The evening news., April 21, 1914, Page 5, Image 5

CHKISTAIX SCIENCE
Its History, Its Philosophy, IU
. r-ureti. Its Theology
History
trlnes. She seemed proud to be con
sidered a pupil or disciple of his.
She gave publlo lectures on "P. P
Qulmby's Spiritual Science Healing
Disease." This woman was Mrs. M.
M. Patterson, now generally known
to the world as Mary
Eddv. founder of the
tlnn Science Sect. Some of the
In 1778 there appeared at Paris' things taught by Dr. Quimby
a physician from the city of Vienna, and which it is known he had taught
Frledrich Anton Mesmer, originator! long before he had ever seen Mrs.
of the art of Mesmerism. He first j Patterson are those: "Diseases of
treated disease by employing mag- the body are caused by a derange
ne,0 plates Invented by another. rueut of the mind," "The mind can
Later he claimed to have discovered j cure as well as cause disease.' A
.. new fluid which he called animal i newspaper published in 1SC0 about
two years before Dr. Quimby ever
saw Mrs. Eddy, said "The founda
tion of his theory, regarded simply
belief, is that disease Is not
magnetism and which could bo made
to act lupon the Human body and
heal disease. He ' traveled over
norttons or tuic, uu. o...... , ...,....
counts of his discoveries to tho self-existent nor created oy uou, urn
learned societies, and those who re- that it is purely the invention of
nlicd told him that 1.1s discovery ' man." Another announcement was
las an illusion. He claimed to have that "Quimby cures even the most
effected many cures. He opened his: desperate cases of disease on sclenti
doors to rich and poor and treated! tic principles, without the use of
the latter free. It was an opportune!, medicine or any material agency;
1 ,. ,..,,.! also without the aid of Mesmerism.
time. r rauce .
. ., . ,, inn The hu- Again he said "I deny disease as a
1 , j ,,. 0i,i,i i truth, but admit It as a deception
man minu was icslicdd, psmiu.i....v,
liiuu ii ,.,,, there was
tired of old beliefs and institutions. """ "'- ,,.
puousneu in uie i ukjuiju ,
a statement signed by a woman pa
tlent clnnuentlv denying that Quim
by was either a spiritualist or mes
merist anil alleging that
readv to grasp hysterically at any
thing new. Mesmer and his treat
ment became famous. His powers
were overtaxed, he invented a mag
netic tub around wnicn ins ueui
11 . .. . ,.- ..i,i! OuimbVa care patients recovered In
could, gamer, auu a umnuci - ... .i,
be treated a one time. Inside the Proportion to their percep ion o the
tub were rows of bottles filled with troth." The signer of this state
water, previously magnetued by ment. preserved in print and dated
Mesmer Slender iron rods extend- four years before the alleged
ed Z from the tub conducting the discovery o, Christian Science, was
ca qui uuiu Patterson, later the dis-
nnTnot am tn .no eaiieuis. . no
accompanied by
those articles purporting to be mine
I might have written them twenty
or thirty years ago, for I was under
the mesmeric treatment of Dr. Quira
i. fmm 1862 until his death. My
hpnd was so turned by animal mag-
nnwn '
. I noiinm and will power, under treat-
Chris- ment' tnat 1 miBht 1,aVe wrlUe"
something as hopelessly incorrect .
n, nrticles now nublished tn the
Dresser pamphlet. I was not healed1
until after the death of Mr. Quimby;
and then healing came as the result
of my discovery in 1X6(1. of the
Science of Mind-healing, since mimed
Christian Science."
What she says here about animal
magnetism is significant. Her be
lief in it was either a strange obses
sion, besetting her path throughout
life, or it was a hypocritical excuse
or subterfuge, to which she repeated
ly resorted to get herself out of the
dilemma. On which side the truth
lies on this point is not so important
as to note that her statements that
she had no help aside from the Ulble
and "inspiration" in the production
of Christian Science has been proven
in bo unhlstorical. The fact Is she
owed the whole gist of her "Meta
physical healing." which she named
"Christian Science" to Dr. Quimby.
