Reformers

ReformersThe olden opinion that hell is fire and brimstone, hasyielded somewhat to the metaphysical fact that sufferingis a thing of mortal mind instead of body: so, in placeof material flames and odor, mental anguish is generally [5]accepted as the penalty for sin. This changed beliefhas wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a fewindividuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but removethat fear, and the worst of human passions belch forththeir latent fires. Some people never repent until earth [10]gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home;then they are brought to realize how impossible it is tosin and not suffer. All the different phases of error inhuman nature the reformer must encounter and help toeradicate. [15]This period is not essentially one of conscience: fewfeel and live now as when this nation began, and ourforefathers' prayers blended with the murmuring windsof their forest home. This is a period of doubt, inquiry,speculation, selfishness; of divided interests, marvellous [20]good, and mysterious evil. But sin can only work outits own destruction; and reform does and must push onthe growth of mankind.Honor to faithful merit is delayed, and always hasbeen; but it is sure to follow. The very streets through [25]which Garrison was dragged were draped in honor ofthe dead hero who did the hard work, the immortal work,of loosing the fetters of one form of human slavery. Iremember, when a girl, and he visited my father, how achildish fear clustered round his coming. I had heard [30][pg 238]the awful story that“he helped‘niggers’kill the white[1]folks!”Even the loving children are sometimes madeto believe a lie, and to hate reformers. It is pleasant,now, to contrast with that childhood's wrong the reverenceof my riper years for all who dare to be true, honest to [5]their convictions, and strong of purpose.The reformer has no time to give in defense of hisown life's incentive, since no sacrifice is too great for thesilent endurance of his love. What has not unselfed loveachieved for the race? All that ever was accomplished, [10]and more than history has yet recorded. The reformerworks on unmentioned, save when he is abused or hiswork is utilized in the interest of somebody. He maylabor for the establishment of a cause which is fraughtwith infinite blessings,—health, virtue, and heaven; [15]but what of all that? Who should care for everybody?It is enough, say they, to care for a few. Yet the goodis done, and the love that foresees more to do, stimulatephilanthropy and are an ever-present reward. Let one'slife answer well these questions, and it already hath a [20]benediction:Have you renounced self? Are you faithful? Doyou love?Mrs. Eddy SickThe frequent public allegement that I am“sick, unable[25]to speak a loud word,”or that I died of palsy, and amdead,—is but another evidence of the falsehoods keptconstantly before the public.While I accord these evil-mongers due credit for their[pg 239]desire, let me say to you, dear reader: Call at the [1]Massachusetts Metaphysical College, in 1889, and judgefor yourself whether I can talk—and laugh too! Inever was in better health. I have had but fourdays' vacation for the past year, and am about to com- [5]mence a large class in Christian Science. Lecturing,writing, preaching, teaching, etc., give fair proof thatmy shadow is not growing less; and substance is takinglarger proportions.“I've Got Cold”Out upon the sidewalk one winter morning, I observeda carriage draw up before a stately mansion; a portlygentleman alight, and take from his carriage the ominoushand-trunk.“Ah!”thought I,“somebody has to take it; and what[15]may the potion be?”Just then a tiny, sweet face appeared in the vestibule,and red nose, suffused eyes, cough, and tired look, toldthe story; but, looking up quaintly, the poor child said,—“I've got cold, doctor.”[20]Her apparent pride at sharing in a popular influenzawas comical. However, her dividend, when comparedwith that of the household stockholders, was new; anddoubtless their familiarity with what the stock paid, madethem more serious over it. [25]What if that sweet child, so bravely confessing thatshe had something that she ought not to have, and whichmamma thought must be gotten rid of, had been taughtthe value of saying even more bravely, and believingit,— [30][pg 240]“I havenotgot cold.”[1]Why, the doctor's squills and bills would have beenavoided; and through the cold air the little one wouldhave been bounding with sparkling eyes, and ruby cheekspainted and fattened by metaphysical hygiene. [5]Parents and doctors must not take the sweet freshnessout of the children's lives by that flippant caution,“Youwill get cold.”Predicting danger does not dignify life, whereas fore-casting liberty and joy does; for these are strong pro- [10]moters of health and happiness. All education shouldcontribute to moral and physical strength and freedom.If a cold could get into the body without the assent ofmind, nature would take it out as gently, or let it remainas harmlessly, as it takes the frost out of the ground or [15]puts it into the ice-cream to the satisfaction of all.The sapling bends to the breeze, while the sturdy oak,with form and inclination fixed, breasts the tornado. Itis easier to incline the early thought rightly, than thebiased mind. Children not mistaught, naturally love [20]God; for they are pure-minded, affectionate, and gen-erally brave. Passions, appetites, pride, selfishness, haveslight sway over the fresh, unbiased thought.Teach the children early self-government, and teachthem nothing that is wrong. If they see their father with [25]a cigarette in his mouth—suggest to them that the habitof smoking is not nice, and that nothing but a loathsomewormnaturallychews tobacco. Likewise soberly informthem that“Battle-Axe Plug”takes off men's heads; or,leaving these on, that it takes from their bodies a sweet [30]something which belongs to nature,—namely, pureodors.[pg 241]From a religious point of view, the faith of both youth [1]and adult should centre as steadfastly in God to benefitthe body, as to benefit the mind. Body and mind arecorrelated in man's salvation; for man will no moreenter heaven sick than as a sinner, and Christ's Christi- [5]anity casts out sickness as well as sin of every sort.Test, if you will, metaphysical healing on two patients:one having morals to be healed, the other having a physi-cal ailment. Use as your medicine the great alterative,Truth: give to the immoralist a mental dose that says, [10]“You have no pleasure in sin,”and witness the effects.Either he will hate you, and try to make others do like-wise, so taking a dose of error big enough apparently toneutralize your Truth, else he will doubtingly await theresult; during which interim, by constant combat and [15]direful struggles, you get the victory and Truth heals himof the moral malady.On the other hand, to the bedridden sufferer admin-ister this alternative Truth:“God never made you sick:there is no necessity for pain; and Truth destroys the [20]error that insists on the necessity of any man's bondageto sin and sickness.“Ye shall know the truth, and thetruth shall make you free.’”Then, like blind Bartimeus, the doubting heart looksup through faith, and your patient rejoices in the gospel [25]of health.Thus, you see, it is easier to heal the physical than themoral ailment. When divine Truth and Love heal, ofsin, the sinner who is at ease in sin, how much more shouldthese heal, of sickness, the sick who are dis-eased, dis- [30]comforted, and who long for relief![pg 242]“Prayer And Healing”The article of Professor T——, having the above cap- [1]tion, published inZion's Herald, December third, camenot to my notice until January ninth. In it the Professoroffered me, as President of the Metaphysical College inBoston, or one of my students, the liberal sum of one [5]thousand dollars if either would reset certain dislocationswithout the use of hands, and two thousand dollars ifeither would give sight to one born blind.Will the gentleman accept my thanks due to his gener- [10]osity; for, if I should accept his bid on Christianity, hewould lose his money.Why?Because I performed more difficult tasks fifteen yearsago. At present, I am in another department of Christian [15]work,“where there shall no signs be given them,”forthey shall be instructed in the Principle of ChristianScience that furnishes its own proof.But, to reward his liberality, I offer him three thou-sand dollars if he will heal one single case of opium-eating [20]where the patient is very low and taking morphine powderin its most concentrated form, at the rate of one ounce intwo weeks,—having taken it twenty years; and he is tocure that habit in three days, leaving the patient well. Icured precisely such a case in 1869. [25]Also, Mr. C. M. H——, of Boston, formerly partnerof George T. Brown, pharmacist, No. 5 Beacon St., willtell you that he was my student in December, 1884; andthat before leaving the class he took a patient thoroughlyaddicted to the use of opium—if she went without it [30][pg 243]twenty-four hours she would have delirium—and in [1]forty-eight hours cured her perfectly of this habit,with no bad results, but with decided improvement inhealth.I have not yet made surgery one of the mental branches [5]taught in my college; although students treat sprains,contusions, etc., successfully. In the case of sprain of thewrist-joint, where the regular doctor had put on splintsand bandages to remain six weeks, a student of mineremoved these appliances the same day and effected the [10]cure in less than one week. Reference, Mrs. M. A. F——,107 Eutaw Street, East Boston.I agree with the Professor, that every system of medi-cine claims more than it practises. If the system is Science,it includes of necessity the Principle, which the learner [15]can demonstrate only in proportion as he understands it.Boasting is unbecoming a mortal's poor performances.My Christian students are proverbially modest: theirworks alone should declare them, since my system of medi-cine is not generally understood. There are charlatans [20]in“mind-cure,”who practise on the basis of matter, orhuman will, not Mind.The Professor alludes to Paul's advice to Timothy.Did he refer to that questionable counsel,“Take a littlewine for thy stomach's sake”? Even doctors disagree [25]on that prescription: some of the medical faculty willtell you that alcoholic drinks cause the coats of the stomachto thicken and the organ to contract; will prevent thesecretions of the gastric juice, and induce ulceration,bleeding, vomiting, death. [30]Again, the Professor quotes, in justification of materialmethods, and as veritable:“He took a bone from the[pg 244]side of Adam, closed up the wound thereof, and builded [1]up the woman.”