Evening star., 1921-03-27

Curie, soon to visit America.
One OF the articles. which was
written by DR.. F. c. Wood. Chair
man of the Mime. Marie Curie
Radiur Fund, appeared on Sunday
last in a metropolitan newspaper.
As read Dr.. Woods admirable ap-
probation OF Mime. Curie. the
thought OF Americas great woman
Scientist, came 20 me. and as fem
mist. and an American, | earnestly
wished that while expressing deep
gratitude to the great OF other lands,
we should not be unmindful of the
supreme Scientist of this age,
Mary Baker Eddy-who discovered.
founded, and established in every
part of the world divine meta
physics. or the healing power of
spiritual thought force. the Science
OF being, viz, that man Is not ma
terial: he is spiritual" (Science and
Health with Key TO the Scriptures,
p. 46S)
DR.. Wood te.,s us how Nine. Curie
has analysed. wiz, infinite patience.
tons of ore OF pitchblende, in order
to obtain a few crystals of the
purified substance" radium; OF how
her laboratory wxs little more than
a cellar, and how night and day,
with selhess devotion. she worked
to obtain facts which she hoped
might prove useful 10 rhe race. The
analogy is interesting, as we con-
slider that lonely pioneer in the
realm of divine metaphysics, Mary
Baker Eddy, sitting through the
ponderous and limitless residues of
traditional dogmas, ereeds, philoso-
phies, theories on art, economies,
politics and medicine, to gain the
purified substance."-Truth.
1t is no small thing that IN lasS.
a woman, Mary Baker Eddy. stand
ing absolutely alone, should have
had enough courage, love, and
understanding, or the light OF Truth.
which Christ Jesus declared when
he said, Il am the light of the world:
he that followetk me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the ligha
of life," referring TO his divine ego.
or spiritual individuality-I repeat,
it is no small thing that she re-
hected sufficient light or intelli-
genee, which emanates from the
source of ali intelligenee,-Spirit.
God,-to penetrate these masses of
materialistic hypothesis, and un-
cover the startling reality that all
causation wzs Mind, and every ef-
feet menral phenomenon" Retro
spection and Introspection, p. 24.)
Hear what she announces to a
world, not only doubling. but vio-
lently hostile:
All Science 10 divine. If
Christendom resisSs the authors
application Of the word Science to
Christianity, or questions her use Of
the word Science she will not thero-
fore lose her faith in Christianity,
= nor will Christianity lose its hold
upon her. If God, the All-in-all. be
the creator OF the spiritual universe.
including man, then everything en-
titled to a classification as truth or
Science. must be comprised in a
knowledge or understanding of God.
for there can be nothing beyond
illimitable divinity. (Scence and
Health, pp. 12s-117.)
What could the theologians say
when Ms. Ed6y insisted that tbs
healing and all the miracles So
called performed by Christ Jesas
were wrought according to Prin-
ciple as accurate and as practical
as the principle CT mathematical
Theologians preached the letter Of
Christianity, but she demanded that
tae spirit c: Christ's message be
fulfilled. Christ Jesus declared
Uohn xiv. l2) Greater works than
these shall he yet do; because
go unto r-y Eather,"-nake my one
ness with Spi-iS, God, the Principle
OF being.
II was tae same with the medical
profession. While Mrs. Eddy had
great respect &.d admiration for the
unselish lives Of its members, never
theless see challenged the use of the
word Tsc...ce" as applied to the
practice OF medicine Czn Science,
Truth, be te-@atsve, Can two plus
two eooil foar to-day, and seven
tomorrow? No. Then neither can
that be scientific, which brings about
contrary results under the same
conditions.
She met incredulity with proofs,
for she and her true followers have
healed every known disease She
says of herself, The author has
healed hopeless organic disease, and
raised the dying to life and health
through the understanding of God
- the only Life" (Science and
heslts, ,. 428)
Te resu-1 20 D.. Woods article
where ne, as a medical man, ex-