It is curious to note that she often
referred to animal magnetism ai
Malicious Animal Magnetism, or M
underl A. M., and everyone who crossed ner
In nnv war was simply dealing in
M. A. M. It is said that at one time
in her life it was no uncommon
tiling tor her to arouse her whole
household in the middle of tile night
and even her students in the neigh-
and require them to treat
EDKXBOWEK BALI.
There will be a dance at
Socialist hall, Friday night,
May 1. Everybody Invited to
attend. Tickets $1; free lunch
to dancers at midnight.
,oo,i HM.I, BATES.
BLOW AT THE
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treatment was
strange phenomena, , especially a
mong women. Some would cough,
spit, have slight pains, perspire,
others would be shaken by convul
sions. One attack would follow an
other. Many dureswere claimed,
ami greater and greater crowds
fnronged his rooms. His patients
included the most intelligent, re
fined and reputable people, such as
public officials, land holdes, army
officers, priests and physicians. Ac
counts of the curcs were published.
Commission from leanred bodies
rnme to investigate and condemn.
but the practice went on. Those who
have written the history of tne mat
ter aver that there can be no doubt
that many who believed themselves
ill before they went to Mesmer for
treatment, afterward believed them
selves cured. There were no
doubt many actual cures. Oth
.. hnve nnneared at different
hnrhoml
. ,. nkpr Ed.lv. These her so as to ward oil .no ....i.e....
. .' " , , .,.. nrieets of M. A. M. When she fell
facts are important, ueiuu-
.,,, , nut with Mrs. Stetson of New ork
tilings tO WHICH 1 w 1U to uncvt u..-
.-,.L v.rst Mrs. Eddv gives her a shining light in her church, ac-
..... f m.-iutinn cording to Mrs. Eddy's friends
account o. ui uns... v.
. ..- ... tun tiu-Htinpra reported at the
Science as follows: "in tne )' ,,..,,.
. ,, a .i f time. Mrs. Stetson was simply den.
15.1b 1 u wiuvuieu mo ot.v.. ....
. .... ..... .. onstratillE" M. A. M. Her views on
.wetapnysica. iieuiuis, aim .......... .. ,.i. r
... , . ' .. jc. this subject sound like a revival of
Health. 1898, p. V. Again at page witchcraft. She even went so far as
,.w r tn luilo a vounc man Into court to
,.nf. rpvBin.lnn. .lie Bible was have 1.1m enojoined from practicing
.... , M. A. M. against her, but tho court
my on.y text-uu..-.- . ........ .... Was
or tongue taught me tne aciemu
.,., in ,, book. Science and she ill, which trequcntly happened
Health, and neither tongue nor pen it was due to M. A. M.
can ever overthrow it." She begins Dr. Quimby left behind hi in some
the chapter with this quotation ffom ten volumes of manuscript coiuiiih
the first chapter of Paul's epistle to Ing his views on healing, and most
eni.i. Tint I certify you. of this matter had been written be-
... n,w,,a. .vl.ich was r.,rp lie bad ever seen Mrs. Eddy.!
ore. in tn. Lii.il. ." v.-.i. - --.
preached of me is not after man; for Again, it has been shown that for,
1 neither received it of man. neither years Mrs. Eddy carried about with;
was I taught it but by the revelation her a volume of Qulmby's ma....-,
of Jesus Christ." No particular com- script, on which she based her teach.:
crs have appenrea at ..... , neceSsary. as It is plain that ing. When McCU.ro's Magazine had
times and in different countries and - croato the impression shown up the early history of Chris-;
accomplished similar results by var-, ns Uan S(..nrCi v. .1. II. Wiggin, who,
ions outward means. Mesmer , wns ,ns.,ir(!(1. Asi.in at one time hart been literary helper
thrifty and arranged, to " ' I U e 20 slle writes: "1 have set 1 , Mrs. Eddy, wrote that "What Mrs.:
his secret to Ins pupils. 1 He lot. i , chrst,.in SoU.n,.e, and its up- Eddy has, as rtoruments clearly.
