New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

Nine. Marie Curie Radium Fund, ap-
peared on Sunday last In a mefropoli-
tan newspaper. AS I read DR.. Woods
admirable appreciation of Nine Cnrie.
the though Of America $ great woman
4 Scientist. came to me, and as fem
inlst, and an American, I earnestly
wished that while expressing deep
gratitude to the greatAof other lands,
ne should not be unmindfuI OF the
supreme Scientist of this age,
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered
founded, and established in every part
OF the world, divine metaphysics, or
the healing power$of spiritual thought
force, the Science of being, viz, that
'man is not material 2 he is spirit
ual." (Science and Hedlth scifh Key
to the Scriptures, p. 468.
DR.. Wood tells us how Nine. Curie
has analvzed, with infinite patience
tons. of ore of pitchblende in order to
obtain few crystals Of the purified
substance" radium Of how her lab
oratory was little moe than d cell
lar. and how hight and day, with
selfless devotion, she worked TO OBJ
tain facts which she hoped might
prove useful TO the race. The analogy
is interesting, as we consider that
lonely pioneer in the realm of divine
metaphysics, Mary Baker Eddy, sift-
ing through the ponderous and limit
less residues of traditional dogmas.
crceds, philosophers, theories on art,
economies. politics.. and medicine, to
gain the purified substance, Truth.
It is no small thing that in 1866,
a woman, Mary Baker Eddy, stand
ing absolutely alone, should have had
enough courage, love, and unders.and-
ing. or the light of Truth. which
Christ Jesus declared when he said,
II am the light of the world: he that
folfoweth me shall not walk in dark
ness bur shall have the light of llfe,"
referring to his divine ego, or spirit
ual individuality repent. it is. no
small, thing that she reflected sufli-
cient light or intell igencc, which cma-
nates from the source Of all intelli-
sence, Spirit, God, TO penetrate
these masses OF materialistic ny
poiheses. and uncover the startling
reality, that "all causation was Mind,
and every effect a mental phenome-
non (Retrospection aud lntrospcc-
tion. p. "a. Hear what she an
nounces to Il world, not only doubt
Ing, but violehily hostile:
All Science is>divine. if
Christendofn resists the authors
application OF the word Science to
Christianity. Or questions her use
OF the wordl Science. she will
not therefore lose her faith In
Christianity, nor viii Christianity
lose its hold upon her. II God, the
All-in-all, be the creator OF the
spiritual universe including man,
then everything entitled to a classl-
fication rs truth, vr Science. must
he comprised IN a knowledge Or un-
eefstanding of God, for there can be
nothing beyond illinaitable divinity.
fsciencc aud Health. PIP. 1aC-l.7.)
What could the theoloslans sag
when Mrs. Eddy insisted that the
healing and all the miracles $50
called) performed by Christ Jesus,
were wrought according to a Princi-
Dle as accurate and as practical as
the principle of mathematics The
,logians preached the letter Of Chris
tianity, but she demanded that the
spirit Of Christ's message be fulfilled.
Christ Jesus declared, (John xiv,
12) Greater works than these shah
he Iyel do; because ! go unto my
Gather, make my oneness with
Spirit God, the Principle of beias.
1t was the same with the medical
profession. While Mrs. Eddy had
great respect and admiration for the
unselflsh lives Of It's members, never
tbeless she challenged the use Of the
word science as applied to the iaae-
tiee OF medicine. Can Science Truth. |
he tentatiyes Can two plus two equal
four to-day. and seven tomorrow.
SO. Then neither can that be sclen-
tiiic. which brings about contrary re
suits under the same conditions.
She. met incredulity with proofs, |
sor she and her true followers have
healed every known disease. She
says Of herself, stFhe author ~l1as
healed hopeless organic disease, and
raised the dying 70 life and health |
through the understanding OF God
us the only Life Science ana
Heolth, j. 42s.
TO return TO DIR. Woods article,
where he. as q medical man. expresses
his gratitude to Nine. Curie for the !
discovery Of radium, which he con
slders IS Of benefit { to those. suffering
from cancer It is Illuminating to
note Mrs. Eddy $ experience in ieal-
Ing this disease. quote fror, rnify
OF Good, page
When / have most clearly seen
and sensibly felt that the irtlrite
recognizes no disease. tfils has not
separated me from God. but has so
bound me TO Him as to enable rae
instantanecusly to heal 4 cancer
whicir had eaten IT'S Nay 10 the,
z 1uEplar Vein. ~ 7s e333e