The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-08

! govern the members or her churcn
and TO provide for its orderly and con
! tinuOus extension. These rules or
! bylaws" together with certain other
important matter, are contained in
! the church Manual" The provisions
of this Manual" are jealousy guard
ed by Christian Scientists because
they consider that it embOdieS the es-
Sential requirements for guiding them
individually and collectively and in
surfing the ultimate understanding and
acceptance of Christian Science by
the world at large. In fact, some
Christian Scientists believe that this
manual is designed TO identify and
protect the progressive minority in
each successive stage of the develop
ment of the church body and to slim
ulate the more rapid embodiment of
each advancing fOOtStep i'm the line of
spiritual evolution. Some also be-
lieve that system that will insure
the successful accomplishment of
these results when honestly and intel
ligently applied to Il collective body
or community, means far more than
at first appears on the surface; in
fact, that Mrs. Eddy has evolved
scientific system which will ultimately
affect all human government and or
ganization and insure the worlds
progress on a definite and practical
basis by impelling the more rapid
dawn of each succeeding stage Of pro-
gressive unfoldment and the elimina-
ton of the long and bitter struggles
which have always INSTRUCTED human
ity's advancing footsteps.
In the - years since her first church
was organized, Mrs. Eddy's teachings
have spread throughout the world
through approximately two thousand
distinct organizations, and have be-
come powerful influence in the lives
of millions of people. The Christian
Science publications, including the
Christian Science Monitor, daily
newspaper Of universally recognized
excellence, carry thefr messages
throughout the world.
The earthly pilgrimage of Che ven
cradle Founder of this great religious
movement came to a close on Deem
Der 3, 1910, and on that occasion APP
peared in the press of the world re-
markable tribute to the work of this
great religious figure Agreement or
disagreement with her teachings had
nothing to do apparently with the sin
cere appreciation expressed on every
hand that this gentle American wOm-
an had lifted up Il standard of conduct
and character that had worked vastly
in the Improvement of the moral stan
dards of the world. As an indication
of the estimate in which she was held
by those who knew her best, the city
council Of her home city. Concord. y.
H., on this occasion passed a formal
resolution declaring that by the death
of the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy the
world has suffered an irreparable loss
and the citizens of Concord the loss
of an honOred and a devoted friend OF
our city whose motto was to iniure
no man. but To bless all mankind"
That the citizenship of Mary Baker
Eddy was of a high order may per-
hapS be CLEANED from a sentence pub
lished in a Boston paper many years
ago when Mrs. Eddy was asked for
her political beliefs: Il have none in
reality, other than 70 help support
righteous government. to love God SUI
premely, and my neighbor as myself"
When one has climbed the green
clad hills of Bow rising from the beau
tiful waters of the Merrimack. he
reaches the rolling uplands where
stood the Baker homestead. Marking
the birthplace today, like "A silent i'm
movable sentinel. stands a great gran
tie pyramid memorial hewn from the
largest block of granite ever quarried
in New Hampshire. Ii seems 10 ap-
propriately symbolic the life work
Of Mary Baker Eddy which Christian
Scientists believe 10 have been the dis
cOvery that principle is God and that
Christianity and Science are in reality
identical. On one OF the bronze tab
lets on this memorial appear these
words, quoted from Mrs. Eddy's writ
ings:
This truth is the rock which the
builders rejected. but the same is be-
come the Mead OF the corner This
is the chief corner stone. the basis
and support Of creation. the interppe-
ter of one God, the infinity and unity
OF good"