(Gen. ii. 21.)Here we have the Professor on the platform of ChristianScience! even a“surgical operation”that he says wasperformed by divine power,—Mind alone constructing [5]the human system, before surgical instruments wereinvented, and closing the incisions of the flesh.He further states that God cannot save the soul withoutcompliance to ordained conditions. But, we ask, havethose conditions named in Genesis been perpetuated in [10]the multiplication of mankind? And, are the conditionsof salvation mental, or physical; are they bodily penanceand torture, or repentance and reform, which are theaction of mind?He asks,“Has the law been abrogated that demands[15]the employment of visible agencies for specific ends?”Will he accept my reply as derived from the life andteachings of Jesus?—who annulled the so-called laws ofmatter by the higher law of Spirit, causing him to walkthe wave, turn the water into wine, make the blind to see, [20]the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the dead to beraised without matter-agencies. And he did this for man'sexample; not to teach himself, but others, the way ofhealing and salvation. He said,“And other sheep I have,which are not of this fold.”[25]The teachings and demonstration of Jesus were forall peoples and for all time; not for a privileged class ora restricted period, but for as many as should believe inhim.Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]cially the children of our Lord because of their medicaldiscoveries?[pg 245]We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have hiswords, and the prophet's, as follows:“Take no thought,saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?”“And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.[5]And Asa slept with his fathers.”Veritas Odium ParitThe combined efforts of the materialistic portion ofthe pulpit and press in 1885, to retard by misrepresen-tation the stately goings of Christian Science, are giving [10]it new impetus and energy; calling forth thevox populiand directing more critical observation to its upliftinginfluence upon the health, morals, and spirituality ofmankind.Their movements indicate fear and weakness, a physi- [15]cal and spiritual need that Christian Science should re-move with glorious results. The conclusion cannot nowbe pushed, that women have no rights that man is boundto respect. This is woman's hour, in all the good tend-encies, charities, and reforms of to-day. It is difficult [20]to say which may be most mischievous to the humanheart, the praise or the dispraise of men.I have loved the Church and followed it, thinking thatit was following Christ; but, if the pulpit allows the peopleto go no further in the direction of Christlikeness, and [25]rejects apostolic Christianity, seeking to stereotype infiniteTruth, it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walkalone the straight and narrow way; that, in the words ofWendell Phillips,“one with God is a majority.”[pg 246]It is the pulpit and press, clerical robes and the pro- [1]hibiting of free speech, that cradles and covers the sins ofthe world,—all unmitigated systems of crime; and itrequires the enlightenment of these worthies, throughcivil and religious reform, to blot out all inhuman codes. [5]It was the Southern pulpit and press that influenced thepeople to wrench from man both human and divine rights,in order to subserve the interests of wealth, religious caste,civil and political power. And the pulpit had to bepurged of that sin by human gore,—when the love of [10]Christ would have washed it divinely away in ChristianScience!The cry of the colored slave has scarcely been heardand hushed, when from another direction there comesanother sharp cry of oppression. Another form of inhumanity [15]lifts its hydra head to forge anew the old fetters;to shackle conscience, stop free speech, slander, vilify;to invite its prey, then turn and refuse the victim a solitaryvindication in this most unprecedented warfare.A conflict more terrible than the battle of Gettysburg [20]awaits the crouching wrong that refused to yield itsprey the peace of a desert, when a voice was heardcrying in the wilderness,—the spiritual famine of 1866,—“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His pathsstraight.”[25]Shall religious intolerance, arrayed against the rightsof man, again deluge the earth in blood? The questionat issue with mankind is: Shall we have a spiritual Chris-tianity and a spiritual healing, or a materialistic religionand amateria medica? [30]The advancing faith and hope of Christianity, theearnest seeking after practical truth that shall cast out[pg 247]error and heal the sick, wisely demand for man his God- [1]given heritage, both human and divine rights; namely,that his honest convictions andproofsof advancing truthbe allowed due consideration, and treated not as pearlstrampled upon. [5]Those familiar with my history are more tolerant; thosewho know me, know that I found health in just what Iteach. I have professed Christianity a half-century; andnow I calmly challenge the world, upon fair investigation,to furnish a single instance of departure in one of my [10]works from the highest possible ethics.The charges against my views are false, but natural,since those bringing them do not understand my state-ment of the Science I introduce, and are unwilling to betaught it, even gratuitously. If they did understand it, they [15]could demonstrate this Science by healing the sick; hencethe injustice of their interpretations.To many, the healing force developed by ChristianScience seems a mystery, because they do not understandthat Spirit controls body. They acknowledge the exist- [20]ence of mortal mind, but believe it to reside in matterof the brain; but that man is the idea of infinite Mind,is not so easily accepted. That which is temporaryseems, to the common estimate, solid and substantial.It is much easier for people to believe that the body [25]affects mind, than that the body is an expression ofmind, and reflects harmony or discord according tothought.Everything that God created, He pronounced good.He never made sickness. Hencethatis only an evil belief [30]of mortal mind, which must be met, in every instance,with a denial by Truth.[pg 248]This is the“new tongue,”the language of them that [1]“lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,”whosespiritual interpretation they refuse to hear. For instance:the literal meaning of the passage“lay hands on the sick”would be manipulation; its moral meaning, found in the [5]“new tongue,”is spiritual power,—as, in another Scripture,“I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.”FalsehoodThe Greeks showed a just estimate of the person theycalled slanderer, when they made the word synonymous [10]with devil. If the simple falsehoods uttered about mewere compounded, the mixture would be labelled thus:“Religionists' mistaken views of Mrs. Eddy's book,‘Sci-ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures,”and themalice aforethought of sinners.”[15]That I take opium; that I am an infidel, a mesmerist,a medium, a“pantheist;”or that my hourly life is prayerless,or not in strict obedience to the Mosaic Decalogue,—is not more true than that I am dead, as is oft reported.TheSt. Louis Democratis alleged to have reported my [20]demise, and to have said that I died of poison, and bequeathedmy property to Susan Anthony.The opium falsehood has only this to it: Many yearsago my regular physician prescribed morphine, which Itook, when he could do no more for me. Afterwards, [25]the glorious revelations of Christian Science saved mefrom that necessity and made me well, since which timeI have not taken drugs, with the following exception:When the mental malpractice of poisoning people was[pg 249]first undertaken by a mesmerist, to test that malprac- [1]tice I experimented by taking some large doses of mor-phine, to see if Christian Science could not obviate itseffect; and I say with tearful thanks,“The drug hadno effect upon me whatever.”The hour has struck, [5]—“If they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurtthem.”The false report that I have appropriated other people'smanuscripts in my works, has been met and answeredlegally. Both in private and public life, and especially [10]through my teachings, it is well known that I am not aspiritualist, a pantheist, or prayerless. The most devoutmembers of evangelical churches will say this, as well asmy intimate acquaintances. None are permitted to re-main in my College building whose morals are not un- [15]questionable. I have neither purchased nor ordered adrug since my residence in Boston; and to my knowledge,not one has been sent to my house, unless it was somethingto remove stains or vermin.The report that I was dead arose no doubt from the [20]combined efforts of some malignant students, expelledfrom my College for immorality, to kill me: of their mentaldesign to do this I have proof, but no fear. My heavenlyFather will never leave me comfortless, in the amplitudeof His love; coming nearer in my need, more tenderly to [25]save and bless.

