YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD
| EDITOR'S NOTE. - The Cosmopolitan presents this month to its | |
| 21 | readers a facsimile of an article sent to us by Mrs. Eddy,
with the corrections on the manuscript reproduced in her own handwriting. Not only Mrs. Eddy's own devoted followers, but the public gen- |
| 24 | erally, will be interested in this communication from the
extraordi- nary woman who, nearly eighty-seven years of age, plays so great a part in the world and leads with such conspicuous success her very |
| 27 | great following. Mrs. Eddy writes very rarely for any publications outside
of the |
| 30 | this presentation of the thought of a mind that has had
so much The Cosmopolitan gives no editorial indorsement
to the teachings Page 273 |
| 1 | of Christian Science, it has no religious opinions or predilections
to put before its readers. This manuscript is presented simply as an |
| 3 | interesting and remarkable proof of Mrs. Eddy's ability
in old age Certainly, Christian Scientists, enthusiastic in their belief, are |
| 6 | fortunate in being able to point to a Leader far beyond the
allotted years of man, emerging triumphantly from all attacks upon her, and guiding with remarkable skill, determination, and energy a very |
| 9 | great organization that covers practically the civilized
world. King David, the Hebrew bard, sang, "I have been |
| 12 | eous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." I for one accept his wise deduction, his ultimate or |
| 15 | reward. This sense of rightness acquired by experience and wisdom, should be early presented to youth and to manhood in order to forewarn and forearm humanity. |
| 18 | The ultimatum of life here and hereafter is utterly apart from a material or personal sense of pleasure, pain, joy, sorrow, life, and death. The truth of life, or life in |
| 21 | truth, is a scientific knowledge that is portentous; and is won only by the spiritual understanding of Life as God, good, ever-present good, and therefore life eternal. |
| 24 | You will agree with me that the material body is mortal, but Soul is immortal; also that the five personal senses are perishable: they lapse and relapse, come and go, until |
| 27 | at length they are consigned to dust. But say you, "Man awakes from the dream of death in possession of the five personal senses, does he not?" Yes, because |
| 30 | death alone does not awaken man in God's image Copyright, 1907, by Mary Baker G. Eddy. Renewed, 1935. Page 274 |
| 1 | the true sense of life and of righteousness, and demon- strates the Principle of life eternal; even the Life that |
| 3 | is Soul apart from the so-called life of matter or the Death alone does not absolve man from a false material |
| 6 | sense of life, but goodness, holiness, and love do this, and so consummate man's being with the harmony of heaven; the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of Life, |
| 9 | even its all-power, all-presence, all-Science. Dear reader, right thinking, right feeling, and
right |
| 12 | to success, intellectuality, and happiness in manhood. To begin rightly enables one to end rightly, and thus it is that one achieves the Science of Life, demonstrates health, |
| 15 | holiness, and immortality. [Boston Herald, April, 1908] MRS. EDDY SENDS THANKS |
| 18 | Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has sent the following to the Will the dear Christian Scientists accept my thanks |
| 21 | for their magnificent gifts, and allow me to say that I am not fond of an abundance of material presents; but I am cheered and blessed when beholding Christian healing, |
| 24 | unity among brethren, and love to God and man; this is my crown of rejoicing, for it demonstrates Christian Science. |
| 27 | The Psalmist sang, "That thy way may be known Page 275 |
| 1 | [Minneapolis (Minn.) News] UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP |
| 3 | Christian Science can and does produce universal fellowship. As the sequence of divine Love it explains love, it lives love, it demonstrates love. The human, |
| 6 | material, so-called senses do not perceive this fact until they are controlled by divine Love; hence the Scripture, "Be still, and know that I am God." |
| 9 | BROOKLINE, MASS., [New York Herald] MRS. EDDY'S OWN DENIAL THAT SHE
IS ILL Permit me to say, the report that I am sick (and
I |
| 15 | Whereas the fact that I am well and keenly alive to the truth of being - the Love that is Life - is sure and stead- fast. I go out in my carriage daily, and have omitted |
| 18 | my drive but twice since I came to Massachusetts. Either my work, the demands upon my time at home, or the weather, is all that prevents my daily drive. |
| 21 | Working and praying for my dear friends' and my dear enemies' health, happiness, and holiness, the true sense of being goes on. |
| 24 | Doing unto others as we would that they do by us, is immortality's self. Intrepid, self-oblivious love fulfils the law and is self-sustaining and eternal. With white-winged |
| 27 | charity brooding over all, spiritually understood and de- BOX G, BROOKLINE, MASS., |
| 30 | May 15, 1908 Page 276 [Christian Science Sentinel, May 16, 1908] TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN |
| 3 | Since Mrs. Eddy is watched, as one watches a criminal or a sick person, she begs to say, in her own behalf, that she is neither; therefore to be criticized or judged by |
| 6 | either a daily drive or a dignified stay at home, is super- fluous. When accumulating work requires it, or because of a preference to remain within doors she omits her |
| 9 | drive, do not strain at gnats or swallow camels over it, but try to be composed and resigned to the shock- ing fact that she is minding her own business, and rec- |
| 12 | ommends this surprising privilege to all her dear friends and enemies. MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 15 | [Boston Post, November, 1908] POLITICS Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has always believed that those |
| 18 | who are entitled to vote should do so, and she has also believed that in such matters no one should seek to dictate the actions of others. |
| 21 | In reply to a number of requests for an expression of her political views, she has given out this statement: - I am asked, "What are your politics?" I have none, in |
| 24 | reality, other than to help support a righteous government; Page 277 CHAPTER XV - PEACE AND
WAR |
| 1 | [Boston Herald, March, 1898] OTHER WAYS THAN BY WAR |
| 3 | IN reply to your question, "Should difficulties between the United States and Spain be settled peacefully by statesmanship and diplomacy, in a way honorable and |
| 6 | satisfactory to both nations?" I will say I can see no other way of settling difficulties between individuals and nations than by means of their wholesome tribunals, |
| 9 | equitable laws, and sound, well-kept treaties. A bullet in a man's heart never settles the question
of |
| 12 | answer to the sublime question as to man's life shall come from God and that its adjustment shall be according to His laws. The characters and lives of men determine the |
| 15 | peace, prosperity, and life of nations. Killing men is not consonant with the higher law whereby wrong and injustice are righted and exterminated. |
| 18 | Whatever weighs in the eternal scale of equity and mercy tips the beam on the right side, where the immortal words and deeds of men alone can settle all questions |
| 21 | amicably and satisfactorily. But if our nation's rights or Page 278 |
| 1 | To coincide with God's government is the proper in- centive to the action of all nations. If His purpose for |
| 3 | peace is to be subserved by the battle's plan or by the intervention of the United States, so that the Cubans may learn to make war no more, this means and end |
| 6 | will be accomplished. The government of divine Love is supreme. Love
rules |
| 9 | have no other gods before me," and "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Let us have the molecule of faith that removes mountains, - faith armed with the understand- |
| 12 | ing of Love, as in divine Science, where right reigneth. The revered President and Congress of our favored land are in God's hands. |
| 15 | [Boston Globe, December, 1904] HOW STRIFE MAY BE STILLED Follow that which is good. |
| 18 | A Japanese may believe in a heaven for him who dies in defence of his country, but the steadying, elevating power of civilization destroys such illusions and should |
| 21 | overcome evil with good. Nothing is gained by fighting, but much is lost. Peace is the promise and reward of rightness. Gov- |
