Evening star., 1921-03-27
AUGUSTA f. STETSON. c. S. D.

ess is supposed to aid in the treat
ment of cancer. so. on a spiritua
plane, it was Mary Baker Eddy's un
derstanding OF the life giving powe
OF Light-her blazing reflection o
this Light. intelligence-which dis
solved the carnaI thought tina
caused the material phenomenon
which the world calls a cancer.
A quotation from Mrs. Eddy's stu
dent, Augusta F. Stetson. c. S. d.
seems appropriate:
The radium of Spirit penetrates.
dissolves. and disperses the sub
Shameless shadows or images of the
moral concept-the counterfeit man
and the counterfeit universe-and
d'scloses the divine reality a per
fect Principle perfect spiritual man.
and perfect spiritual universe. the
only verities of being. To know
this. is pfe eternal "reminiscences.
Sermons. and Correspondence, p.
s7s.)
Number'ess instances could be
given Of the healing effect of Truth
as practiced by Mrs. Eddy and her
students.-for example, the follow
ing letter to Mrs. Eddy from Mrs
Stetson, which also appears in
"reminiscences, Sermons, and Core.
spondence (p 1927
Ny Precious Leader and Teacher:
I am indebted to you for
unlimited strength. I am in
debted to you for the understanding
of Gods power to heal through man.
which recently enabled me to de-
stroy a cancer in the mouth and
throat IN one treatmenf-al1 evil
dences having disappeared after the
second treatment This was nine
weeks ago. This gentleman, Mr.
e. C s.. :, il a very re-
liable man. who has occupied a re-
sronsib,e position in one Of our lar
gAst dry goods storvD for thirty-one
consecutive years. tTkas disease
never reappeared.)
Again. while happy at the generou.
gratitude that DIR. Wood snd his as
soeiates wish to express to Nine
Curie. let US not be Of those who are
unable to honor a prophet because
ne is 'in his own country" We
have but the faintest comprehension
as yet Of the giant in our midst
Christ, and them that are Christ's
To relegate Mary Baker Eddy to the
limited sphere of talented wom-
an, who founded material church
and instituted certain reforms. i:
absurd. As Mrs. Stetson says, "She
MRS. Eddyl is the great iconoclast
of this century" Thousands are to.
day beginning to understand the
power of spiritual "radium," the po-
tency of scientific thought; but as
yet the full magnitude of Mrs
Eddys message is oaly family
glimpsed
Dr. Wood says, with charming
friendliness.
We welcome to our shores Nine
Marie Curle--perhaps the greatest
scientific mind the gentler sex has
produced-and We welcome her here
because she has not only discovered
a new element and opened to our
gaze a universe of infinitesimal
things, =. but most of all. BE-
the human soul.
With what cordiality, then, shoulc
we welcome to our understanding
this Scientist. Mary Baker Eddy
this supreme liberator, who declare
that "Tenderness accompanies al
the might impaired by Spirit"
(Science and Health, p. $40 Let ..
hear what she felt her task to be:
saw before me the sick, wearing
o0t years Of servitude to an unreal
master in the belief that the body
governed them. rather than lfind.
The lame. the deaf. the dumb, the
blind. the sick. the sensual. tAe sin
ner. 7 wished to save from - slav-
cry of their own beliefs anA from
tAe educational systems q the
Pharaons. who to-day. .. q yore.
n
age. j saw before me the awful con-
filct. the Red Sea and the wilder
ness: but | pressed on through faith
in God. trusting Truth. the strong
deliverer. to guide me into the land
Of Christian Science where fetters
fall and the rights Of man are fully
known and acknowledged.
Christian Science raises
the standard of liberty and cries:
Follow me, Escape from the bond
age OF sickness. sin. and death :"
(Scicnce and Health. PIP. 22s-227D
AS Mrs. Eddy says. Human in
vention must have its day" Ever,
one who is sincerely striving fo
Truth, whatever his field, has tn,
gratitude and good wishes of us all
But let us not lose our sense Of per
spective. The Discoverer of Causa
tion stands alone. Those who ar,
dealing with material phenomena
produced by. material sense, or tn,
belief Of life in matter, are still il
darkness and to them the radium O
Spirit has not yet been revealed
Even Sir Isaac Newton, great as h,
was in the realm of physics, an,
who was continually searching 70
the true understanding of God. We
failed to take the final step, whicl
reveals, that as God is omnipoten,
He is the only creative Principle
Life. Truth. and Love. and therefor
that matter is an illusion. In New
tons Principia. he says:
This most beautiful system OF
planets and comets could only pro-
ceed from the counsel and dominion
of an intelligent and powerful be-
ing.
He fGodl is eternal and infinite
competent and omnipotent. that is,
His duration reaches from eternity
to eternity. His presence from in