The olden opinion that hell is fire and brimstone, hasyielded somewhat to the metaphysical fact that sufferingis a thing of mortal mind instead of body: so, in placeof material flames and odor, mental anguish is generally [5]accepted as the penalty for sin. This changed beliefhas wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a fewindividuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but removethat fear, and the worst of human passions belch forththeir latent fires. Some people never repent until earth [10]gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home;then they are brought to realize how impossible it is tosin and not suffer. All the different phases of error inhuman nature the reformer must encounter and help toeradicate. [15]

The olden opinion that hell is fire and brimstone, has

yielded somewhat to the metaphysical fact that suffering

is a thing of mortal mind instead of body: so, in place

of material flames and odor, mental anguish is generally [5]

accepted as the penalty for sin. This changed belief

has wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a few

individuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but remove

that fear, and the worst of human passions belch forth

their latent fires. Some people never repent until earth [10]

gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home;

then they are brought to realize how impossible it is to

sin and not suffer. All the different phases of error in

human nature the reformer must encounter and help to

eradicate. [15]

This period is not essentially one of conscience: fewfeel and live now as when this nation began, and ourforefathers' prayers blended with the murmuring windsof their forest home. This is a period of doubt, inquiry,speculation, selfishness; of divided interests, marvellous [20]good, and mysterious evil. But sin can only work outits own destruction; and reform does and must push onthe growth of mankind.

This period is not essentially one of conscience: few

feel and live now as when this nation began, and our

forefathers' prayers blended with the murmuring winds

of their forest home. This is a period of doubt, inquiry,

speculation, selfishness; of divided interests, marvellous [20]

good, and mysterious evil. But sin can only work out

its own destruction; and reform does and must push on

the growth of mankind.

Honor to faithful merit is delayed, and always hasbeen; but it is sure to follow. The very streets through [25]which Garrison was dragged were draped in honor ofthe dead hero who did the hard work, the immortal work,of loosing the fetters of one form of human slavery. Iremember, when a girl, and he visited my father, how achildish fear clustered round his coming. I had heard [30]

Honor to faithful merit is delayed, and always has

been; but it is sure to follow. The very streets through [25]

which Garrison was dragged were draped in honor of

the dead hero who did the hard work, the immortal work,

of loosing the fetters of one form of human slavery. I

remember, when a girl, and he visited my father, how a

childish fear clustered round his coming. I had heard [30]

the awful story that“he helped‘niggers’kill the white[1]folks!”Even the loving children are sometimes madeto believe a lie, and to hate reformers. It is pleasant,now, to contrast with that childhood's wrong the reverenceof my riper years for all who dare to be true, honest to [5]their convictions, and strong of purpose.

the awful story that“he helped‘niggers’kill the white[1]

folks!”Even the loving children are sometimes made

to believe a lie, and to hate reformers. It is pleasant,

now, to contrast with that childhood's wrong the reverence

of my riper years for all who dare to be true, honest to [5]

their convictions, and strong of purpose.

The reformer has no time to give in defense of hisown life's incentive, since no sacrifice is too great for thesilent endurance of his love. What has not unselfed loveachieved for the race? All that ever was accomplished, [10]and more than history has yet recorded. The reformerworks on unmentioned, save when he is abused or hiswork is utilized in the interest of somebody. He maylabor for the establishment of a cause which is fraughtwith infinite blessings,—health, virtue, and heaven; [15]but what of all that? Who should care for everybody?It is enough, say they, to care for a few. Yet the goodis done, and the love that foresees more to do, stimulatephilanthropy and are an ever-present reward. Let one'slife answer well these questions, and it already hath a [20]benediction:

The reformer has no time to give in defense of his

own life's incentive, since no sacrifice is too great for the

silent endurance of his love. What has not unselfed love

achieved for the race? All that ever was accomplished, [10]

and more than history has yet recorded. The reformer

works on unmentioned, save when he is abused or his

work is utilized in the interest of somebody. He may

labor for the establishment of a cause which is fraught

with infinite blessings,—health, virtue, and heaven; [15]

but what of all that? Who should care for everybody?

It is enough, say they, to care for a few. Yet the good

is done, and the love that foresees more to do, stimulate

philanthropy and are an ever-present reward. Let one's

life answer well these questions, and it already hath a [20]

benediction:

Have you renounced self? Are you faithful? Doyou love?

Have you renounced self? Are you faithful? Do

you love?

Mrs. Eddy SickThe frequent public allegement that I am“sick, unable[25]to speak a loud word,”or that I died of palsy, and amdead,—is but another evidence of the falsehoods keptconstantly before the public.While I accord these evil-mongers due credit for their[pg 239]desire, let me say to you, dear reader: Call at the [1]Massachusetts Metaphysical College, in 1889, and judgefor yourself whether I can talk—and laugh too! Inever was in better health. I have had but fourdays' vacation for the past year, and am about to com- [5]mence a large class in Christian Science. Lecturing,writing, preaching, teaching, etc., give fair proof thatmy shadow is not growing less; and substance is takinglarger proportions.

The frequent public allegement that I am“sick, unable[25]to speak a loud word,”or that I died of palsy, and amdead,—is but another evidence of the falsehoods keptconstantly before the public.

The frequent public allegement that I am“sick, unable[25]

to speak a loud word,”or that I died of palsy, and am

dead,—is but another evidence of the falsehoods kept

constantly before the public.

While I accord these evil-mongers due credit for their

desire, let me say to you, dear reader: Call at the [1]Massachusetts Metaphysical College, in 1889, and judgefor yourself whether I can talk—and laugh too! Inever was in better health. I have had but fourdays' vacation for the past year, and am about to com- [5]mence a large class in Christian Science. Lecturing,writing, preaching, teaching, etc., give fair proof thatmy shadow is not growing less; and substance is takinglarger proportions.

desire, let me say to you, dear reader: Call at the [1]

Massachusetts Metaphysical College, in 1889, and judge

for yourself whether I can talk—and laugh too! I

never was in better health. I have had but four

days' vacation for the past year, and am about to com- [5]

mence a large class in Christian Science. Lecturing,

writing, preaching, teaching, etc., give fair proof that

my shadow is not growing less; and substance is taking

larger proportions.