| 24 | ernments have no right to engraft into civilization the burlesque of uncivil economics. War is in itself an evil, barbarous, devilish. Victory in error is defeat in Truth. |
| 27 | War is not in the domain of good; war weakens power The Principle of all power is God, and God is Love. |
| 30 | Whatever brings into human thought or action an ele- Page 279 |
| 1 | ment opposed to Love, is never requisite, never a neces- sity, and is not sanctioned by the law of God, the law |
| 3 | of Love. The Founder of Christianity said: "My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you." |
| 6 | Christian Science reinforces Christ's sayings and doings. The Principle of Christian Science demonstrates peace. Christianity is the chain of scientific being reappearing in |
| 9 | all ages, maintaining its obvious correspondence with the Scriptures and uniting all periods in the design of God. The First Commandment in the Hebrew Decalogue - |
| 12 | "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" - obeyed, is sufficient to still all strife. God is the divine Mind. Hence the sequence: Had all peoples one Mind, peace |
| 15 | would reign. God is Father, infinite, and this great truth,
when |
| 18 | brotherhood of man, end wars, and demonstrate "on [Christian Science Sentinel, June 17, 1905] THE PRAYER FOR PEACE Dearly Beloved: - I request that every member of The |
| 24 | day for the amicable settlement of the war between Russia and Japan; and pray that God bless that great nation and those islands of the sea with peace and |
| 27 | prosperity. PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., Page 280 |
| 1 | REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, Pleasant View, Concord, N. H. |
| 3 | Beloved Leader: - We acknowledge with rejoicing the receipt of your message, which again gives assurance of your watchful care and guidance in our behalf and of your |
| 6 | loving solicitude for the welfare of the nations and the peaceful tranquillity of the race. We rejoice also in this new reminder from you that all the things which make for |
| 9 | the establishment of a universal, loving brotherhood on earth may be accomplished through the righteous prayer which availeth much. |
| 12 | WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, Clerk [Christian Science Sentinel, July 1, 1905] "HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD" |
| 15 | I now request that the members of my church cease special prayer for the peace of nations, and cease in full |
| 18 | faith that God does not hear our prayers only because of oft speaking, but that He will bless all the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His hand nor say unto |
| 21 | Him, What doest Thou? Out of His allness He must bless all with His own truth and love. MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 24 | PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., [Christian Science Sentinel, July 22, 1905] AN EXPLANATION In no way nor manner did I request my church to
cease |
| 30 | special prayer for peace. And why this asking? Because Page 281 |
| 1 | a spiritual foresight of the nations' drama presented itself and awakened a wiser want, even to know how |
| 3 | to pray other than the daily prayer of my church, - "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." |
| 6 | I cited, as our present need, faith in God's disposal of events. Faith full-fledged, soaring to the Horeb height, brings blessings infinite, and the spirit of this orison is the |
| 9 | fruit of rightness, - "on earth peace, good will toward men." On this basis the brotherhood of all peoples is established; namely, one God, one Mind, and "Love thy |
| 12 | neighbor as thyself," the basis on which and by which the infinite God, good, the Father-Mother Love, is ours and we are His in divine Science. |
| 15 | [Boston Globe, August, 1905] PRACTISE THE GOLDEN RULE [Telegram] |
| 18 | "Official announcement of peace between Russia and Japan seems to offer an appropriate occasion for the ex- pression of congratulations and views by representative |
| 21 | persons. Will you do us the kindness to wire a sentiment on some phase of the subject, on the ending of the war, the effect on the two parties to the treaty of Portsmouth, |
| 24 | the influence which President Roosevelt has exerted for Mrs. Eddy's Reply |
| 27 | TO THE EDITOR OF THE Globe: Page 282 |
| 1 | its purpose is good will towards men. The government of a nation is its peace maker or breaker. |
| 3 | I believe strictly in the Monroe doctrine, in our Con- stitution, and in the laws of God. While I admire the faith and friendship of our chief executive in and for all |
| 6 | nations, my hope must still rest in God, and the Scrip- tural injunction, - "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." |
| 9 | The Douma recently adopted in Russia is no uncer- tain ray of dawn. Through the wholesome chastise- ments of Love, nations are helped onward towards |
| 12 | justice, righteousness, and peace, which are the land- marks of prosperity. In order to apprehend more, we must practise what we already know of the Golden |
| 15 | Rule, which is to all mankind a light emitting light. MRS. EDDY AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT
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| 18 | MR. HAYNE DAVIS, American Secretary, International Conciliation Committee, 542 Fifth Avenue, New York City |
| 21 | Dear Mr. Davis: - Deeply do I thank you for the interest you manifest in the success of the Association for International Conciliation. It is of paramount im- |
| 24 | portance to every son and daughter of all nations under May God guide and prosper ever this good endeavor. |
| 27 | Most truly yours, MARY BAKER EDDY PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., |
| 30 | April 3, 1907 Page 283 MRS. EDDY'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPOINTMENT AS FONDATEUR OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR |
| 3 | INTERNATIONAL CONCILIATION FIRST CHURCH OP CHRIST, SCIENTIST, NEW YORK CITY, MR. JOHN D. HIGGINS, Clerk |
| 6 | My Beloved Brethren: - Your appointment of me as Fondateur of the Association for International Concilia- tion is most gracious. |
| 9 | To aid in this holy purpose is the leading impetus of my life. Many years have I prayed and labored for the consummation of "on earth peace, good will toward |
| 12 | men." May the fruits of said grand Association, preg- Right thoughts and deeds are the sovereign remedies |
| 15 | for all earth's woe. Sin is its own enemy. Right has its recompense, even though it be betrayed. Wrong may be a man's highest idea of right until his grasp of goodness |
| 18 | grows stronger. It is always safe to be just. When pride, self, and human reason reign, injustice is |
| 21 | Individuals, as nations, unite harmoniously on the basis of justice, and this is accomplished when self is lost in Love - or God's own plan of salvation. "To do justly, |
| 24 | and to love mercy, and to walk humbly" is the stand- Human law is right only as it patterns the divine. |
| 27 | Consolation and peace are based on the enlightened sense Lured by fame, pride, or gold, success is danger- |
| 30 | ous, but the choice of folly never fastens on the good Page 284 |
| 1 | or the great. Because of my rediscovery of Chris- tian Science, and honest efforts (however meagre) |
| 3 | to help human purpose and peoples, you may have accorded me more than is deserved, - but 'tis sweet to be remembered. |
| 6 | Lovingly yours, MARY BAKER EDDY PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., |
| 9 | April 22, 1907 [Concord (N. H.) Daily Patriot] A CORRECTION |
| 12 | Dear Editor: - In the issue of your good paper, the Patriot, May 21, when referring to the Memorial service of the E. E. Sturtevant Post held in my church building, |
| 15 | it read, "It is said to be the first time in the history of the church in this country that such an event has oc- curred." In your next issue please correct this mistake. |
| 18 | Since my residence in Concord, 1889, the aforesaid Memorial service has been held annually in some church in Concord, N. H. |
| 21 | When the Veterans indicated their desire to assemble in my church building, I consented thereto only as other churches had done. But here let me say that I am |
| 24 | absolutely and religiously opposed to war, whereas I do believe implicitly in the full efficacy of divine Love to conciliate by arbitration all quarrels between nations |
| 27 | and peoples. MARY BAKER EDDY PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., |
| 30 | May 28, 1907 Page 285 TO A STUDENT Dear Student: - Please accept my thanks for your |
