Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899: Vol. LV, May to October, 1899Various
Philosophy
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, October 1899: Vol. LV, May to October, 1899
Various
Science -- Periodicals; Technology -- Periodicals
From Mrs. Eddy I received no answer nor any communication whatever.
But, some time afterward, Mrs. Stetson informed me that the matter had
been turned over to Judge Septimus J. Hanna, Mrs. Eddy's "counsel."
Just here I reflected how Jesus Christ, whose representative Mrs. Eddy
declares herself to be, would have acted under those circumstances,
and I wondered how he would have appeared in this odd atmosphere
hedged about by "counsel" and other legal paraphernalia. Presently
thereafter I had the honor to receive a note from Mrs. Stetson,
appointing a time for me to call. When I did this, Mrs. Stetson gave
me a letter which had been sent her by Judge Hanna, and which she
permitted me to use as I should see fit. This is the letter:
"BOSTON, MASS., _November 18, 1898._
"_Editorial Office of The Christian Science Journal, Mrs. A. E.
Stetson, New York City_:
"DEAR SISTER: Mr. Metcalf handed me the questions submitted by
Dr. Huber. I have also received and carefully read your letters.
As I think Mr. Metcalf has informed you, this matter was referred
to me from Concord. I have been so very busy that I have not had
time to give this matter the thorough attention it needs until
now.
"I have carefully read and considered the entire paper. My
conclusion is that it will be wholly impractical--indeed, I may
say impossible--to answer these questions in such a manner as to
make an entire paper fit for publication in a medical journal,
or in any other magazine or periodical. The questions submitted
touch the entire subject of Christian Science, both in its
theology and therapeutics. These questions can be answered only
in one way so that they can be understood, and that is by just
such study of the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures as the earnest, sincere Christian Scientists are
giving them every day of their lives, and have been for years.
When we think of the helps provided by our leader, the Rev. Mary
Baker Eddy, for her own students in arriving at a correct
interpretation and putting in practice the teachings of these
text-books, such as the publications established by her, the
Bible Lessons made up of selections from the Bible and our
text-book, constituting the sermons for our service in all the
Christian-Science churches; the many auxiliaries she has
published and is publishing in further illucidation of the
text-books--when we stop to consider that even those of her
students who may be considered the most advanced are as yet
infants in the understanding and ability to demonstrate the truth
contained in these text-books, can we not easily see, and will
not your friend the doctor at a glance see, the utter futility of
attempting to answer his questions so as to make the answers
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