“I've Got Cold”Out upon the sidewalk one winter morning, I observeda carriage draw up before a stately mansion; a portlygentleman alight, and take from his carriage the ominoushand-trunk.“Ah!”thought I,“somebody has to take it; and what[15]may the potion be?”Just then a tiny, sweet face appeared in the vestibule,and red nose, suffused eyes, cough, and tired look, toldthe story; but, looking up quaintly, the poor child said,—“I've got cold, doctor.”[20]Her apparent pride at sharing in a popular influenzawas comical. However, her dividend, when comparedwith that of the household stockholders, was new; anddoubtless their familiarity with what the stock paid, madethem more serious over it. [25]What if that sweet child, so bravely confessing thatshe had something that she ought not to have, and whichmamma thought must be gotten rid of, had been taughtthe value of saying even more bravely, and believingit,— [30][pg 240]“I havenotgot cold.”[1]Why, the doctor's squills and bills would have beenavoided; and through the cold air the little one wouldhave been bounding with sparkling eyes, and ruby cheekspainted and fattened by metaphysical hygiene. [5]Parents and doctors must not take the sweet freshnessout of the children's lives by that flippant caution,“Youwill get cold.”Predicting danger does not dignify life, whereas fore-casting liberty and joy does; for these are strong pro- [10]moters of health and happiness. All education shouldcontribute to moral and physical strength and freedom.If a cold could get into the body without the assent ofmind, nature would take it out as gently, or let it remainas harmlessly, as it takes the frost out of the ground or [15]puts it into the ice-cream to the satisfaction of all.The sapling bends to the breeze, while the sturdy oak,with form and inclination fixed, breasts the tornado. Itis easier to incline the early thought rightly, than thebiased mind. Children not mistaught, naturally love [20]God; for they are pure-minded, affectionate, and gen-erally brave. Passions, appetites, pride, selfishness, haveslight sway over the fresh, unbiased thought.Teach the children early self-government, and teachthem nothing that is wrong. If they see their father with [25]a cigarette in his mouth—suggest to them that the habitof smoking is not nice, and that nothing but a loathsomewormnaturallychews tobacco. Likewise soberly informthem that“Battle-Axe Plug”takes off men's heads; or,leaving these on, that it takes from their bodies a sweet [30]something which belongs to nature,—namely, pureodors.[pg 241]From a religious point of view, the faith of both youth [1]and adult should centre as steadfastly in God to benefitthe body, as to benefit the mind. Body and mind arecorrelated in man's salvation; for man will no moreenter heaven sick than as a sinner, and Christ's Christi- [5]anity casts out sickness as well as sin of every sort.Test, if you will, metaphysical healing on two patients:one having morals to be healed, the other having a physi-cal ailment. Use as your medicine the great alterative,Truth: give to the immoralist a mental dose that says, [10]“You have no pleasure in sin,”and witness the effects.Either he will hate you, and try to make others do like-wise, so taking a dose of error big enough apparently toneutralize your Truth, else he will doubtingly await theresult; during which interim, by constant combat and [15]direful struggles, you get the victory and Truth heals himof the moral malady.On the other hand, to the bedridden sufferer admin-ister this alternative Truth:“God never made you sick:there is no necessity for pain; and Truth destroys the [20]error that insists on the necessity of any man's bondageto sin and sickness.“Ye shall know the truth, and thetruth shall make you free.’”Then, like blind Bartimeus, the doubting heart looksup through faith, and your patient rejoices in the gospel [25]of health.Thus, you see, it is easier to heal the physical than themoral ailment. When divine Truth and Love heal, ofsin, the sinner who is at ease in sin, how much more shouldthese heal, of sickness, the sick who are dis-eased, dis- [30]comforted, and who long for relief![pg 242]

Out upon the sidewalk one winter morning, I observeda carriage draw up before a stately mansion; a portlygentleman alight, and take from his carriage the ominoushand-trunk.

Out upon the sidewalk one winter morning, I observed

a carriage draw up before a stately mansion; a portly

gentleman alight, and take from his carriage the ominous

hand-trunk.

“Ah!”thought I,“somebody has to take it; and what[15]may the potion be?”

“Ah!”thought I,“somebody has to take it; and what[15]

may the potion be?”

Just then a tiny, sweet face appeared in the vestibule,and red nose, suffused eyes, cough, and tired look, toldthe story; but, looking up quaintly, the poor child said,—

Just then a tiny, sweet face appeared in the vestibule,

and red nose, suffused eyes, cough, and tired look, told

the story; but, looking up quaintly, the poor child said,—

“I've got cold, doctor.”[20]

Her apparent pride at sharing in a popular influenzawas comical. However, her dividend, when comparedwith that of the household stockholders, was new; anddoubtless their familiarity with what the stock paid, madethem more serious over it. [25]

Her apparent pride at sharing in a popular influenza

was comical. However, her dividend, when compared

with that of the household stockholders, was new; and

doubtless their familiarity with what the stock paid, made

them more serious over it. [25]

What if that sweet child, so bravely confessing thatshe had something that she ought not to have, and whichmamma thought must be gotten rid of, had been taughtthe value of saying even more bravely, and believingit,— [30]

What if that sweet child, so bravely confessing that

she had something that she ought not to have, and which

mamma thought must be gotten rid of, had been taught

the value of saying even more bravely, and believing

it,— [30]

“I havenotgot cold.”[1]

Why, the doctor's squills and bills would have beenavoided; and through the cold air the little one wouldhave been bounding with sparkling eyes, and ruby cheekspainted and fattened by metaphysical hygiene. [5]

Why, the doctor's squills and bills would have been

avoided; and through the cold air the little one would

have been bounding with sparkling eyes, and ruby cheeks

painted and fattened by metaphysical hygiene. [5]

Parents and doctors must not take the sweet freshnessout of the children's lives by that flippant caution,“Youwill get cold.”

Parents and doctors must not take the sweet freshness

out of the children's lives by that flippant caution,“You

will get cold.”

Predicting danger does not dignify life, whereas fore-casting liberty and joy does; for these are strong pro- [10]moters of health and happiness. All education shouldcontribute to moral and physical strength and freedom.If a cold could get into the body without the assent ofmind, nature would take it out as gently, or let it remainas harmlessly, as it takes the frost out of the ground or [15]puts it into the ice-cream to the satisfaction of all.

Predicting danger does not dignify life, whereas fore-

casting liberty and joy does; for these are strong pro- [10]

moters of health and happiness. All education should

contribute to moral and physical strength and freedom.

If a cold could get into the body without the assent of

mind, nature would take it out as gently, or let it remain

as harmlessly, as it takes the frost out of the ground or [15]

puts it into the ice-cream to the satisfaction of all.

The sapling bends to the breeze, while the sturdy oak,with form and inclination fixed, breasts the tornado. Itis easier to incline the early thought rightly, than thebiased mind. Children not mistaught, naturally love [20]God; for they are pure-minded, affectionate, and gen-erally brave. Passions, appetites, pride, selfishness, haveslight sway over the fresh, unbiased thought.

The sapling bends to the breeze, while the sturdy oak,

with form and inclination fixed, breasts the tornado. It

is easier to incline the early thought rightly, than the

biased mind. Children not mistaught, naturally love [20]

God; for they are pure-minded, affectionate, and gen-

erally brave. Passions, appetites, pride, selfishness, have

slight sway over the fresh, unbiased thought.

Teach the children early self-government, and teachthem nothing that is wrong. If they see their father with [25]a cigarette in his mouth—suggest to them that the habitof smoking is not nice, and that nothing but a loathsomewormnaturallychews tobacco. Likewise soberly informthem that“Battle-Axe Plug”takes off men's heads; or,leaving these on, that it takes from their bodies a sweet [30]something which belongs to nature,—namely, pureodors.

Teach the children early self-government, and teach

them nothing that is wrong. If they see their father with [25]

a cigarette in his mouth—suggest to them that the habit

of smoking is not nice, and that nothing but a loathsome

wormnaturallychews tobacco. Likewise soberly inform

them that“Battle-Axe Plug”takes off men's heads; or,

leaving these on, that it takes from their bodies a sweet [30]

something which belongs to nature,—namely, pure

odors.

From a religious point of view, the faith of both youth [1]and adult should centre as steadfastly in God to benefitthe body, as to benefit the mind. Body and mind arecorrelated in man's salvation; for man will no moreenter heaven sick than as a sinner, and Christ's Christi- [5]anity casts out sickness as well as sin of every sort.

From a religious point of view, the faith of both youth [1]

and adult should centre as steadfastly in God to benefit

the body, as to benefit the mind. Body and mind are

correlated in man's salvation; for man will no more

enter heaven sick than as a sinner, and Christ's Christi- [5]

anity casts out sickness as well as sin of every sort.

Test, if you will, metaphysical healing on two patients:one having morals to be healed, the other having a physi-cal ailment. Use as your medicine the great alterative,Truth: give to the immoralist a mental dose that says, [10]“You have no pleasure in sin,”and witness the effects.

Test, if you will, metaphysical healing on two patients:

one having morals to be healed, the other having a physi-

cal ailment. Use as your medicine the great alterative,

Truth: give to the immoralist a mental dose that says, [10]

“You have no pleasure in sin,”and witness the effects.

Either he will hate you, and try to make others do like-wise, so taking a dose of error big enough apparently toneutralize your Truth, else he will doubtingly await theresult; during which interim, by constant combat and [15]direful struggles, you get the victory and Truth heals himof the moral malady.