| 3 | kind invitation, on behalf of the Civic League of San Francisco, to attend the Industrial Peace Conference, and accept my hearty congratulations. |
| 6 | I cannot spare the time requisite to meet with you; but I rejoice with you in all your wise endeavors for industrial, civic, and national peace. Whatever adorns |
| 9 | Christianity crowns the great purposes of life and demon- strates the Science of being. Bloodshed, war, and op- pression belong to the darker ages, and shall be relegated |
| 12 | to oblivion. It is a matter for rejoicing that the best, bravest,
most |
| 15 | the grand object embodied in the Association for Inter- In Revelation 2: 26, St. John says: "And he that |
| 18 | overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations." In the words of St. Paul, I repeat: - |
| 21 | "And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: neither can they |
| 24 | prove the things whereof they now accuse me. But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, |
| 27 | believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets." Most sincerely yours, |
| 30 | MARY BAKER EDDY Page 286 [The Christian Science Journal, May, 1908] WAR |
| 3 | For many years I have prayed daily that there be no more war, no more barbarous slaughtering of our fellow-beings; prayed that all the peoples on earth and |
| 6 | the islands of the sea have one God, one Mind; love National disagreements can be, and should be, arbi- |
| 9 | trated wisely, fairly; and fully settled. It is unquestionable, however, that at this hour |
| 12 | of preventing war and preserving peace among nations. Page 287 CHAPTER XVI - TRIBUTES |
| 1 | [New York Mail and Express] MONUMENT TO BARON AND BARONESS
DE HIRSCH |
| 3 | THE movement to erect a monument to the late Baron and Baroness de Hirsch enlists my hearty sympathy. They were unquestionably used in a re- |
| 6 | markable degree as instruments of divine Love. Divine Love reforms, regenerates, giving to human |
| 9 | governing all that really is. Divine Love is the noumenon and phenomenon, the Principle and practice of divine metaphysics. Love talked and not lived is a poor shift |
| 12 | for the weak and worldly. Love lived in a court or cot is God exemplified, governing governments, industries, human rights, liberty, life. |
| 15 | In love for man we gain the only and true sense of love for God, practical good, and so rise and still rise to His image and likeness, and are made partakers of that Mind |
| 18 | whence springs the universe. Philanthropy is loving, ameliorative, revolutionary;
it |
| 21 | energies; it lays the axe at the root of the tree that Page 288 |
| 1 | it starts the wheels of right reason, revelation, justice, and mercy; it unselfs men and pushes on the ages. Love |
| 3 | unfolds marvellous good and uncovers hidden evil. The philanthropist or reformer gives little thought to self- defence; his life's incentive and sacrifice need no apology. |
| 6 | The good done and the good to do are his ever-present Love for mankind is the elevator of the human race; |
| 9 | it demonstrates Truth and reflects divine Love. Good is divinely natural. Evil is unnatural; it has no origin in the nature of God, and He is the Father of all. |
| 12 | The great Galilean Prophet was, is, the reformer of re- formers. His piety partook not of the travesties of human opinions, pagan mysticisms, tribal religion, Greek phi- |
| 15 | losophy, creed, dogma, or materia medica. The divine Mind was his only instrumentality in religion or medi- cine. The so-called laws of matter he eschewed; with |
| 18 | him matter was not the auxiliary of Spirit. He never appealed to matter to perform the functions of Spirit, divine Love. |
| 21 | Jesus cast out evil, disease, death, showing that all suffering is commensurate with sin; therefore, he cast out devils and healed the sick. He showed that every |
| 24 | effect or amplification of wrong will revert to the wrong- doer; that sin punishes itself; hence his saying, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." Love |
| 27 | atones for sin through love that destroys sin. His rod We cannot remake ourselves, but we can make the |
| 30 | best of what God has made. We can know that all is Page 289 |
| 1 | All education is work. The thing most important is what we do, not what we say. God's open secret is seen |
| 3 | through grace, truth, and love. I enclose a check for five hundred dollars for
the TRIBUTES TO QUEEN VICTORIA MR. WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, C.S.B., Clerk Beloved Student: - I deem it proper that The Mother |
| 9 | Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, the first church of Christian Science known on earth, should upon this solemn occasion congregate; that a special meet- |
| 12 | ing of its First Members convene for the sacred purpose of expressing our deep sympathy with the bereaved nation, its loss and the world's loss, in the sudden departure of |
| 15 | the late lamented Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India, - long honored, revered, beloved. "God save the Queen" is heard no more in England, but |
| 18 | this shout of love lives on in the heart of millions. With love, MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 21 | PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., It being inconvenient for me to attend the memorial |
| 24 | meeting in the South Congregational church on Sunday evening, February 3, I herewith send a few words of con- dolence, which may be read on that tender occasion. |
| 27 | I am interested in a meeting to be held in the capi- Page 290 |
| 1 | It betokens a love and a loss felt by the strong hearts of New England and the United States. When contem- |
| 3 | plating this sudden international bereavement, the near seems afar, the distant nigh, and the tried and true seem few. The departed Queen's royal and imperial honors |
| 6 | lose their lustre in the tomb, but her personal virtues can Few sovereigns have been as venerable, revered, and |
| 9 | beloved as this noble woman, born in 1819, married in LETTER TO MRS. McKINLEY |
| 12 | My Dear Mrs. McKinley: - My soul reaches out to God for your support, consolation, and victory. Trust in Him whose love enfolds thee. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect |
| 15 | peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." "Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee." Divine Love is never so near as when all earthly joys seem |
| 18 | most afar. Thy tender husband, our nation's chief magistrate,
has |
| 21 | a momentary mist he beheld the dawn. He awaits to welcome you where no arrow wounds the eagle soaring, where no partings are for love, where the high and holy |
| 24 | call you again to meet. "I knew that Thou hearest me always,"
are the words of |
| 27 | of mind, and it will remove the sackcloth from thy home. With love, MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 30 | PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., Page 291 TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY Imperative, accumulative, holy demands rested on the |
| 3 | life and labors of our late beloved President, William McKinley. Presiding over the destinies of a nation meant more to him than a mere rehearsal of aphorisms, |
| 6 | a uniting of breaches soon to widen, a quiet assent or dis- sent. His work began with heavy strokes, measured movements, reaching from the infinitesimal to the |
| 9 | infinite. It began by warming the marble of politics into zeal according to wisdom, quenching the vol- canoes of partizanship, and uniting the interests of all |
| 12 | peoples; and it ended with a universal good overcoming His home relations enfolded a wealth of affection, - a |
| 15 | tenderness not talked but felt and lived. His humanity, weighed in the scales of divinity, was not found wanting. His public intent was uniform, consistent, sympathetic, |
| 18 | and so far as it fathomed the abyss of difficulties was wise, brave, unselfed. May his history waken a tone of truth that shall reverberate, renew euphony, empha- |
| 21 | size humane power, and bear its banner into the vast While our nation's ensign of peace and prosperity |
| 24 | waves over land and sea, while her reapers are strong, her sheaves garnered, her treasury filled, she is suddenly stricken, - called to mourn the loss of her renowned |
| 27 | leader! Tears blend with her triumphs. She stops to think, to mourn, yea, to pray, that the God of harvests send her more laborers, who, while they work for their |
| 30 | own country, shall sacredly regard the liberty of other Page 292 |
| 1 | What cannot love and righteousness achieve for the race? All that can be accomplished, and more than his- |