Hum to be paid him was to be , Bbo t, lrMmmt f nV(1, B0 got tr0111 ,,. I (iulniby,
fifty thousand dollnrs. b. h.n s . na , ,avG (liscover0(, the,. I of Portland, Me., whom she eulo-
,e,pils proposed to pass ;e deraonstratcd the effects of after deait, as the great lender
Hon on to others, ho Imnudi. tel o,-, longevity i.n.lla.,.1 her special teacher. Seo Pow-
jeeted. lie asserted that under t jelr )f . ,,,, Mln(l; and j '. work. p. a.'.. Let mo read you
contract they were not to undertaKo, nolMnK In ancient or statements from Quimby and Mrs.
y treatment of the sick or ' " j m,lcrn SV!it(M3 )n which to round !ffldy s arranged by Powell in par-
struct others without his express . ,.a,.hl,m andlallel columns, and then I wish you
permission, and that Permian w a. f our ,,astl.r.j l() re(.all that Mrs Eddy said that
to he given when the li..n. ed o r Hni, lll,oa. n() hlimnn ton!;ue or ,, ,illlslt bcr
half the fees received by them my 01lly,tls B,.lenre. when cornered she
mention some of these facts so tnat i b(M)k l h,m, ,a(1 U.r i claimed that her former testimony
you may see later how history re- BlraiBht and narrow! t0 Qulmby's ability as a healer and
peats Itself or how great minds run, s.-jence." These bold teacher was due to hypnotism,
in the snme channel. Hy the ea . ' n arB notewortliy fr two strangely enough she rorbn.t her fol-
n,,.n becan tO poillt OUt lll.lt, l,n..Lr nil llVIIllO-
. ' " ,, . , , : things, first, tnev are niosii. uu.iu.:. in.!r to
there was no sue . t"i. , , Hlm , , hur
magnet,.,,., that U,e effe cts of the lMMy
trentn.eni, t. i .,,,,,.. which is nfter tlie iat-
tern set by Christ and ills apostles.
-..!. i,.. fM,rlt iinr 1111V Of lllH
apostles ever taught that matter, sin,
sickness do not exist; none of tlieiu
ever attempted to cure disease by
, t.h reasoning wltl. mo sick ui.u ..v
closely a.iied by 'M;'1"'"" '"V roal"y ai,k. As to what he.,,
by quacks and humbugs, ''ealinnot im
by mesmeric pas.es has I-- of the , we shall see
vet none entirely out of faslilon. .!.,.
though for the most part. .. - , pnoi f)i U) n.Mze thc lmI,orlillK.e of I ,ilk In the Christian Science cocoa
cognized that the healing unite . ,.,,.. if v.e, wish the! nut. Alongwlth some sound know
not in the passes or an worl(, t hPar v0, but , ne poet says
magnetism but in the mind of the o 1
patient
ate her followern from Christian be
Hovers, and have practically no fel
lowship with them, .'o also she had
led them to rtlect the results of
modei i psychological science. This
lends to hold the flock together
Thev nracticallv reject both historic
Christianity and Science, and yet call
tnemselves "Christian Scientists
it is no defense of Christian Science
to say that Intelligent a.nd moral
people are found within its told.
Men and women of all grades or in
telligence and character have em
braced the most outrageous forms
nf sn-nalled religious belief. Today
people of first rate intelligence are
bowing down to the idols of Budd
hism.
.No reference to the history of
fliristain Science Is complete with
out mention of the extraordinary
hiuslnesB ability of its founder. Two
great outstanding traits of her char
acter were ambition and avarice.
While yet obscure, she said to a
friend that the time iwtlnld come
when the church bolls would ring
out her birthday. She dreamed
bold dreams. Her autocratic, rule
Is well known. When she was in
structing her students she charged
them ithreo Hundred dollars cacti
for three weeks' instruction, and if
thev did not pay she sued them in
the courts. At one time sho had so
much litigation that her name be
came ns one historian says, a uy
word around the courts
opoly of Christian Science publica
tions nnd the high prices charged for
her books, and her requirement that
every Christian Scientist should buy
them, have shown to the world a
rare example of business thrift nnd
success. The probate of her ostnte
sil.EM Or.. Aurll 20. Attorney-
i:..,w,r,.l Crawford today filed with
tho secretary of state amendments'
to the constitution vesting authority
in the governor to veto single Items
in appropriation bills abolishing the
circulating of petitions for Initiative
measures and fixing filing fees o(
2U0, which will be initiated at the
coming election. Mr. Crawford said
tho measures had many supporters
and that 35 persons had ottered to
....iiinie netitlons for tl.ein without
.linking charges for their services.