Either he will hate you, and try to make others do like-

wise, so taking a dose of error big enough apparently to

neutralize your Truth, else he will doubtingly await the

result; during which interim, by constant combat and [15]

direful struggles, you get the victory and Truth heals him

of the moral malady.

On the other hand, to the bedridden sufferer admin-ister this alternative Truth:“God never made you sick:there is no necessity for pain; and Truth destroys the [20]error that insists on the necessity of any man's bondageto sin and sickness.“Ye shall know the truth, and thetruth shall make you free.’”

On the other hand, to the bedridden sufferer admin-

ister this alternative Truth:“God never made you sick:

there is no necessity for pain; and Truth destroys the [20]

error that insists on the necessity of any man's bondage

to sin and sickness.“Ye shall know the truth, and the

truth shall make you free.’”

Then, like blind Bartimeus, the doubting heart looksup through faith, and your patient rejoices in the gospel [25]of health.

Then, like blind Bartimeus, the doubting heart looks

up through faith, and your patient rejoices in the gospel [25]

of health.

Thus, you see, it is easier to heal the physical than themoral ailment. When divine Truth and Love heal, ofsin, the sinner who is at ease in sin, how much more shouldthese heal, of sickness, the sick who are dis-eased, dis- [30]comforted, and who long for relief!

Thus, you see, it is easier to heal the physical than the

moral ailment. When divine Truth and Love heal, of

sin, the sinner who is at ease in sin, how much more should

these heal, of sickness, the sick who are dis-eased, dis- [30]

comforted, and who long for relief!

“Prayer And Healing”The article of Professor T——, having the above cap- [1]tion, published inZion's Herald, December third, camenot to my notice until January ninth. In it the Professoroffered me, as President of the Metaphysical College inBoston, or one of my students, the liberal sum of one [5]thousand dollars if either would reset certain dislocationswithout the use of hands, and two thousand dollars ifeither would give sight to one born blind.Will the gentleman accept my thanks due to his gener- [10]osity; for, if I should accept his bid on Christianity, hewould lose his money.Why?Because I performed more difficult tasks fifteen yearsago. At present, I am in another department of Christian [15]work,“where there shall no signs be given them,”forthey shall be instructed in the Principle of ChristianScience that furnishes its own proof.But, to reward his liberality, I offer him three thou-sand dollars if he will heal one single case of opium-eating [20]where the patient is very low and taking morphine powderin its most concentrated form, at the rate of one ounce intwo weeks,—having taken it twenty years; and he is tocure that habit in three days, leaving the patient well. Icured precisely such a case in 1869. [25]Also, Mr. C. M. H——, of Boston, formerly partnerof George T. Brown, pharmacist, No. 5 Beacon St., willtell you that he was my student in December, 1884; andthat before leaving the class he took a patient thoroughlyaddicted to the use of opium—if she went without it [30][pg 243]twenty-four hours she would have delirium—and in [1]forty-eight hours cured her perfectly of this habit,with no bad results, but with decided improvement inhealth.I have not yet made surgery one of the mental branches [5]taught in my college; although students treat sprains,contusions, etc., successfully. In the case of sprain of thewrist-joint, where the regular doctor had put on splintsand bandages to remain six weeks, a student of mineremoved these appliances the same day and effected the [10]cure in less than one week. Reference, Mrs. M. A. F——,107 Eutaw Street, East Boston.I agree with the Professor, that every system of medi-cine claims more than it practises. If the system is Science,it includes of necessity the Principle, which the learner [15]can demonstrate only in proportion as he understands it.Boasting is unbecoming a mortal's poor performances.My Christian students are proverbially modest: theirworks alone should declare them, since my system of medi-cine is not generally understood. There are charlatans [20]in“mind-cure,”who practise on the basis of matter, orhuman will, not Mind.The Professor alludes to Paul's advice to Timothy.Did he refer to that questionable counsel,“Take a littlewine for thy stomach's sake”? Even doctors disagree [25]on that prescription: some of the medical faculty willtell you that alcoholic drinks cause the coats of the stomachto thicken and the organ to contract; will prevent thesecretions of the gastric juice, and induce ulceration,bleeding, vomiting, death. [30]Again, the Professor quotes, in justification of materialmethods, and as veritable:“He took a bone from the[pg 244]side of Adam, closed up the wound thereof, and builded [1]up the woman.”(Gen. ii. 21.)Here we have the Professor on the platform of ChristianScience! even a“surgical operation”that he says wasperformed by divine power,—Mind alone constructing [5]the human system, before surgical instruments wereinvented, and closing the incisions of the flesh.He further states that God cannot save the soul withoutcompliance to ordained conditions. But, we ask, havethose conditions named in Genesis been perpetuated in [10]the multiplication of mankind? And, are the conditionsof salvation mental, or physical; are they bodily penanceand torture, or repentance and reform, which are theaction of mind?He asks,“Has the law been abrogated that demands[15]the employment of visible agencies for specific ends?”Will he accept my reply as derived from the life andteachings of Jesus?—who annulled the so-called laws ofmatter by the higher law of Spirit, causing him to walkthe wave, turn the water into wine, make the blind to see, [20]the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the dead to beraised without matter-agencies. And he did this for man'sexample; not to teach himself, but others, the way ofhealing and salvation. He said,“And other sheep I have,which are not of this fold.”[25]The teachings and demonstration of Jesus were forall peoples and for all time; not for a privileged class ora restricted period, but for as many as should believe inhim.Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]cially the children of our Lord because of their medicaldiscoveries?[pg 245]We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have hiswords, and the prophet's, as follows:“Take no thought,saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?”“And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.[5]And Asa slept with his fathers.”

The article of Professor T——, having the above cap- [1]tion, published inZion's Herald, December third, camenot to my notice until January ninth. In it the Professoroffered me, as President of the Metaphysical College inBoston, or one of my students, the liberal sum of one [5]thousand dollars if either would reset certain dislocationswithout the use of hands, and two thousand dollars ifeither would give sight to one born blind.

The article of Professor T——, having the above cap- [1]

tion, published inZion's Herald, December third, came

not to my notice until January ninth. In it the Professor

offered me, as President of the Metaphysical College in

Boston, or one of my students, the liberal sum of one [5]

thousand dollars if either would reset certain dislocations

without the use of hands, and two thousand dollars if

either would give sight to one born blind.

Will the gentleman accept my thanks due to his gener- [10]osity; for, if I should accept his bid on Christianity, hewould lose his money.

Will the gentleman accept my thanks due to his gener- [10]

osity; for, if I should accept his bid on Christianity, he

would lose his money.

Why?

Because I performed more difficult tasks fifteen yearsago. At present, I am in another department of Christian [15]work,“where there shall no signs be given them,”forthey shall be instructed in the Principle of ChristianScience that furnishes its own proof.

Because I performed more difficult tasks fifteen years

ago. At present, I am in another department of Christian [15]

work,“where there shall no signs be given them,”for

they shall be instructed in the Principle of Christian

Science that furnishes its own proof.

But, to reward his liberality, I offer him three thou-sand dollars if he will heal one single case of opium-eating [20]where the patient is very low and taking morphine powderin its most concentrated form, at the rate of one ounce intwo weeks,—having taken it twenty years; and he is tocure that habit in three days, leaving the patient well. Icured precisely such a case in 1869. [25]

But, to reward his liberality, I offer him three thou-

sand dollars if he will heal one single case of opium-eating [20]

where the patient is very low and taking morphine powder

in its most concentrated form, at the rate of one ounce in

two weeks,—having taken it twenty years; and he is to

cure that habit in three days, leaving the patient well. I

cured precisely such a case in 1869. [25]

Also, Mr. C. M. H——, of Boston, formerly partnerof George T. Brown, pharmacist, No. 5 Beacon St., willtell you that he was my student in December, 1884; andthat before leaving the class he took a patient thoroughlyaddicted to the use of opium—if she went without it [30]

Also, Mr. C. M. H——, of Boston, formerly partner

of George T. Brown, pharmacist, No. 5 Beacon St., will

tell you that he was my student in December, 1884; and

that before leaving the class he took a patient thoroughly

addicted to the use of opium—if she went without it [30]

twenty-four hours she would have delirium—and in [1]forty-eight hours cured her perfectly of this habit,with no bad results, but with decided improvement inhealth.

twenty-four hours she would have delirium—and in [1]

forty-eight hours cured her perfectly of this habit,

with no bad results, but with decided improvement in

health.