| 3 | tory has yet recorded. All good that ever was written, taught, or wrought comes from God and human faith in the right. Through divine Love the right government is |
| 6 | assimilated, the way pointed out, the process shortened, and the joy of acquiescence consummated. May God sanctify our nation's sorrow in this wise, and His rod |
| 9 | and His staff comfort the living as it did the departing. POWER OF PRAYER My answer to the inquiry, "Why did Christians
of every |
| 15 | the life of President McKinley," is briefly this: Insuffi- cient faith or spiritual understanding, and a compound of prayers in which one earnest, tender desire works uncon- |
| 18 | sciously against the modus operandi of another, would prevent the result desired. In the June, 1901, Message to my church in Boston, I refer to the effect of one |
| 21 | human desire or belief unwittingly neutralizing another, In the practice of materia medica, croton oil is not mixed |
| 24 | with morphine to remedy dysentery, for those drugs are supposed to possess opposite qualities and so to produce opposite effects. The spirit of the prayer of the righteous |
| 27 | heals the sick, but this spirit is of God, and the divine Mind is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever; where- as the human mind is a compound of faith and doubt, |
| 30 | of fear and hope, of faith in truth and faith in error. Page 293 |
| 1 | The knowledge that all things are possible to God ex- cludes doubt, but differing human concepts as to the |
| 3 | divine power and purpose of infinite Mind, and the so- called power of matter, act as the different properties of drugs are supposed to act - one against the other - and |
| 6 | this compound of mind and matter neutralizes itself. Our lamented President, in his loving acquiescence,
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| 9 | dreds, thousands of others believed the same, and hun- dreds of thousands who prayed for him feared that the bullet would prove fatal. Even the physicians may have |
| 12 | feared this. These conflicting states of the human mind, of
trembling |
| 15 | understanding of God's omnipotence, and thus they pre- vented the power of absolute Truth from reassuring the mind and through the mind resuscitating the body of |
| 18 | the patient. The divine power and poor human sense - yea, the
spirit |
| 21 | vailed. Had prayer so fervently offered possessed no opposing element, and President McKinley's recovery been regarded as wholly contingent on the power of God, |
| 24 | - on the power of divine Love to overrule the pur- poses of hate and the law of Spirit to control matter, - the result would have been scientific, and the patient |
| 27 | would have recovered. St. Paul writes: "For the law of the Spirit
of life in |
| 30 | death." And the Saviour of man saith: "What things Page 294 |
| 1 | maintain the right of the majority to rule. Christian Scientists are yet in a large minority on the subject of |
| 3 | divine metaphysics; but they improve the morals and the lives of men, and they heal the sick on the basis that God has all power, is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, |
| 6 | supreme over all. In a certain city the Master "did not many
mighty |
| 9 | mental counteracting elements, the startled or the un- righteous contradicting minds of mortals. And if he were personally with us to-day, he would rebuke whatever |
| 12 | accords not with a full faith and spiritual knowledge of God. He would mightily rebuke a single doubt of the ever-present power of divine Spirit to control all the con- |
| 15 | ditions of man and the universe. If the skilful surgeon or the faithful M.D. is
not dis- |
| 18 | the Christian Scientist with his conscious understanding of omnipotence, in spite of the constant stress of the hindrances previously mentioned, reason for his faith in |
| 21 | what is shown him by God's works? ON THE DEATH OF POPE LEO XIII,
JULY 20, 1903 The sad, sudden announcement of the decease of Pope |
| 24 | Leo XIII, touches the heart and will move the pen of millions. The intellectual, moral, and religious energy of this illustrious pontiff have animated the Church of |
| 27 | Rome for one quarter of a century. The august ruler of two hundred and fifty million human beings has now passed through the shadow of death into the great forever. |
| 30 | The court of the Vatican mourns him; his relatives Page 295 |
| 1 | of many millions. I sympathize with those who mourn, but rejoice in knowing our dear God comforts such with |
| 3 | the blessed assurance that life is not lost; its influence remains in the minds of men, and divine Love holds its substance safe in the certainty of immortality. |
| 6 | "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." A TRIBUTE TO THE BIBLE LETTER OF THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF A COPY OF MARTIN LUTHER'S
NUREM BERG IN 1733 |
| 12 | Dear Student: - I am in grateful receipt of your time- worn Bible in German. This Book of books is also the gift of gifts; and kindness in its largest, profoundest |
| 15 | sense is goodness. It was kind of you to give it to me. Christian Scientists are fishers of men. The Bible is |
| 18 | our sea-beaten rock. It guides the fishermen. It stands A BENEDICTION [Copy of Cablegram] COUNTESS OF DUNMORE AND FAMILY, |
| 24 | 55 Lancaster Gate, West, London, England Divine Love is your ever-present help. You, I,
and |
| 27 | more; but as the Christian Scientist, the servant of God and man, he still lives, loves, labors. MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 30 | PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., Page 296 HON. CLARENCE A. BUSKIRK'S LECTURE
The able discourse of our "learned judge," his flash of |
| 3 | flight and insight, lays the axe "unto the root of the trees," and shatters whatever hinders the Science of being. |
| 6 | MARY BAKER EDDY "HEAR, O ISRAEL" The late lamented Christian Scientist brother and
the |
| 12 | dead, neither does he sleep nor rest from his labors in divine Science; and his works do follow him. Evil has no power to harm, to hinder, or to destroy the real spiritual |
| 15 | man. He is wiser to-day, healthier and happier, than yesterday. The mortal dream of life, substance, or mind in matter, has been lessened, and the reward of good |
| 18 | and punishment of evil and the waking out of his Adam- dream of evil will end in harmony, - evil powerless, and God, good, omnipotent and infinite. |
| 21 | MARY BAKER EDDY MISS CLARA BARTON In the New York American, January 6, 1908,
Miss |
| 27 | emotions, motives, and object. Then, lifting the curtains Page 297 |
| 1 | to the press. Now if Miss Barton were not a venerable soldier, patriot, philanthropist, moralist, and states- |
| 3 | woman, I should shrink from such salient praise. But in consideration of all that Miss Barton really is, and knowing that she can bear the blows which may |
| 6 | follow said description of her soul-visit, I will say, Amen, so be it. MARY BAKER EDDY |
| 9 | PLEASANT VIEW, CONCORD, N. H., THERE IS NO DEATH |
| 12 | A suppositional gust of evil in this evil world is the dark hour that precedes the dawn. This gust blows away the baubles of belief, for there is in reality no evil, |
| 15 | no disease, no death; and the Christian Scientist who believes that he dies, gains a rich blessing of disbelief in death, and a higher realization of heaven. |
| 18 | My beloved Edward A. Kimball, whose clear, correct teaching of Christian Science has been and is an inspira- tion to the whole field, is here now as veritably as when |
| 21 | he visited me a year ago. If we would awaken to this recognition, we should see him here and realize that he never died; thus demonstrating the fundamental truth |
| 24 | of Christian Science. MARY BAKER EDDY MRS. EDDY'S HISTORY |
| 27 | I have not had sufficient interest in the matter to read or to note from others' reading what the enemies of Christian Science are said to be circulating regarding my |
| 30 | history, but my friends have read Sibyl Wilbur's book, Page 298 |
| 1 | "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy," and request the privi- lege of buying, circulating, and recommending it to the |
| 3 | public. I briefly declare that nothing has occurred in my life's experience which, if correctly narrated and under- stood, could injure me; and not a little is already re- |
| 6 | ported of the good accomplished therein, the self-sacrifice, I thank Miss Wilbur and the Concord Publishing Com- |
| 9 | pany for their unselfed labors in placing this book before the public, and hereby say that they have my permission to publish and circulate this work. |