The amendment relating to Initia
tive measures provides as follows:
Initiative measures shall bo III
Kl't 'I'l.MIUllWUU. I "
prevent your attending this mcetinK,
as it Is a real opportunity to get
a lino of information on the sub
ject that is most important to you.
How to get your money of fruit,
berries and broccoli.
Yours truly.
UMPQUA VALLEY FKVIT UNION.
A. U Kitchlu, Manager.
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AMERICANS
ARE SAFE
MEXICO CITY, April 20. "Gen
eral Huerta offers all guarantees to
foreigners, Americans included, who
may remain in Mexico, nnd he will
Improve this opportunity to show tho
world that his government and Mexl-
ed with the secretary of state, withjeo are moral and civilized."
a filing fee of $200 (said fee to be This statement rrosmeni n....i
applied to the cost of printing and dictated to the Associated Press to-
.....m..r ,,f election pamphlets) not day. no coiiiiiiueu
less than four months before thol
election at which they are to bo
voted upon."
The other amendment Is in part:
"If any bill presented to tho gov
ernor contains two or more sections
or two or more Items of appropria
tion money, he may object to any
. ,nrO Of HI. Ill BeCtiO.18, tlr
two or more items Of np
money, and approve the other por
tion of said bill."
Attention Fruit Growers
llnnr Sir:
Mr. Seig. of the North-Pacific.
Emit Distributors will bo in
,"' ...... llosoburg Thursday afternoon for
ner nion . ...i.i.uui frni.
the purpose ui ..... ..-...n
growers on the subject of "Coopera
tive Emit Marketing". The ...eot
Ing will bo hold in tho Commercial
Club rooms at 2 p. in., Thursday til-
lornoon, April 23.
Who nro the North-Pacific Emit
corporation
by the Orchnrd Owners of
"I desire to muko It plain to tho
American people that according to
the official report from the coni
nndcr at Port Tanipico received by
(the Mexican government there wns
no flag on the boat which lnndod
and whoso crew was detained. 1
fear that President Wilson has been
...r .....1 n ll.lo t.nlnt 1.11.1 t i.ltt
ICllOllS, to. lIUMlIlll.il. IB" ."...-
iproprlntlon he will inform the American con
gress Hint the boat carried tne nag.
In fact, the American flag has
nothing to do will, the case, and 1
desire the American people fully to
understand tills."
As a precautionary measure a
special guard of 12 police was In
stalled In the American embassy tonight.
Call at lloseimi-g Cursory Co. s
yards and see tho fine lot of fruit
trees of 11 kinds. Also small fruits.
Hhmlo trees mid roses. Corner Oak
and Main. 311-"
I... ....-j .i. ..... Distributors? it is
was recently cuini'niuu, ...... .....
.... ,. n.,.i .. i...if formed by t
,ue loiaiea more tuini tu ...... ......
million dollars. These facts have
strange aspect when we rend her
claims that she has discovered the
ono great secret of life for all man
kind for all eternity, tho one tiling
that will banish sin. sickness, sor
row., poverty, sutienng auu oea.u.
and bring in the era of health, pence,
success, joy and life; that she has
rediscovered that which only .lesus
Christ knew before her. and which
lay dormant through all the Christ
Ian centuries. Is it thinkable thai
Cod lias given so great a revelation
to one who propogiil.od It in the
world with the small selfishness nnd
greed of some Ingenious Yankee
who has Invented and patented an
improved pig-feeder? When out
Savior wns on earth he preached and
heiiled without money nnd without
nrice. lie was a homeless mnn
Oregon and Washington, lor tnu
purpose of marketing the product
of the orchards and farms of tho
Northwest on a cooperative basis.
Although last year was their first,
so effective was their work that
tin.,- marketed nearly two thirds of
the fruit of Oregon nnd Washing
ton, and to such comploto sntistac
tlon to their brother fruit growers
and farmers, that it is easy to fore
see Hint the North-Pacific Distribu
tors are to be the salvation of Hie
fruit and vegetable growers of this
ui.i-li.iii in the same way that the
i'iirnini.-i Fruit Crowers Assocln
lion transformed Hi" orniige and
lemon business from nothing to the
highly profitable business of the
present.
