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Exterior view, of
Early Day Table Rock
History Is Reviewed in
Paper Before Pioneers
Reviewing early day lit in the
Table Rock district, on of the rlon-
est in Jackson county In fable and
natural abenery, a hlatory of the aec
tlon. lrom the itandpolnt of the land
lUelf. waa recently written by Mrs.
O, W. Sage (Roee Nealon) and reaa
before the pioneer meeting of the
Table Rock Women'! olub. It la called
"Table Rock Ranches, BO Years Ago,
and waa forwarded The Mall Tribune
laat week by Mr. Oharlea Angle,
president of tbe olub.
Filled with reference! to many folk,
. J..Ht 4Va narlnlla artAni Of
uun Mnvinivu ww vh wv.
th country, tht papr 1 pota
, to nvtvfl for thtm trc.uur.d memo-
rlM of childhood day.., llvd wh.
etch evening' aim want down behind
the cliff ot old Table Rock.
The paper foil owe.
"When my parent, Mr. and Mra
8. M. Nealon. came to thta neighbor
hood 00 veara two, the farma and
ranches were much larger than they
are now, dwelllnga and neighbor
were far apart, m you Will obaenre.
The ranoh at the eitreme weat end
of the dlatrlot waa then owned by
Sammy March. Mr. March had
good-sized family. George March of
Central Point and Mra. Marlon Hart
ley of Talent, are two members of hie
family now known here. The dwell
ing, a email brown cottage, itood
where the Meads home is now. tms
ranch comprised the Meads, Stanley
Vaughn and Harry Nealon ranches
and a part of the Cherry ranon.
The next house was on what la
now known as the Hamlin plaoe and
belonged to Benton Vincent (grand
father of our rural mall carrier, Bd
Vincent.) This plaoe waa divided Into
three parts by Mr. Vincent, who re
served the part where the house
stands for himself. The part across
the road, known as 'John's 40 he
gave to his eon, the lata John Vln
cent. This now belongs to Mr. Ar
nold of Medford. The third part waa
deeded to his daughter, Mrs. Mary
Fankey, now deceased. This Is now
a part of Mra. Leo Hardmans estate
Z am told that Mr. Vincent purchased
this ranch from Jake Gonley and that
It was homesteaded by a uhrla May,
hut he seems unknown by old resi
dents.
"The house In which the Charley
Angles live on the Wycoff place was
next and was the old Billy wnaon
farmstead. This was a large ranch
at that time, Including part of Hard
mans. all of the Sam Newman, Wy
coff, 8am Collins and Chase places.
Mrs. Martha Oregory of Agate and
Mrs. Jaok Hematreet of Medford were
born on this farm, alio Mrs. Mary
Payne of Medford and Erastus Wilson
of Rogue River.
"The Dim lap ranch was formerly
an old donation claim, purchased by
Dr. Btanley from a Mr. Satterftetd,
who homesteaded It. Dr. Stanley
built the house which a till atands.
The closet over the fireplace was hla
medicine chest. He waa the grand
father of Jasper, Joe and Minna Han
nah and Mrs, 11m Dally of Medford,
and he twisted at the birth of many
of Table Rock's early cit teens. This
ranoh comprised the Charles Dunlap.
Blanch Gregory and Ralph Wilson
farms. When my folks came here It
was owned by Fwd Hansen, a Dane,
who was much In favor of education.
Ha secured a teacher for a private
winter school which was held In the
Crown house behind his dwelling, now
occupied by the Clements family. Hla
children and my oldest brother were
all who atttended, owing to the
muddy roada that the others would
tiav had to travel. Miss Mary New
bury, sister of Qua Newbury, taught
this school. Some years later, Mr.
Hansen deeded the acre on which
our present school house stands to
the Table Rock school district, tn
1801 Sammy March built the school
house that was replaced by the pres
ent one in ibid.
The Nealon ranch was then owned
viy Jim Collins, father of Mrs. Billy
Wilson. Ho reared a family of 10
children In the old house which
still stand. This ranch wm home
steaded by "Dad" William Bvbee
and has never been aub-dlvided. The
public school house then stood near
, ths twin oak tree where our house
X (Sage's) Is located.
f The ranch across the road, now
comprising the Lydlard, Colonel
Miller, Seabrooke and Xd Wilson
places was then owned by W, O. W.