| 12 | MARY BAKER EDDY Page 299 CHAPTER XVII - ANSWERS
TO CRITICISMS |
| 1 | [Letter to the New York Commercial Advertiser] CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE CHURCH
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| 3 | OVER the signature "A Priest of the Church," somebody, kindly referring to my address to First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Concord, N. H., writes: |
| 6 | "If they [Christian Scientists] have any truth to reveal which has not been revealed by the church or the Bible, let them make it known to the world, before they claim |
| 9 | the allegiance of mankind. " I submit that Christian Science has been widely
made |
| 12 | truth of the Scriptures, as also whatever portions of truth may be found in creeds. In addition to this, Christian Science presents the demonstrable divine Principle and |
| 15 | rules of the Bible, hitherto undiscovered in the trans- Therefore I query: Do Christians, who believe in sin, |
| 18 | and especially those who claim to pardon sin, believe that God is good, and that God is All? Christian Scientists firmly subscribe to this statement; yea, they |
| 21 | understand it and the law governing it, namely, that Page 300 |
| 1 | "of purer eyes than to behold evil." On this basis they endeavor to cast out the belief in sin or in aught |
| 3 | besides God, thus enabling the sinner to overcome sin according to the Scripture, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which |
| 6 | worketh in you both to will and to do of His good Does he who believes in sickness know or declare that |
| 9 | there is no sickness or disease, and thus heal disease? Christian Scientists, who do not believe in the reality of disease, heal disease, for the reason that the divine |
| 12 | Principle of Christian Science, demonstrated, heals the most inveterate diseases. Does he who believes in death understand or aver that there is no death, and |
| 15 | proceed to overcome "the last enemy" and raise the dying to health? Christian Scientists raise the dying to health in Christ's name, and are striving to reach the |
| 18 | summit of Jesus' words, "If a man keep my saying, he If, as this kind priest claims, these things, inseparable |
| 21 | from Christian Science, are common to his church, we propose that he make known his doctrine to the world, that he teach the Christianity which heals, and send out |
| 24 | students according to Christ's command, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature," "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast |
| 27 | out devils." The tree is known by its fruit. If, as he implies, |
| 30 | tury churches, - as surely it is not, - why persecute Page 301 |
| 1 | their antipode? Christian Science is a reflected glory; it shines with borrowed rays - from Light emitting light. |
| 3 | Christian Science is the new-old Christianity, that which The present flux in religious faith may be found to be |
| 6 | a healthy fermentation, by which the lees of religion will be lost, dogma and creed will pass off in scum, leaving a solid Christianity at the bottom - a foundation for the |
| 9 | builders. I would that all the churches on earth could unite as brethren in one prayer: Father, teach us the life of Love. |
| 12 | PLEASANT VEIW, CONCORD, N. H., [Letter to the New York World] FAITH IN METAPHYSICS Is faith in divine metaphysics insanity? All sin is insanity, but healing the sick is not sin. |
| 18 | There is a universal insanity which mistakes fable for fact throughout the entire testimony of the material senses. Those unfortunate people who are committed to |
| 21 | insane asylums are only so many well-defined instances of the baneful effects of illusion on mortal minds and bodies. The supposition that we can correct insanity |
| 24 | by the use of drugs is in itself a species of insanity. A drug cannot of itself go to the brain or affect cerebral conditions in any manner whatever. Drugs cannot |
| 27 | remove inflammation, restore disordered functions, or If mind be absent from the body, drugs can produce |
| 30 | no curative effect upon the body. The mind must Page 302 |
| 1 | be, is, the vehicle of all modes of healing disease and of producing disease. Through the mandate of mind or |
| 3 | according to a man's belief, can he be helped or be killed by a drug; but mind, not matter, produces the result in either case. |
| 6 | Neither life nor death, health nor disease, can be pro- duced on a corpse, whence mind has departed. This self-evident fact is proof that mind is the cause of all |
| 9 | effect made manifest through so-called matter. The general craze is that matter masters mind; the specific insanity is that brain, matter, is insane. |
| 12 | [Letter to the New York Herald] REPLY TO MARK TWAIN It is a fact well understood that I begged the students |
| 15 | who first gave me the endearing appellative "Mother," not to name me thus. But without my consent, the use of the word spread like wildfire. I still must think the |
| 18 | name is not applicable to me. I stand in relation to this century as a Christian Discoverer, Founder, and Leader. I regard self-deification as blasphemous. I may |
| 21 | be more loved, but I am less lauded, pampered, provided for, and cheered than others before me - and where- fore? Because Christian Science is not yet popular, and |
| 24 | I refuse adulation. My first visit to The Mother Church after it was
built |
| 27 | tory. The dear members wanted to greet me with escort and the ringing of bells, but I declined and went alone in my carriage to the church, entered it, and knelt in thanks |
| 30 | upon the steps of its altar. There the foresplendor of Page 303 |
| 1 | the beginnings of truth fell mysteriously upon my spirit. I believe in one Christ, teach one Christ, know of but |
| 3 | one Christ. I believe in but one incarnation, one Mother Mary. I know that I am not that one, and I have never claimed to be. It suffices me to learn the Science of the |
| 6 | Scriptures relative to this subject. Christian Scientists have no quarrel with Protestants, |
| 9 | be understood as following the divine Principle - God, Love - and not imagined to be unscientific worshippers of a human being. |
| 12 | In his article, of which I have seen only extracts, Mark Twain's wit was not wasted in certain directions. Chris- tian Science eschews divine rights in human beings. |
| 15 | If the individual governed human consciousness, my statement of Christian Science would be disproved; but to demonstrate Science and its pure monotheism |
| 18 | - one God, one Christ, no idolatry, no human propa- ganda - it is essential to understand the spiritual idea. Jesus taught and proved that what feeds a few feeds |
| 21 | all. His life-work subordinated the material to the spiritual, and he left his legacy of truth to man- kind. His metaphysics is not the sport of philosophy, |
| 24 | religion, or science; rather is it the pith and finale of I have not the inspiration nor the aspiration to be |
| 27 | a first or second Virgin-mother - her duplicate, ante- cedent, or subsequent. What I am remains to be proved by the good I do. We need much humility, wisdom, |
| 30 | and love to perform the functions of foreshadowing and Page 304 [Boston Journal, June 8, 1903] A MISSTATEMENT CORRECTED |
| 3 | I was early a pupil of Miss Sarah J. Bodwell, the principal of Sanbornton Academy, New Hampshire, and finished my course of studies under Professor Dyer |
| 6 | H. Sanborn, author of Sanborn's Grammar. Among my early studies were Comstock's Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Blair's Rhetoric, Whateley's Logic, Watt's |
| 9 | "On the Mind and Moral Science." At sixteen years of age, I began writing for the leading newspapers, and for many years I wrote for the best magazines in the |
| 12 | South and North. I have lectured in large and crowded halls in New York City, Chicago, Boston, Portland, and at Waterville College, and have been invited to |
| 15 | lecture in London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1883, I started The Christian Science Journal, and for several years was the proprietor and sole editor of |
| 18 | that periodical. In 1893, Judge S. J. Hanna became editor of The Christian Science Journal, and for ten subsequent years he knew my ability as an editor. In |
| 21 | a lecture in Chicago, he said: "Mrs. Eddy is from every point of view a woman of sound education and liberal culture." |
| 24 | Agassiz, the celebrated naturalist and author, wisely said: "Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. |
| 27 | Next, they say it has been discovered before. Lastly, The first attack upon me was: Mrs. Eddy misinterprets |