Mr. Heig Is an orchanlist of Hood
Itlver. Me lins traveled continually
nnd the cures, when they took
place, were tho results of suggestion.
operating through the minus m ...
patients. Mesmerism spread to En
gland and on to America. Spiritu-
Moamprlsm were often
tllisiu nun ---
tisin, notwithstanding there are
many sound, scientific books dealing
wltli the healing power of hypno-i
tisni. Hypnotism has been surround. 1
ed with a great deal of quackery and1
humbug, but the underlying prin-,
ciplo of its cures is Suggestion,:
which operates in hypnotism as it
does in Christian Science. It Is pos
sible that Mrs. Eddy's antipathy to
books on hypnotism was due to the
fear that her students might find
ihnt Sncireslion Is really the
l
whn srild "Eoxes have boles mid t he ! an ring 11,0 past ,, u.
birds of the air have r.."-t-, Vil the
Son of Man bnth not v.l.ele to lavl
his head." We do not find Christ-1
inn Science going Into the dark a!-
leys of sin, sickness nnd poverty efj
this world, ministering to Hie out
cast, liather It appears to be a sys
tem of belief for the well-to-do.
The followers of Mrs. Eddy charge
HiilisLiintinl fees for their services as
healers, and there Is practical sagae
ity in so doing, aside from the mat-I
ter of making money. We appreciate
the thing that costs us something and j
when one who is sick pays a good fee
to a healer it deepens the force of;
the Suggestive Influences, and there-!
fore increases tho possibility of cure. I
lt.ii t how different from the healing
which Jesus and His apostles did!
(To lie continued)
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gjTOJP BERRIES
Mi
In the early sixties there was at!
Portland. Maine, a
certain Doctor
p p Qulmbv. engagea in mo
ti'ce of the healing art. He had
formerly employed mesmerism or
..... mnnetlsm. but by 1KB 2 he
i..i ion thpse things behind
hav-
shanie the devil."
The publishers of McClure's Mag
azine and others, have spent lime
and money to ascertain the facts as
to the origin of Christian Science.
Whenever Mrs. Eddy was charged m
win. having obtained her Ideas from I .
hohinu, nnv- - f
i lit. fiuiiiinv sue a d'B .
.. ,.cn,.ted as true or dtscoverea, ,, : , i I
Z himself the teaching nlrea - ' he!
abroad in the world that he nd Q urn, y . treated'
has great power over he bod and! - ,,,,, tol
that the proper nPP lhan ,. , Mm. .Put old new-
would often resui n . ru ,..,. Q.mb,-.i
diseases. At the time in 4 nlan.,ls,.ri,t8 were ill possession of;
he gave n medlcin-s and mad. no.
outward apdications I d tha t, wiwn she wns hcaied1
ho simply sat down with the ...ti nt. hls d(..at
, ,he year jus. mentioned ,he " wnly 8nd r,ea.o,l.y ac!
there appeared at .!"") ; ,,..,..,, hprsi, to be his dis-H
a rather frail, slight woman wno conv)nc.;
10 all intents and ,mrp - . ,
cal wreck. Dr. t'n,ii nulbbled In thi'. manner, In ,
tered his mental trea ment - j to I!oBton Pofit of March
wns healed. From tint time un.l l let' r p y
nr Onlmbv's death, m i"". v.uh
;..r. .'.ter. .... never ceased to , 7 w7,P",
Dr. A. C. Seely, wife and son left
ledge of the scriptures. Christian tills morning ior
Scientists of todnv need most to from which place they will travel by
learn something of the modern scl-' easy stages to the East, slopping at
enco of psycho-therapeutics. Tho: New Orleans enroute, after which
founder of Christian Science was he will spend some time In be
noted for her practical shrewdness, ' hospitals of New York and llal
nnd '11st as she contrived to separ- timoro.
Fruit Growers and Farmer, what are
you KoinK to do with yourcrops tliisyear?
Are you helping to support the Umptpia
Valley Fruit Union by buying your Flour
Feed, Chick Feed, Spray Materials and
other supplies at the Warehouse? Lowest
prices in the city- Fine line of Fertilizer
on hand. Come an see us wbcther you
are a member of the Union or not.
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flanager
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o
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