I have not yet made surgery one of the mental branches [5]taught in my college; although students treat sprains,contusions, etc., successfully. In the case of sprain of thewrist-joint, where the regular doctor had put on splintsand bandages to remain six weeks, a student of mineremoved these appliances the same day and effected the [10]cure in less than one week. Reference, Mrs. M. A. F——,107 Eutaw Street, East Boston.

I have not yet made surgery one of the mental branches [5]

taught in my college; although students treat sprains,

contusions, etc., successfully. In the case of sprain of the

wrist-joint, where the regular doctor had put on splints

and bandages to remain six weeks, a student of mine

removed these appliances the same day and effected the [10]

cure in less than one week. Reference, Mrs. M. A. F——,

107 Eutaw Street, East Boston.

I agree with the Professor, that every system of medi-cine claims more than it practises. If the system is Science,it includes of necessity the Principle, which the learner [15]can demonstrate only in proportion as he understands it.Boasting is unbecoming a mortal's poor performances.My Christian students are proverbially modest: theirworks alone should declare them, since my system of medi-cine is not generally understood. There are charlatans [20]in“mind-cure,”who practise on the basis of matter, orhuman will, not Mind.

I agree with the Professor, that every system of medi-

cine claims more than it practises. If the system is Science,

it includes of necessity the Principle, which the learner [15]

can demonstrate only in proportion as he understands it.

Boasting is unbecoming a mortal's poor performances.

My Christian students are proverbially modest: their

works alone should declare them, since my system of medi-

cine is not generally understood. There are charlatans [20]

in“mind-cure,”who practise on the basis of matter, or

human will, not Mind.

The Professor alludes to Paul's advice to Timothy.Did he refer to that questionable counsel,“Take a littlewine for thy stomach's sake”? Even doctors disagree [25]on that prescription: some of the medical faculty willtell you that alcoholic drinks cause the coats of the stomachto thicken and the organ to contract; will prevent thesecretions of the gastric juice, and induce ulceration,bleeding, vomiting, death. [30]

The Professor alludes to Paul's advice to Timothy.

Did he refer to that questionable counsel,“Take a little

wine for thy stomach's sake”? Even doctors disagree [25]

on that prescription: some of the medical faculty will

tell you that alcoholic drinks cause the coats of the stomach

to thicken and the organ to contract; will prevent the

secretions of the gastric juice, and induce ulceration,

bleeding, vomiting, death. [30]

Again, the Professor quotes, in justification of materialmethods, and as veritable:“He took a bone from the

Again, the Professor quotes, in justification of material

methods, and as veritable:“He took a bone from the

side of Adam, closed up the wound thereof, and builded [1]up the woman.”(Gen. ii. 21.)

side of Adam, closed up the wound thereof, and builded [1]

up the woman.”(Gen. ii. 21.)

Here we have the Professor on the platform of ChristianScience! even a“surgical operation”that he says wasperformed by divine power,—Mind alone constructing [5]the human system, before surgical instruments wereinvented, and closing the incisions of the flesh.

Here we have the Professor on the platform of Christian

Science! even a“surgical operation”that he says was

performed by divine power,—Mind alone constructing [5]

the human system, before surgical instruments were

invented, and closing the incisions of the flesh.

He further states that God cannot save the soul withoutcompliance to ordained conditions. But, we ask, havethose conditions named in Genesis been perpetuated in [10]the multiplication of mankind? And, are the conditionsof salvation mental, or physical; are they bodily penanceand torture, or repentance and reform, which are theaction of mind?

He further states that God cannot save the soul without

compliance to ordained conditions. But, we ask, have

those conditions named in Genesis been perpetuated in [10]

the multiplication of mankind? And, are the conditions

of salvation mental, or physical; are they bodily penance

and torture, or repentance and reform, which are the

action of mind?

He asks,“Has the law been abrogated that demands[15]the employment of visible agencies for specific ends?”

He asks,“Has the law been abrogated that demands[15]

the employment of visible agencies for specific ends?”

Will he accept my reply as derived from the life andteachings of Jesus?—who annulled the so-called laws ofmatter by the higher law of Spirit, causing him to walkthe wave, turn the water into wine, make the blind to see, [20]the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the dead to beraised without matter-agencies. And he did this for man'sexample; not to teach himself, but others, the way ofhealing and salvation. He said,“And other sheep I have,which are not of this fold.”[25]

Will he accept my reply as derived from the life and

teachings of Jesus?—who annulled the so-called laws of

matter by the higher law of Spirit, causing him to walk

the wave, turn the water into wine, make the blind to see, [20]

the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the dead to be

raised without matter-agencies. And he did this for man's

example; not to teach himself, but others, the way of

healing and salvation. He said,“And other sheep I have,

which are not of this fold.”[25]

The teachings and demonstration of Jesus were forall peoples and for all time; not for a privileged class ora restricted period, but for as many as should believe inhim.

The teachings and demonstration of Jesus were for

all peoples and for all time; not for a privileged class or

a restricted period, but for as many as should believe in

him.

Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]cially the children of our Lord because of their medicaldiscoveries?

Are the discoverers of quinine, cocaine, etc., espe- [30]

cially the children of our Lord because of their medical

discoveries?

We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have hiswords, and the prophet's, as follows:“Take no thought,saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?”“And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.[5]And Asa slept with his fathers.”

We have no record showing that our Master ever used, [1]

or recommended others to use, drugs; but we have his

words, and the prophet's, as follows:“Take no thought,

saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?”

“And Asa ... sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.[5]

And Asa slept with his fathers.”

Veritas Odium ParitThe combined efforts of the materialistic portion ofthe pulpit and press in 1885, to retard by misrepresen-tation the stately goings of Christian Science, are giving [10]it new impetus and energy; calling forth thevox populiand directing more critical observation to its upliftinginfluence upon the health, morals, and spirituality ofmankind.Their movements indicate fear and weakness, a physi- [15]cal and spiritual need that Christian Science should re-move with glorious results. The conclusion cannot nowbe pushed, that women have no rights that man is boundto respect. This is woman's hour, in all the good tend-encies, charities, and reforms of to-day. It is difficult [20]to say which may be most mischievous to the humanheart, the praise or the dispraise of men.I have loved the Church and followed it, thinking thatit was following Christ; but, if the pulpit allows the peopleto go no further in the direction of Christlikeness, and [25]rejects apostolic Christianity, seeking to stereotype infiniteTruth, it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walkalone the straight and narrow way; that, in the words ofWendell Phillips,“one with God is a majority.”[pg 246]It is the pulpit and press, clerical robes and the pro- [1]hibiting of free speech, that cradles and covers the sins ofthe world,—all unmitigated systems of crime; and itrequires the enlightenment of these worthies, throughcivil and religious reform, to blot out all inhuman codes. [5]It was the Southern pulpit and press that influenced thepeople to wrench from man both human and divine rights,in order to subserve the interests of wealth, religious caste,civil and political power. And the pulpit had to bepurged of that sin by human gore,—when the love of [10]Christ would have washed it divinely away in ChristianScience!The cry of the colored slave has scarcely been heardand hushed, when from another direction there comesanother sharp cry of oppression. Another form of inhumanity [15]lifts its hydra head to forge anew the old fetters;to shackle conscience, stop free speech, slander, vilify;to invite its prey, then turn and refuse the victim a solitaryvindication in this most unprecedented warfare.A conflict more terrible than the battle of Gettysburg [20]awaits the crouching wrong that refused to yield itsprey the peace of a desert, when a voice was heardcrying in the wilderness,—the spiritual famine of 1866,—“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His pathsstraight.”[25]Shall religious intolerance, arrayed against the rightsof man, again deluge the earth in blood? The questionat issue with mankind is: Shall we have a spiritual Chris-tianity and a spiritual healing, or a materialistic religionand amateria medica? [30]The advancing faith and hope of Christianity, theearnest seeking after practical truth that shall cast out[pg 247]error and heal the sick, wisely demand for man his God- [1]given heritage, both human and divine rights; namely,that his honest convictions andproofsof advancing truthbe allowed due consideration, and treated not as pearlstrampled upon. [5]Those familiar with my history are more tolerant; thosewho know me, know that I found health in just what Iteach. I have professed Christianity a half-century; andnow I calmly challenge the world, upon fair investigation,to furnish a single instance of departure in one of my [10]works from the highest possible ethics.The charges against my views are false, but natural,since those bringing them do not understand my state-ment of the Science I introduce, and are unwilling to betaught it, even gratuitously. If they did understand it, they [15]could demonstrate this Science by healing the sick; hencethe injustice of their interpretations.To many, the healing force developed by ChristianScience seems a mystery, because they do not understandthat Spirit controls body. They acknowledge the exist- [20]ence of mortal mind, but believe it to reside in matterof the brain; but that man is the idea of infinite Mind,is not so easily accepted. That which is temporaryseems, to the common estimate, solid and substantial.It is much easier for people to believe that the body [25]affects mind, than that the body is an expression ofmind, and reflects harmony or discord according tothought.Everything that God created, He pronounced good.He never made sickness. Hencethatis only an evil belief [30]of mortal mind, which must be met, in every instance,with a denial by Truth.[pg 248]This is the“new tongue,”the language of them that [1]“lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,”whosespiritual interpretation they refuse to hear. For instance:the literal meaning of the passage“lay hands on the sick”would be manipulation; its moral meaning, found in the [5]“new tongue,”is spiritual power,—as, in another Scripture,“I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.”