| 30 | the Scriptures; second, she has stolen the contents of her Page 305 |
| 1 | from one P. P. Quimby (an obscure, uneducated man), and that he is the founder of Christian Science. Failing |
| 3 | in these attempts, the calumniator has resorted to Ralph Waldo Emerson's philosophy as the authority for Christian Science! Lastly, the defamer will declare as honestly (?), |
| 6 | "I have always known it." In Science and Health, page 68, third paragraph,
I |
| 9 | "vulgar metaphysics," and the manuscripts and letters in my possession, which "vulgar" defamers have circu- lated, stand in evidence. People do not know who is |
| 12 | referred to as "an ignorant woman in New Hampshire." Many of the nation's best and most distinguished men and women were natives of the Granite State. |
| 15 | I am the author of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures;" and the demand for this book constantly increases. I am |
| 18 | rated in the National Magazine (1903) as "standing eighth in a list of twenty-two of the foremost living authors." |
| 21 | I claim no special merit of any kind. All that I am in reality, God has made me. I still wait at the cross to learn definitely more from my great Master, but not |
| 24 | of the Greek nor of the Roman schools - simply how to A PLEA FOR JUSTICE |
| 27 | My recent reply to the reprint of a scandal in the Literary Digest was not a question of "Who shall be greatest?" but of "Who shall be just?" Who is or is |
| 30 | not the founder of Christian Science was not the trend Page 306 |
| 1 | wrong, on falsehood which persistently misrepresents my character, education, and authorship, and attempts |
| 3 | to narrow my life into a conflict for fame. Far be it from me to tread on the ashes of the
dead or |
| 6 | Science and the philosophy of a great and good man, for such was Ralph Waldo Emerson; and I deem it unwise to enter into a newspaper controversy over a question that |
| 9 | is no longer a question. The false should be antagonized only for the purpose of making the true apparent. I have quite another purpose in life than to be thought great. |
| 12 | Time and goodness determine greatness. The greatest reform, with almost unutterable truths to translate, must wait to be transfused into the practical and |
| 15 | to be understood in the "new tongue." Age, with experience-acquired patience and unselfed love, waits on God. Human merit or demerit will find its proper |
| 18 | level. Divinity alone solves the problem of human- REMINISCENCES In 1862, when I first visited Dr. Quimby of Portland, |
| 24 | these comprised the manuscripts which in 1887 I adver- tised that I would pay for having published. Before his decease, in January, 1866, Dr. Quimby had tried to get |
| 27 | them published and had failed. Quotations have been published, purporting to be
Dr. |
| 30 | patient in Portland and holding long conversations with Page 307 |
| 1 | these quotations certainly read like words that I said to him, and which I, at his request, had added to his |
| 3 | copy when I corrected it. In his conversations with me and in his scribblings, the word science was not used at all, till one day I declared to him that back |
| 6 | of his magnetic treatment and manipulation of patients, there was a science, and it was the science of mind, which had nothing to do with matter, electricity, or |
| 9 | physics. After this I noticed he used that word, as well
as other |
| 12 | He even acknowledged this himself, and startled me by saying what I cannot forget - it was this: "I see now what you mean, and I see that I am John, and that you |
| 15 | are Jesus." At that date I was a staunch orthodox, and my theologi- |
| 18 | murrer which rebuked him. But afterwards I concluded that he only referred to the coming anew of Truth, which we both desired; for in some respects he was quite a seer |
| 21 | and understood what I said better than some others did. For one so unlearned, he was a remarkable man. Had his remark related to my personality, I should still think |
| 24 | that it was profane. At first my case improved wonderfully under his |
| 27 | from materia medica, dogma, and creeds, and drifting whither I knew not. This mental struggle might have caused my illness. The fallacy of materia medica, its |
| 30 | lack of science, and the want of divinity in scholas- Page 308 |
| 1 | the divine Love will accomplish what all the powers of earth combined can never prevent being accom- |
| 3 | plished - the advent of divine healing and its divine REPLY TO McCLURE'S MAGAZINE |
| 6 | It is calumny on Christian Science to say that man is aroused to thought or action only by ease, pleasure, or recompense. Something higher, nobler, more imperative |
| 9 | impels the impulse of Soul. It becomes my duty to be just to the departed and
to |
| 12 | and my late father and his family in McClure's Magazine, January, 1907, compels me as a dutiful child and the Leader of Christian Science to speak. |
| 15 | McClure's Magazine refers to my father's "tall, gaunt frame" and pictures "the old man tramping doggedly along the highway, regularly beating the ground with a |
| 18 | huge walking-stick." My father's person was erect and robust. He never used a walking-stick. To illustrate: One time when my father was visiting Governor Pierce, |
| 21 | President Franklin Pierce's father, the Governor handed him a gold-headed walking-stick as they were about to start for church. My father thanked the Governor, |
| 24 | but declined to accept the stick, saying, "I never use Although McClure's Magazine attributes to my father |
| 27 | language unseemly, his household law, constantly en- forced, was no profanity and no slang phrases. McClure's Magazine also declares that the Bible was the only book |
| 30 | in his house. On the contrary, my father was a great Page 309 |
| 1 | as "ignorant, dominating, passionate, fearless," was uniformly dignified - a well-informed, intellectual man, |
| 3 | cultivated in mind and manners. He was called upon to do much business for his town, making out deeds, settling quarrels, and even acting as counsel in a lawsuit |
| 6 | involving a question of pauperism between the towns of Loudon and Bow, N. H. Franklin Pierce, afterwards President of the United States, was the counsel for |
| 9 | Loudon and Mark Baker for Bow. Both entered their pleas, and my father won the suit. After it was decided, Mr. Pierce bowed to my father and congratulated him. |
| 12 | For several years father was chaplain of the New Hampshire State Militia, and as I recollect it, he was justice of the peace at one time. My father was a |
| 15 | strong believer in States' rights, but slavery he regarded Mark Baker was the youngest of his father's family, and |
| 18 | inherited his father's real estate, an extensive farm situ- ated in Bow and Concord, N. H. It is on record that Mark Baker's father paid the largest tax in the colony. |
| 21 | McClure's Magazine says, describing the Baker home- stead at Bow: "The house itself was a small, square box building of rudimentary architecture." My father's |
| 24 | house had a sloping roof, after the prevailing style of McClure's Magazine states: "Alone of the Bakers, he |
| 27 | [Albert] received a liberal education. . . . Mary Baker passed her first fifteen years at the ancestral home at Bow. It was a lonely and unstimulating existence. The church |
| 30 | supplied the only social diversions, the district school Let us see what were the fruits of this "lonely
and Page 310 |
| 1 | unstimulating existence." All my father's daughters were given an academic education, sufficiently advanced so that |
| 3 | they all taught school acceptably at various times and places. My brother Albert was a distinguished lawyer. In addition to my academic training, I was privately |
| 6 | tutored by him. He was a member of the New Hamp- shire Legislature, and was nominated for Congress, but died before the election. McClure's Magazine calls my |
| 9 | youngest brother, George Sullivan Baker, "a workman in a Tilton woolen mill." As a matter of fact, he was joint partner with Alexander Tilton, and together they owned a |
| 12 | large manufacturing establishment in Tilton, N. H. His military title of Colonel came from appointment on the staff of the Governor of New Hampshire. My oldest |
| 15 | brother, Samuel D. Baker, carried on a large business in Regarding the allegation by McClure's Magazine that all |
| 18 | the family, "excepting Albert, died of cancer," I will say that there was never a death in my father's family reported by physician or post-mortem examination as |
| 21 | caused by cancer. McClure's Magazine
says that "the quarrels between |
