The New York herald., 1921-03-06
ugusta E. Stetson, c. S. d. replies to the statement b,

I Mr.. Gilmore. In O portion OF his letter
to THE EVENING MAIL, quoted above
refers to Mrs Eddy's letters appearing IN
the volume entitled Miscellany. The imph-
cation OF his words here, is that MIS-
Eddy, In statements attributed to her. anu
published on the last pages of the voi'ime'
| Miscellany, had reversed her position OF
over twenty-five years, and that she had
decided that she had been In error In re-
gard to her spiritual intuitions and con-
victions of my loyalty, faith, divine love
and understanding and my strength to
stand" under the attacks of "the evil
one." to use Mrs. Eddy's own expressions,
and that Mrs. Eddy had therefore found
that what she had written and said Of me
was not true.
What grave accusation against our
wise, Christly Leader, Mary Baker Eddy !
Surely the "accuser Of our brethren" and
his angels are even noso cast down to the
ground! This new flood, cast out by the
dragon to destroy the spiritual idea, the
divine individuality of the genuine Chris
tian Scientist, has signally failed to hush
| the voice OF Christ and them that are
Christ's.
The position taken by Mr.. Gilmore, In
| regard to what he considers my deviation
from Christian Science, as judged from his
oton concept OF what Christian Science Is
may be compared to the phenomenon Of
trained musician, versed In oil the intrtca-
cies Of counterpoint and harmony. sud-
denly losing his knowledge, until ne could
| not distinguish between major and
minor chord; or Of an advanced mathema-
tician, who had passed every examination
In higher mathematics, and had been en-
dorsed by his teacher, suddenly becoming
unable to add, subtract, multiply or divide.
| Just previous to my so-called "trial' by
the directors in Boston, the following mes
sage from Mrs. Eddy was published in the
Sentinel:
When my dear brethren In New
| York desire to build bigher,-to en-
| large their phylacteries and demon
| strate Christian Science to a higher
extent,--they must begin on wholly
| spiritual foundation, than which there
is no other.
Spirit is infinite; therefore Spirit
Is oil. "There is no matter Is not
only the axiom Of true Christian Sci
ence, but 1t is the only basis upon
| which this Science can be demon
| strated.
In answer to Mrs. Eddy's message, ask
| ing II we were ready to begin Ito build
]. on a wholly spiritual foundation"
we replied as follows:
IN grateful acknowledgment OF the
redemption Of the first-born. mindful
of the ever-present protection Of divine
Love, we will enlarge our spiritual
| phylacteries, binding them as 'front.'
| lets between our eyes, that we may
demonstrate Christian Science to
| higher extent" Having completed our
| demonstration of the church mill
| tant, we will strive more earnestly to
attain the higher understanding which
| will reveal the Church Triumphant,
where "Spirit is infinite; therefore
Spirit Is ALL" THE ChristiGn Science
Journal, vol. xvi, p. 897.)
When Mrs. Eddy called her @dear breth-
rem in New York" out from the material
organization to begin ito build on
wholly spiritual foundation" she closed
her work with the material organization,
and let 1t remain in the hands of those
who were still in this primary stage Of
church activity. She says:
/ After this material form OF cohesion
and fellowship has accomplished It's
end, continued organization retards
spiritual growth, and should be laid
off,-even as the corporeal organiza-
tion deemed requisite In the first
stages OF mortal existence is finally
laid off, In order to gain spiritual free
dom and supremacy. (Retrospcction
and Tnfrospection, p. 45)
She trusted that we, who had assured
her that we did desire to begin ito ouilt
|. on a wholly spiritual foundation
we're so armed with Truth and Love tina
we would have spiritual understanding 4
continue to build on the Rock-Christ and
reveal the Church Triumphant.
My so-called trial" by the board Of
directors, to which Mr.. Gilmore has re-