Oregory, who had three children,
Mrs. Geo. Yeo of Ashland, Mrs. John
- Harvey of Oold Hill and Milton
Gregory, now deceased. The bouse
with three cedar trees guarding It.
as I remember, stood at the south -et
ooraer of the Wilson pear orch
1
The Mother Church.
ard. Tom Collins, youngest brother
of the Collins who owned our place,
once told us . that he homesteaded
this ranch and sold It for a yoke
of oxen. Mr. Gregory sold to Bd
Drum who prabably did more for
this neighborhood than any other
one man. It was he who formed
the Table Rock .ditch company and
did most of the work on the original
dltoh. In fact It was while working
on this ditch that fc contracted the
disease that took his life at an early
age.
The Ptnkney Pickens ranch In
cluded the B. w. Carlton, J. 0. Pen
dleton, W. B. Morris and By rum
ranches. This ranch had belonged
to Jake Rlasley, who had many ex
citing experiences with the Indians.
I can remember the log house which
stood where the Red Skin pear
orchard la now. There were loop
holes In the logs upstairs for firing
guns In case of an attack. Grandpa
Pickens lived In It fifty years ago
and the Plnkney Piokens family In
the B. W. Carlton house. He built
the Pendleton home after selling the
east half of this ranch to W. R.
Dlcklson. Mrs. Fred Weeks of Med
ford la a daughter of Mr. Pickens.
The Cy Pickens ranch has been
divided more than any other ranoh
of the neighborhood, the following
places having been formed of It:
V. Schafer's, F. Meyer's, B. M. Tut
tle's, B. O. Hamilton's, H. Rogers
F. Hensley's, W. Housley's, F. Smith
Danna's, Val Ware's, and N, Jacob
sen's. The original dwelling stood
Just behind the Tuttle home. Cy
Pickens was county oommlssloner In
1B84 and "88 and It was then through
his efforts that Bybee bridge was
built, the south end of the county
objecting strongly.
The laat and largest ranch of the
dlatrlot now known as the Modoc
orchard was the old BUI Bybee
grain and stock ranch. Mr, Bybee
did not live here himself but al
ways had two or three tenants on
the place. This ranoh la the only
one of the district that has been
added to rather than detracted from.
All the land on the left side of the
road which Is now a part of the
Modoc orchard was the old Ed Nich
ols homestead. Roy Nichols of Cen
tral Point and Ohas. Nichols of Med
ford are members of the large fam
ily of children born there.
Most of the farms were then part
ly covered with pine timber, and
wild animals and game were plenti
ful. My mother often told us of
seeing two black bears ambling
across what Is now called the Byrum
place, while aha waa hanging out
clothes one evening, and the howl
ing of coyotes was about the only
muslo that rent the air on winter
evenings.
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Christian Science: Its
By REV. IRVING C
of Boston,
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. Mother Church, The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Mass.
. Front the) moment of Its first
dlacoverr In 1886 by Mary Baker
Eddy, Christian Science ha of
fered adrantage that bar been
widely recognized. The number is
crowing that accept the ben
efit. What are these advantage?
The great advantage Christian
8clence bestow upon men is the
gain of spiritual understanding,
by which they win a demonstra
ble aenae of Ood and man, and the
result Is harmony in place of dis
cord, the true way to peae in
place ot war; health instead of
disease, strength Instead of weak
ness; prosperity rather than ad
versity, supply rather than lack;
employment in place of unemploy
ment, work In place ot idleness;
freedom, not bondage; liberty, not
serfdom; joy rather than sorrow,
happiness rather than grief; fruit
age instead of dearth, life Instead
of death.
Who is there In the world that
does not desire these advantages;
Bow then may we take them? By
right thinkLng and true living; tn
a word, by knowing the truth.
Investigation ot this subject is
tree to all. Christian Science Sun
day services and Wednesday eve
ning testimony meetings in The
Mother Church and Its branch
chnrchea throughout the world are
open to all. Christian Science
Reading Rooms In nearly every
large city, as well as smaller ones,
welcome all. Christian Science
literature through its active dis
tribution committees Is placed
conveniently for inquirers. Its au
thorized lectures are without ad
mission fee.
What is it that hinders some
from accepting God's benefits?
What is it but a wrong sense of
thlnes? False education has
taught mortals to look to the five
corporeal senses tor rename tes
timony about all tmngs.
THH CORPOREAL SENSES ARE
UNRELIABLE
The world has made a verity ot
the corporeal senses. What the
material eye sees has been thought
ot as real and God-given. Many
thinkers are breaking away from
this false idolatry. Through Chris
tian Science they are turning from
their Childish Ignorance ot reality
to the true understanding of the
aenulne facts of being. Mankind
Is learning that this outward
world, as viewed by the five sens
es, is not the world of God's cre
sting, but is a counterfeit; that
which seems to be but is not.