| 24 | man of fifty, frequently set the house in an uproar," and adds that these "fits" were diagnosed by Dr. Ladd as "hysteria mingled with bad temper." My mother |
| 27 | often presented my disposition as exemplary for her other children to imitate, saying, "When do you ever see Mary angry?" When the first edition of Science and |
| 30 | Health was published, Dr. Ladd said to Alexander Tilton: Page 311 |
| 1 | I will relate the following incident, which occurred later in life, as illustrative of my disposition: - |
| 3 | While I was living with Dr. Patterson at his country home in North Groton, N. H., a girl, totally blind, knocked at the door and was admitted. She begged to be allowed |
| 6 | to remain with me, and my tenderness and sympathy were such that I could not refuse her. Shortly after, however, my good housekeeper said to me: "If this blind girl stays |
| 9 | with you, I shall have to leave; she troubles me so much." It was not in my heart to turn the blind girl out, and so I lost my housekeeper. |
| 12 | My reply to the statement that the clerk's book shows that I joined the Tilton Congregational Church at the age of seventeen is that my religious experience seemed to |
| 15 | culminate at twelve years of age. Hence a mistake may have occurred as to the exact date of my first church membership. |
| 18 | The facts regarding the McNeil coat-of-arms are as Fanny McNeil, President Pierce's niece, afterwards |
| 21 | Mrs. Judge Potter, presented me my coat-of-arms, say- ing that it was taken in connection with her own family coat-of-arms. I never doubted the veracity of her gift. |
| 24 | I have another coat-of-arms, which is of my mother's ancestry. When I was last in Washington, D. C., Mrs. Judge Potter and myself knelt in silent prayer on the |
| 27 | mound of her late father, General John McNeil, the Notwithstanding that McClure's Magazine says, "Mary |
| 30 | Baker completed her education when she finished Smith's Page 312 |
| 1 | Methodist Conference Seminary at Sanbornton Bridge, to supply the place of his leading teacher during her tempo- |
| 3 | rary absence. Regarding my first marriage and the tragic death
of my |
| 6 | ington Glover] took his bride to Wilmington, South Caro- lina, and in June, 1844, six months after his marriage, he died of yellow fever. He left his young wife in a miser- |
| 9 | able plight. She was far from home and entirely without money or friends. Glover, however, was a Free Mason, and thus received a decent burial. The Masons also paid |
| 12 | Mrs. Glover's fare to New York City, where she was met and taken to her father's home by her brother George. . . . Her position was an embarrassing one. She was a |
| 15 | grown woman, with a child, but entirely without means of support. . . . Mrs. Glover made only one effort at self-support. For a brief season she taught school." |
| 18 | My first husband, Major George W. Glover, resided in Charleston, S. C. While on a business trip to Wilming- ton, N. C., he was suddenly seized with yellow fever and |
| 21 | died in about nine days. I was with him on this trip. He took with him the usual amount of money he would need on such an excursion. At his decease I was sur- |
| 24 | rounded by friends, and their provisions in my behalf were most tender. The Governor of the State and his staff, with a long procession, followed the remains of my be- |
| 27 | loved one to the cemetery. The Free Masons selected my escort, who took me to my father's home in Tilton, N. H. My salary for writing gave me ample support. |
| 30 | I did open an infant school, but it was for the purpose of The rhyme attributed to me by McClure's Magazine
is Page 313 |
| 1 | not mine, but is, I understand, a paraphrase of a silly song of years ago. Correctly quoted, it is as follows, so |
| 3 | I have been told: - Go to Jane Glover, Tell her I love her |
| 6 | By the light of the moon The various stories told by McClure's Magazine about |
| 9 | my father spreading the road in front of his house with tan-bark and straw, and about persons being hired to rock me, I am ignorant of. Nor do I remember any such stuff |
| 12 | as Dr. Patterson driving into Franklin, N. H., with a couch or cradle for me in his wagon. I only know that my father and mother did everything they could think of |
| 15 | to help me when I was ill. I was never "given to long and lonely wanderings, |
| 18 | was always accompanied by some responsible individual when I took an evening walk, but I seldom took one. I have always consistently declared that I was not a medium |
| 21 | for spirits. I never was especially interested in the Shakers, never "dabbled in mesmerism," never was "an amateur clairvoyant," nor did "the superstitious coun- |
| 24 | try folk frequently" seek my advice. I never went into a trance to describe scenes far away, as McClure's Magazine says. |
| 27 | My oldest sister dearly loved me, but I wounded her pride when I adopted Christian Science, and to a Baker that was a sorry offence. I was obliged to be parted |
| 30 | from my son, because after my father's second marriage Page 314 |
| 1 | McClure's Magazine calls Dr. Daniel Patterson, my second husband, "an itinerant dentist." It says that |
| 3 | after my marriage we "lived for a short time at Tilton, then moved to Franklin . . . . During the following nine years the Pattersons led a roving existence. The doctor |
| 6 | practised in several towns, from Tilton to North Groton and then to Rumney." When I was married to him, Dr. Daniel Patterson was located in Franklin, N. H. He had |
| 9 | the degree D.D.S., was a popular man, and considered a rarely skilful dentist. He bought a place in North Groton, which he fancied, for a summer home. At that time he |
| 12 | owned a house in Franklin, N. H. Although, as McClure's Magazine claims,
the court |
| 15 | granted on the ground of desertion, the cause neverthe- less was adultery. Individuals are here to-day who were present in court when the decision was given by the judge |
| 18 | and who know the following facts: After the evidence had been submitted that a husband was about to have Dr. Patterson arrested for eloping with his wife, the court |
| 21 | instructed the clerk to record the divorce in my favor. What prevented Dr. Patterson's arrest was a letter from me to this self-same husband, imploring him not to do it. |
| 24 | When this husband recovered his wife, he kept her a prisoner in her home, and I was also the means of recon- ciling the couple. A Christian Scientist has told me that |
| 27 | with tears of gratitude the wife of this husband related these facts to her just as I have stated them. I lived with Dr. Patterson peaceably, and he was kind to me up |
| 30 | to the time of the divorce. The following affidavit by R. D. Rounsevel of Littleton, Page 315 |
| 1 | N. H., the original of which is in my possession, is of interest in this connection: - |
| 3 | About the year 1874, Dr. Patterson, a dentist, boarded with me in Littleton, New Hampshire. During his stay, at different times, I had conversation with him about his |
| 6 | wife, from whom he was separated. He spoke of her being a pure and Christian woman, and the cause of the separa- tion being wholly on his part; that if he had done as he |
| 9 | ought, he might have had as pleasant and happy home as At that time I had no knowledge of who his wife was. |
| 12 | Later on I learned that Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Dis- coverer and Founder of Christian Science, was the above- mentioned woman. |
| 15 | (Signed) R. D. ROUNSEVEL Grafton S. S. Jan'y, 1902. Then personally appeared R. D. Rounsevel and made oath that the within statement |
| 18 | by him signed is true. Before me, (Signed) H. M. MORSE, 21 Who or what is the McClure "history," so called,
pre- 24 her alleged double or dummy heretofore described? If indeed it be I, allow me to thank the enterprising 27 divine power of Christian Science, which they admit has 30 women in our own and in other countries, - and all this Page 316 |
| 1 | because the truth I have promulgated has separated the tares from the wheat, uniting in one body those who love |
| 3 | Truth; because Truth divides between sect and Science and renews the heavenward impulse; because I still hear the harvest song of the Redeemer awakening the nations, |
| 6 | causing man to love his enemies; because "blessed are ye, [Christian Science Sentinel, January 19, 1907] A CARD The article in the January number of The Arena maga- |
| 12 | zine, entitled "The Recent Reckless and Irresponsible Attacks on Christian Science and its Founder, with a Survey of the Christian Science Movement," by the |
