do The dlssension in Boston
Is entirely apart from my spiritual
activities. They must leave to me
my inalienable right to interpret
Christian Science from wholly spir-
itual foundation for which mission
Mrs. Eddy had prepared me during an
intimate association Of more than
twenty-five years.
II am confident that I am right,
because Of my demonstra ton of the
teachings Of Christ Jesus and
Mary Baker Eddy, and Of the power
OF spiritual love to deliver me from the
claim Of a material law and a mortal
man, with It's material organizations"
Mrs. Stetson," l asked, IF you had
gone to law when the directors
charged you with teaching pretended
Christian Science and forbade you to
teach or heal, could you have proved
to the world that you understood and
n kxI II a.
taught by Mrs. Eddy?'
''Yes, I could have proved to the
world that l was teaching genuine
Christian Science. But L, as teach
or. depending entirely upon the law
of Love and Truth, could not appeal
to Caesar-material law. My stu
dents, who have not yet risen to full
demonstration Of the defense which
the law of Love affords, may have to
appeal to material law to defend their
spiritual rights. But Mrs. Eddy en-
joins Christian Scientists to be law
unto themselves, and this law Is the
law Of love for God and for our
brother man.
christian Scientists who are be-
ginning to build ON a wholly spiritual
foundation recognize spiritual man as
the real man, and they repudiate the
material pigment, calling itself man,
as Illusion, error, nothing. This task,
of beginning TO build 'on wholly
spiritual foundation is an individual
problem No one can compel another
to hasten his exit from sin, sorrow
and death. May I read to you what
Mrs. Eddy says in Miscellaneous Writ
ings?" Here Mrs. Stetson read the
following words of Mrs. Eddy:
a.. whenever they are equal
to the march triumphant, God
will give to all His soldiers of
the cross the proper command,
and under the banner Of His love,
and with the still, small voice
for the music of our march, we
all shall take step and march
on In spiritual organization"
Mrs. StetsOn Not Tired.
With n gesture of apology Mrs. Stet-