For example, in the Canadian
Rockies, when one from his hotel
Srst looks upon Lake Lonlne, with
bigh mountains at its foot that
ippear to cIobo In at its remote
head, the lake seems to be a tri
angle with tbe base parallel to the
hotel. The next day, when he
climb the mountain and looks
upon the beautiful sheet of water.
It appears a parallelogram with
four equal sides. Only scientific
engineering can disclose the truths
about this gem of the mountains.
for the material senses contradict
themselves.
Likewise the material senses
that seem to tell us the facta
about God, man, and the universe
are at fault in' their testimony,
and the truth must be discerned
by tut understanding of the Scrip
tures and the Science ot being.
The Scriptures reveal that God is
Mind, Spirit, Life, Truth, Love.
Christian Science teaehes that God
Is the infinite Soul ot every living
thing, the divine Principle, ot all
that Is.
Christian Scienoe also tails us
that man "is not made up ot
brain, blood, bones, and other ma
terial elements" (Science and
Health with Key to the Scrip
tures, p. 476). This is rlEht in line
with Biblical authority, for the
Bible says that man is mane in trie
Image and likeness of God. So
man Is like Truth, like Love; he
is the Image of Mind, the reflec
tion of Life, the expression of
Soul, the manifestation ot Prin
ciple. Matorlal sense has perpe
trated many deceptions upon hu
manity and among these is the
deception that the corporeal body,
physique, is man.
Has God a single one of the cor
poreal nonsesf The entire realm ot
material sense is outside the
realm of divine Intelligence. All
our trouble, occur In the material
sense realm. Aeenmnlatlon of mat
ter la an accumulation ot matorlal
sense testimony and therefore an
accumulation of matter la futile
to guarantee security against loss
es and crashes In business. Right
today, what has become of confi
dence In the matorlal regime of
business? Both rich and poor alike
are uncertain and fearful. But
srn'itual Ideas, which are real and
.-id. are cumulative, for, "Who
iver hath, to him shall be glv
ja." For he who discerns the line
of demarcation between eorporeal
sense and reality, between matter
and Spirit, receives more spiritual
ideas, mora understanding, whloh
Is the substance of Spirit.
Again, to continue on this point
ot corporeal sense, no organ!
structure can make dust see. Does
an unconscious mortal see, thongh
hla eye I perfect? I there any
vision where there Is no mind, no
consciousness? Did not the Psalm
tat catch a glorious glimpse of tbla
when be said; "Be that planted
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tbe ear, shall b not hear? He
that formed the eye, shall he not
see?" And who is this B but di
vine Mind? Has this Mind visual
organs? Does It not see without
organic structure? The perfect un
derstanding of "Mind-faculties'
(Science and Health, p. 487) en
abled Jesus to heal blindness.
GOD AVAILABLE FOR ALL
NEEDS
One may say: "Ton may be
able to see with the eye of spir
itual sense but simply cannot
do it- I should like to know God
who, as the Bible says, healeth
all tby disease.' I should like to
see the truth that will free me
from the bondage of error, but
how can I?" Christian Science
makes clear that the normal thing.
the natural thing, Is to see God,
to know the truth, and be a free
man.
How then shall we remove the
veil that hide reality? What con
stitutes the veil of obscurity but
fear. Ignorance, and sin? Igno
ranee of what' God Is, Ignorance
of what man la.
Before hearing of Christian
Science, although I was an or-
dained clergyman and seeking
God, I seemed unable to feel His
nearness sufficiently to see God's
promise fulfilled, that He "heal-
eth all thy diseases." Tbe Bible
accounts of God's helpful dealings
with patriarch and prophet
seemed impossible in our times.
But after getting an understand
ing of Christian Science, after
Infinite Mind, our God, had healed
me of stubborn ailments through
my silent communion with Him
God then seemed near, a very
present help in times of trouble.
Then I had a God that was close
by and available for my needs.
For example, after I had learned
of Christian Science, whenever I
had finished a long, hard day's
work and was weary and con
fused, I would take time to think
of Him, to realize His Infinite love
and Hla omnipotent power. Then
the weariness would fade away,
the confusion vanish, and strength
and alertness take their places.