| 15 | scholarly editor, Mr. B.O. Flower, is a grand defence of our Cause and its Leader. Such a dignified, eloquent appeal to the press in behalf of common justice and truth |
| 18 | demands public attention. It defends human rights and the freedom of Christian sentiments, and tends to turn back the foaming torrents of ignorance, envy, and malice. |
| 21 | I am pleased to find this "twentieth-century review of opinion" once more under Mr. Flower's able guardianship and manifesting its unbiased judgment by such sound |
| 24 | appreciation of the rights of Christian Scientists and of Page 317 CHAPTER XVIII - AUTHORSHIP
OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH |
| 1 | THE following statement, which was published in the Sentinel of December 1, 1906, exactly defin- |
| 3 | ing her relations with the Rev. James Henry Wiggin of Boston, was made by Mrs. Eddy in refutation of allega- tions in the public press to the effect that Mr. Wiggin |
| 6 | had a share in the authorship of "Science and Health MRS. EDDY'S STATEMENT |
| 9 | It is a great mistake to say that I employed the Rev. James Henry Wiggin to correct my diction. It was for no such purpose. I engaged Mr. Wiggin so as to avail |
| 12 | myself of his criticisms of my statement of Christian Science, which criticisms would enable me to explain more clearly the points that might seem ambiguous to |
| 15 | the reader. Mr. Calvin A. Frye copied my writings, and he will
tell |
| 18 | question, sometimes saying, "I wouldn't express it that way." He often dissented from what I had written, but I quieted him by quoting corroborative texts of |
| 21 | Scripture. My diction, as used in explaining Christian Science,
has Page 318 |
| 1 | capitalization, in order to express the "new tongue," has well-nigh constituted a new style of language. In almost |
| 3 | every case where Mr. Wiggin added words, I have erased Mr. Wiggin was not my proofreader for my book |
| 6 | "Miscellaneous Writings," and for only two of my books. I especially employed him on "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," because at that date some critics |
| 9 | declared that my book was as ungrammatical as it was misleading. I availed myself of the name of the former proofreader for the University Press, Cambridge, to |
| 12 | defend my grammatical construction, and confidently awaited the years to declare the moral and spiritual effect upon the age of "Science and Health with Key |
| 15 | to the Scriptures." I invited Mr. Wiggin to visit one of my classes
in the |
| 18 | on condition that I should not ask him any questions. I agreed not to question him just so long as he refrained from questioning me. He held himself well in check |
| 21 | until I began my attack on agnosticism. As I pro- ceeded, Mr. Wiggin manifested more and more agita- tion, until he could control himself no longer and, |
| 24 | addressing me, burst out with: "How do you know that there ever was such
a man as |
| 27 | He would have continued with a long argument, framed from his ample fund of historical knowledge, but I stopped him. |
| 30 | "Now, Mr. Wiggin," I said, "you have broken our Page 319 |
| 1 | existed such a person as the Galilean Prophet, it would make no difference to me. I should still know that |
| 3 | God's spiritual ideal is the only real man in His image My saying touched him, and I heard nothing further |
| 6 | from him in the class, though afterwards he wrote a I hold the late Mr. Wiggin in loving, grateful memory |
| 9 | for his high-principled character and well-equipped LETTERS FROM STUDENTS |
| 12 | The following letters from students of Mrs. Eddy confirm her statement regarding the work which the Rev. Mr. Wiggin did for her, and also indicate what he |
| 15 | himself thought of that work and of Mrs. Eddy: - My Dear Teacher:
- I am conversant with some facts |
| 18 | many of your students, and considering the questions which have recently appeared, it may interest you to be advised that I have this information. On the tenth day of |
| 21 | January, 1887, I entered your Primary class at Boston. A few days later, in conversation with you about the preparation of a theme, you suggested that I call on the |
| 24 | late J. Henry Wiggin to assist me in analyzing and arrang- ing the topics, which I did about the twentieth of the above-named month. These dates are very well fixed in |
| 27 | my memory, as I considered the time an important one in my experience, and do so still. I also recall very plainly the conversation with you in general as regards |
| 30 | Mr. Wiggin. You told me that he had done some literary Page 320 |
| 1 | work for you and that he was a fine literary student and a good proofreader. |
| 3 | Upon calling on Mr. Wiggin, I presented my matter for a theme to him, and he readily consented to assist me, which he did. He also seemed very much pleased to |
| 6 | converse about you and your work, and I found that his statement of what he had done for you exactly agreed with what you had told me. He also expressed himself |
| 9 | freely as to his high regard for you as a Christian lady, as an author, and as a student of ability. Mr. Wiggin spoke of "Science and Health with Key to the Scrip- |
| 12 | tures" as being a very unique book, and seemed quite proud of his having had something to do with some editions. He always spoke of you as the author of this |
| 15 | book and the author of all your works. Mr. Wiggin did not claim to be a Christian Scientist, but was in a measure in sympathy with the movement, although |
| 18 | he did not endorse all the statements in your textbook; I called on Mr. Wiggin several times while I was in your |
| 21 | Primary class at the time above referred to, and several times subsequent thereto, and he always referred to you as the author of your works and spoke of your ability without |
| 24 | any hesitation or restriction. Our conversations were at times somewhat long and went into matters of detail regarding your work, and I am of the opinion that he |
| 27 | was proud of his acquaintance with you. I saw Mr. Wiggin several times after the class
closed, |
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| 1 | grand demonstration in building this church for your followers. He seemed very proud to think that he had |
| 3 | been in a way connected with your work, but he always referred to you as the one who had accomplished this great work. |
| 6 | My recollections of Mr. Wiggin place him as one of your devoted and faithful friends, one who knew who and what you are, also your position as regards |
| 9 | your published works; and he always gave you that position without any restriction. I believe that Mr. Wiggin was an honest man and that he told the same |
| 12 | story to every one with whom he had occasion to talk, so I cannot believe that he has ever said anything whatever of you and your relations to your published |
| 15 | works differing from what he talked so freely in my presence. There is nothing in the circumstances which have |
| 18 | arisen recently, and the manner in which the statements have been made, to change my opinion one iota in this respect. |
| 21 | It will soon be twenty years since I first saw you and entered your class. During that time, from my connec- tion with the church, the Publishing Society, and my |
| 24 | many conversations with you, my personal knowledge of the authorship of your works is conclusive to me in every detail, and I am very glad that I was among your early |
| 27 | students and have had this experience and know of my own personal knowledge what has transpired during the past twenty years. |
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| 1 | It is not long since I met a lady who lived in Lynn, and she told me she knew you when you were writing |
| 3 | Science and Health, and that she had seen the manu- script. These are facts which cannot be controverted and they must stand. |
| 6 | Your affectionate student, BOSTON, MASS., November 21, 1906 |
| 9 | My Beloved Teacher: - I have just read your state- ment correcting mistakes widely published about the Rev. James H. Wiggin's work for and attitude towards |
| 12 | you; also Mr. Edward P. Bates' letter to you on the same subject; which reminds me of a conversation I had with Mr. Wiggin on Thanksgiving Day twenty |
| 15 | years ago, when a friend and I were the guests invited I had seen you the day before at the Metaphysical |
| 18 | College and received your permission to enter the next Primary class (Jan. 10, 1887). During the evening my friend spoke of my journeying from the far South, and |
| 21 | waiting months in Boston on the bare hope of a few days' instruction by Mrs. Eddy in Christian Science. She and Mrs. Wiggin seemed inclined to banter me on |