The combined efforts of the materialistic portion ofthe pulpit and press in 1885, to retard by misrepresen-tation the stately goings of Christian Science, are giving [10]it new impetus and energy; calling forth thevox populiand directing more critical observation to its upliftinginfluence upon the health, morals, and spirituality ofmankind.

The combined efforts of the materialistic portion of

the pulpit and press in 1885, to retard by misrepresen-

tation the stately goings of Christian Science, are giving [10]

it new impetus and energy; calling forth thevox populi

and directing more critical observation to its uplifting

influence upon the health, morals, and spirituality of

mankind.

Their movements indicate fear and weakness, a physi- [15]cal and spiritual need that Christian Science should re-move with glorious results. The conclusion cannot nowbe pushed, that women have no rights that man is boundto respect. This is woman's hour, in all the good tend-encies, charities, and reforms of to-day. It is difficult [20]to say which may be most mischievous to the humanheart, the praise or the dispraise of men.

Their movements indicate fear and weakness, a physi- [15]

cal and spiritual need that Christian Science should re-

move with glorious results. The conclusion cannot now

be pushed, that women have no rights that man is bound

to respect. This is woman's hour, in all the good tend-

encies, charities, and reforms of to-day. It is difficult [20]

to say which may be most mischievous to the human

heart, the praise or the dispraise of men.

I have loved the Church and followed it, thinking thatit was following Christ; but, if the pulpit allows the peopleto go no further in the direction of Christlikeness, and [25]rejects apostolic Christianity, seeking to stereotype infiniteTruth, it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walkalone the straight and narrow way; that, in the words ofWendell Phillips,“one with God is a majority.”

I have loved the Church and followed it, thinking that

it was following Christ; but, if the pulpit allows the people

to go no further in the direction of Christlikeness, and [25]

rejects apostolic Christianity, seeking to stereotype infinite

Truth, it is a thing to be thankful for that one can walk

alone the straight and narrow way; that, in the words of

Wendell Phillips,“one with God is a majority.”

It is the pulpit and press, clerical robes and the pro- [1]hibiting of free speech, that cradles and covers the sins ofthe world,—all unmitigated systems of crime; and itrequires the enlightenment of these worthies, throughcivil and religious reform, to blot out all inhuman codes. [5]It was the Southern pulpit and press that influenced thepeople to wrench from man both human and divine rights,in order to subserve the interests of wealth, religious caste,civil and political power. And the pulpit had to bepurged of that sin by human gore,—when the love of [10]Christ would have washed it divinely away in ChristianScience!

It is the pulpit and press, clerical robes and the pro- [1]

hibiting of free speech, that cradles and covers the sins of

the world,—all unmitigated systems of crime; and it

requires the enlightenment of these worthies, through

civil and religious reform, to blot out all inhuman codes. [5]

It was the Southern pulpit and press that influenced the

people to wrench from man both human and divine rights,

in order to subserve the interests of wealth, religious caste,

civil and political power. And the pulpit had to be

purged of that sin by human gore,—when the love of [10]

Christ would have washed it divinely away in Christian

Science!

The cry of the colored slave has scarcely been heardand hushed, when from another direction there comesanother sharp cry of oppression. Another form of inhumanity [15]lifts its hydra head to forge anew the old fetters;to shackle conscience, stop free speech, slander, vilify;to invite its prey, then turn and refuse the victim a solitaryvindication in this most unprecedented warfare.

The cry of the colored slave has scarcely been heard

and hushed, when from another direction there comes

another sharp cry of oppression. Another form of inhumanity [15]

lifts its hydra head to forge anew the old fetters;

to shackle conscience, stop free speech, slander, vilify;

to invite its prey, then turn and refuse the victim a solitary

vindication in this most unprecedented warfare.

A conflict more terrible than the battle of Gettysburg [20]awaits the crouching wrong that refused to yield itsprey the peace of a desert, when a voice was heardcrying in the wilderness,—the spiritual famine of 1866,—“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His pathsstraight.”[25]

A conflict more terrible than the battle of Gettysburg [20]

awaits the crouching wrong that refused to yield its

prey the peace of a desert, when a voice was heard

crying in the wilderness,—the spiritual famine of 1866,

—“Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths

straight.”[25]

Shall religious intolerance, arrayed against the rightsof man, again deluge the earth in blood? The questionat issue with mankind is: Shall we have a spiritual Chris-tianity and a spiritual healing, or a materialistic religionand amateria medica? [30]

Shall religious intolerance, arrayed against the rights

of man, again deluge the earth in blood? The question

at issue with mankind is: Shall we have a spiritual Chris-

tianity and a spiritual healing, or a materialistic religion

and amateria medica? [30]

The advancing faith and hope of Christianity, theearnest seeking after practical truth that shall cast out

The advancing faith and hope of Christianity, the

earnest seeking after practical truth that shall cast out

error and heal the sick, wisely demand for man his God- [1]given heritage, both human and divine rights; namely,that his honest convictions andproofsof advancing truthbe allowed due consideration, and treated not as pearlstrampled upon. [5]

error and heal the sick, wisely demand for man his God- [1]

given heritage, both human and divine rights; namely,

that his honest convictions andproofsof advancing truth

be allowed due consideration, and treated not as pearls

trampled upon. [5]

Those familiar with my history are more tolerant; thosewho know me, know that I found health in just what Iteach. I have professed Christianity a half-century; andnow I calmly challenge the world, upon fair investigation,to furnish a single instance of departure in one of my [10]works from the highest possible ethics.

Those familiar with my history are more tolerant; those

who know me, know that I found health in just what I

teach. I have professed Christianity a half-century; and

now I calmly challenge the world, upon fair investigation,

to furnish a single instance of departure in one of my [10]

works from the highest possible ethics.

The charges against my views are false, but natural,since those bringing them do not understand my state-ment of the Science I introduce, and are unwilling to betaught it, even gratuitously. If they did understand it, they [15]could demonstrate this Science by healing the sick; hencethe injustice of their interpretations.

The charges against my views are false, but natural,

since those bringing them do not understand my state-

ment of the Science I introduce, and are unwilling to be

taught it, even gratuitously. If they did understand it, they [15]

could demonstrate this Science by healing the sick; hence

the injustice of their interpretations.