This made the God of tbe Bible
very real and a healing Influence,
for my need was met. When one
knows and proves that he has an
all-powerful, all-loving, and ever-
present helper siways available,
does not that kind of thinking
give him confidence to meet every
problem and take away an aouotsr
THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOW
ING OOD ARIGHT
Christian Science taught me the
supreme value ot knowing God
aright. As I learned more of God
as Principle, I took my first stop
out of the old into the new. I had
never thought of using the truth
about God and man as a help In
healing. I accepted the scholastic
teaching about God and left It
there, I read In tbe original Greek
that God is Spirit, but I still clung
to physical force as power and
gave no heed to all-powerful, im
partial Love.
When a Christian Scientist, a
friend, told me a little about
God a divine Principle, I
got my first glimpse of Deity as
practical and available. This
friend explained to me that there
must be a governing Principle of
God's kingdom, that God is the
Principle ot the spiritual universe
and man. When we peroelve that
God is Principle, then we have a
Science available to solve our
mental, moral, and physical prob
lems. Christian Beleno includes in its
unparalleled definition of God sev
en synonyms. "Mind. Spirit, Soul,
Principle, Life, Truth, Love" (Sci
enoe and Health, p. 466), and
these terms are of equal rank and
are Interchangeable. But like the
facets of a flawless diamond they
flash variegated lights for our un
derstanding. They present to our
perception various aspects ot di
vinity, as for example the primi
tive, unchanging essence of good;
the dependability and authorita
tiveness of Deity, that power
whloh rules all nations with a rod
of iron, that Is, an Immutable
Principle. This Principle Is Incor
ruptible Being; a continuing Prin
ciple which presents an aspect of
eternal Life, Its permanence and
continuity, as well as the Invari
able nature of Truth and the Im
mutability ot Love. What a bless
ing to mankind it Is to have a
God w can Intelligently know
and lovingly call on in every em
ergency, try, weigh, measure what
Principle Is, ss distinguished from
material desire, human will, mes
merism, and personality.
Again, Principle la the one and
only Mind, God. When this Mind
Is made manifest it exterminates
error. Ood, infinite Mind, operat
ing through spiritual law, heals
the sick. The right knowing of
Ood is the apprehension that God
la Life, Truth, 1-ot. Ufa la di
vine Love In action. Real Life is
on infinite, eternal, omnipresent,
indestructible, self-existent Truth.
When we know Troth, we become
conscious of Ufa. real being. This
knowing is reflection then we
are In Lite. Jeans said: "This Is
lit eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God. and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent." To
know God Is real being, and Chrts
Uaa Science makes It possible to
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know cod. ortanty t Ignorance
of Lite.
We have a much of God's all
ness as we understand and dem
onstrate, but this we cannot dem
onstrate unless we grasp the great
truth in Christian Science that
there is but one Mind. Suppose a
case of domestio discord. Can we
not see that knowing there is but
one Mind would be a belp7 With
as many minds in the home as
there are mortals these many
minds might express ignorance,
fear, doubt. These many minds
might not have completely over
come the flesh. Human error
might suggest to them, jealousy,
resentment, irritation; but know
ing that there is only one Mind
and that Mind God, can and does
put an end to the belief of many
minds operating. Then the peace
ot this one Mind would be made
manifest in the very qualities of
divine Mind's own nature. We
learn never to settle any subject
until we refer It to Mind, God. and
consider it from a correct basis,
CHTtlST JESUS
In his thinking and living the
Christian Scientist finds that the
scientific understanding of Christ
Jesus is fundamental in his heal
ing work. What was It that made
Jesus victor? He explained it, say
ing. "Ye shall know the truth.
and the truth shall make you
free." "I and my Father are one,
were his words. Not that he
taught that he was God, for he
said. TOy Father I greater than
I," but that his nature was the
very nature of his Father. The
Christ Is the very nature and es
sence of God expressed. It is this
nature, this Christ, Truth, that is
always with us, that does the
works through ub as it did
through JesuB; hence Jesus could
say, "The works that I do shall
be do also.
The invisible Christ-idea through
the human Jesus reached human
ity, made the Word flesh, made
the Christ practical In human af
fairs. This application ot Truth to
human experience was divinity
reaching humanity with salvation,
with understanding, for it im
parted a . new basis of being. A
proper understanding, a correct
estimate of Christ Jesus, is essen
tial; the revelation cannot be sep
arated from the revelator. The
Christ-Idea gives to men the abil
ity to govern corporeal phenomena
by spiritual law; as our Leader
says, "The Principle of these mar
velous works is divine; but the
actor was human" (Miscellaneous
Writings, p. 199).