To many, the healing force developed by ChristianScience seems a mystery, because they do not understandthat Spirit controls body. They acknowledge the exist- [20]ence of mortal mind, but believe it to reside in matterof the brain; but that man is the idea of infinite Mind,is not so easily accepted. That which is temporaryseems, to the common estimate, solid and substantial.It is much easier for people to believe that the body [25]affects mind, than that the body is an expression ofmind, and reflects harmony or discord according tothought.

To many, the healing force developed by Christian

Science seems a mystery, because they do not understand

that Spirit controls body. They acknowledge the exist- [20]

ence of mortal mind, but believe it to reside in matter

of the brain; but that man is the idea of infinite Mind,

is not so easily accepted. That which is temporary

seems, to the common estimate, solid and substantial.

It is much easier for people to believe that the body [25]

affects mind, than that the body is an expression of

mind, and reflects harmony or discord according to

thought.

Everything that God created, He pronounced good.He never made sickness. Hencethatis only an evil belief [30]of mortal mind, which must be met, in every instance,with a denial by Truth.

Everything that God created, He pronounced good.

He never made sickness. Hencethatis only an evil belief [30]

of mortal mind, which must be met, in every instance,

with a denial by Truth.

This is the“new tongue,”the language of them that [1]“lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,”whosespiritual interpretation they refuse to hear. For instance:the literal meaning of the passage“lay hands on the sick”would be manipulation; its moral meaning, found in the [5]“new tongue,”is spiritual power,—as, in another Scripture,“I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.”

This is the“new tongue,”the language of them that [1]

“lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,”whose

spiritual interpretation they refuse to hear. For instance:

the literal meaning of the passage“lay hands on the sick”

would be manipulation; its moral meaning, found in the [5]

“new tongue,”is spiritual power,—as, in another Scripture,

“I will triumph in the works of Thy hands.”

FalsehoodThe Greeks showed a just estimate of the person theycalled slanderer, when they made the word synonymous [10]with devil. If the simple falsehoods uttered about mewere compounded, the mixture would be labelled thus:“Religionists' mistaken views of Mrs. Eddy's book,‘Sci-ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures,”and themalice aforethought of sinners.”[15]That I take opium; that I am an infidel, a mesmerist,a medium, a“pantheist;”or that my hourly life is prayerless,or not in strict obedience to the Mosaic Decalogue,—is not more true than that I am dead, as is oft reported.TheSt. Louis Democratis alleged to have reported my [20]demise, and to have said that I died of poison, and bequeathedmy property to Susan Anthony.The opium falsehood has only this to it: Many yearsago my regular physician prescribed morphine, which Itook, when he could do no more for me. Afterwards, [25]the glorious revelations of Christian Science saved mefrom that necessity and made me well, since which timeI have not taken drugs, with the following exception:When the mental malpractice of poisoning people was[pg 249]first undertaken by a mesmerist, to test that malprac- [1]tice I experimented by taking some large doses of mor-phine, to see if Christian Science could not obviate itseffect; and I say with tearful thanks,“The drug hadno effect upon me whatever.”The hour has struck, [5]—“If they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurtthem.”The false report that I have appropriated other people'smanuscripts in my works, has been met and answeredlegally. Both in private and public life, and especially [10]through my teachings, it is well known that I am not aspiritualist, a pantheist, or prayerless. The most devoutmembers of evangelical churches will say this, as well asmy intimate acquaintances. None are permitted to re-main in my College building whose morals are not un- [15]questionable. I have neither purchased nor ordered adrug since my residence in Boston; and to my knowledge,not one has been sent to my house, unless it was somethingto remove stains or vermin.The report that I was dead arose no doubt from the [20]combined efforts of some malignant students, expelledfrom my College for immorality, to kill me: of their mentaldesign to do this I have proof, but no fear. My heavenlyFather will never leave me comfortless, in the amplitudeof His love; coming nearer in my need, more tenderly to [25]save and bless.

The Greeks showed a just estimate of the person theycalled slanderer, when they made the word synonymous [10]with devil. If the simple falsehoods uttered about mewere compounded, the mixture would be labelled thus:“Religionists' mistaken views of Mrs. Eddy's book,‘Sci-ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures,”and themalice aforethought of sinners.”[15]

The Greeks showed a just estimate of the person they

called slanderer, when they made the word synonymous [10]

with devil. If the simple falsehoods uttered about me

were compounded, the mixture would be labelled thus:

“Religionists' mistaken views of Mrs. Eddy's book,‘Sci-

ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures,”and the

malice aforethought of sinners.”[15]

That I take opium; that I am an infidel, a mesmerist,a medium, a“pantheist;”or that my hourly life is prayerless,or not in strict obedience to the Mosaic Decalogue,—is not more true than that I am dead, as is oft reported.TheSt. Louis Democratis alleged to have reported my [20]demise, and to have said that I died of poison, and bequeathedmy property to Susan Anthony.

That I take opium; that I am an infidel, a mesmerist,

a medium, a“pantheist;”or that my hourly life is prayerless,

or not in strict obedience to the Mosaic Decalogue,—

is not more true than that I am dead, as is oft reported.

TheSt. Louis Democratis alleged to have reported my [20]

demise, and to have said that I died of poison, and bequeathed

my property to Susan Anthony.

The opium falsehood has only this to it: Many yearsago my regular physician prescribed morphine, which Itook, when he could do no more for me. Afterwards, [25]the glorious revelations of Christian Science saved mefrom that necessity and made me well, since which timeI have not taken drugs, with the following exception:When the mental malpractice of poisoning people was

The opium falsehood has only this to it: Many years

ago my regular physician prescribed morphine, which I

took, when he could do no more for me. Afterwards, [25]

the glorious revelations of Christian Science saved me

from that necessity and made me well, since which time

I have not taken drugs, with the following exception:

When the mental malpractice of poisoning people was

first undertaken by a mesmerist, to test that malprac- [1]tice I experimented by taking some large doses of mor-phine, to see if Christian Science could not obviate itseffect; and I say with tearful thanks,“The drug hadno effect upon me whatever.”The hour has struck, [5]—“If they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurtthem.”

first undertaken by a mesmerist, to test that malprac- [1]

tice I experimented by taking some large doses of mor-

phine, to see if Christian Science could not obviate its

effect; and I say with tearful thanks,“The drug had

no effect upon me whatever.”The hour has struck, [5]

—“If they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt

them.”

The false report that I have appropriated other people'smanuscripts in my works, has been met and answeredlegally. Both in private and public life, and especially [10]through my teachings, it is well known that I am not aspiritualist, a pantheist, or prayerless. The most devoutmembers of evangelical churches will say this, as well asmy intimate acquaintances. None are permitted to re-main in my College building whose morals are not un- [15]questionable. I have neither purchased nor ordered adrug since my residence in Boston; and to my knowledge,not one has been sent to my house, unless it was somethingto remove stains or vermin.

The false report that I have appropriated other people's

manuscripts in my works, has been met and answered

legally. Both in private and public life, and especially [10]

through my teachings, it is well known that I am not a

spiritualist, a pantheist, or prayerless. The most devout

members of evangelical churches will say this, as well as

my intimate acquaintances. None are permitted to re-

main in my College building whose morals are not un- [15]

questionable. I have neither purchased nor ordered a

drug since my residence in Boston; and to my knowledge,

not one has been sent to my house, unless it was something

to remove stains or vermin.

The report that I was dead arose no doubt from the [20]combined efforts of some malignant students, expelledfrom my College for immorality, to kill me: of their mentaldesign to do this I have proof, but no fear. My heavenlyFather will never leave me comfortless, in the amplitudeof His love; coming nearer in my need, more tenderly to [25]save and bless.

The report that I was dead arose no doubt from the [20]

combined efforts of some malignant students, expelled

from my College for immorality, to kill me: of their mental

design to do this I have proof, but no fear. My heavenly

Father will never leave me comfortless, in the amplitude

of His love; coming nearer in my need, more tenderly to [25]

save and bless.

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