MAN
In Christ, Truth, Is found the
right understanding of man. In
the light of Christ, Truth, man is
lifted out of the darkness of a
matter existence into the kingdom
of Spirit, God. In the words of
Scripture, Man is the image and
likeness of God; that Is, he is not
of the dust, not like matter, not
like flesh, but the image of hlB
Maker, the likeness of Spirit, the
Idea of Mind, the reflection of di
vine Love.
The qualities of the animal na
ture do not constitute man. The
roal man is not physical, not ma
terial, but he is of tbe same na
ture as his creator; the nature ot
good, the nature of Truth, the
nature of unending Life. Good is
eternal; Truth never dies. Man,
the real man, who is like good
like Truth, is unending. If the
real man were flesh, If he had any
of the elements ot matter, he
would be as frail, as temporal, as
mortal as matter; but God's man.
that each one is. Spirit s likeness,
manifests dominion; he is without
beginning ot years or end of days.
He is Immutable, indestructible
immortal.
Christ Jesus bad this right un
derstanding of man, as Science
and Health teaches, the same
spiritual status of man which
heals the ick and the sinning. It
Is well to picture the real man, to
vision the spiritual fact, and firm
ly turn our thoughts away from
the material concept of man, for
man Is not the human ooncept of
man. We are destined to outgrow
mortal definitions of ourselves.
We must transplant our concept
of man from the human and mor
tal to the infinite and divine, for
such intelligent thinking 1b health
making and harmony producing
and leads the way to our heavenly
estate.
HEALINGS
It Is this true understanding of
God and man in the light of
Christ, Truth, through which heal
ing is wrought In Christian Sci
ence. Mrs. Eddy, its Founder, was
ever tireless in her search for
mora and more of this true sense
of God and man. She was the em
bodiment of courage. In her con
sciousness there was no element
ot weakness. Whatever the seem
ing discord or stubborn opposi
tion, she rose magnificently, sin
gle-handed and for the most part
alone, to meet 1L such under
standing, such spiritual power,
such certainty of truth, such con-'
vtction of right shone forth from
Mary Baker Eddy! She knew that
God had spoken and she was im
movable in Truth.
Time would not permit me to
relate the many ease ot healing
wrought by Mr. Eddy which I
w with my own eyes, other
were related to me by Mrs. Eddy
herself, or told to me by those
healed, or described to me by
those possessed ot the facts. May
I give two cases ot healing by
Mrs. Eddy herself, tMat I wit
nessed. A lady of Concord, New Hamp
shire, telephoned me for help on
the day that the Christian Scien
tists In attendance upon the Annu
al Meeting of The Mother Church
were visiting Concord in 1902. I
asked the patient to come to Chris
tian Science Hall, which was then
my residence as well as the tem
porary church home. She told me
that she was so ill with what the
doctors called asthma and heart
disease, thst she knew she could
not walk the three short blocks,
and if she did It would be Impos
ord 86 point 838 miles per hour 5
mile record 80 point 431 miles per
.hour previous records for closed cars
In this division ware 87 point 719
mile per hour for the 1 mile and
89 point 84 miles per hour for 8
mile Terraplane eight sedan record.
'Also beats all open car records In
this division for the distances pre
vious record for I mile being 70
sible to climb the few steps lead
ing to the hall.
She arrived, however, at the
hour that Mra. Eddy was to pass
in her carriage. I told her that
Mrs. Eddy was expected any mo
ment and that she had sent word
to me that she would be glad to
greet the waiting Scientists. Her
carriage soon approached. The
patient stood on the sidewalk lead
ing to Christian Science Hall,
where Mrs. Eddy eould easily see
her. After Mrs. Eddy had gone
by, I said to the woman tbat I
would help her up the steps into
the home to have her treatment.
She replied in effect: "Why, I
don't need a treatment. I am
healed. When dear Mrs. Eddy
passed she recognized me, greeted
me, and now I am well." True it
was, the cure had been wrought.
and this woman gratefully ac
knowledged Mrs. Eddy as the
channel of her restoration.
Out of many, I select another
case of healing I witnessed, this
time in the home at Chestnut
Hill. One morning when the
household was called into the
study by Mrs. Eddy, a case of in
stantaneous healing was wrought
by her before our very eyes. As
the family entered the study, one
member made her way into the
room with great difficulty. She
bad all the appearances of one
suffering from nervous prostra
tion or great exhaustion. Mrs.
Eddy saw her pitiful condition,
and called the straggler to her
side. Then she spoke to her with
decision, rebuking the error and
calling on her to come ont from
her mesmerism and to witness to
her true selfhood. While the mem
bers of the household stood there,
they saw a decided change come
over the patient Mrs. Eddy con
tinued to rebuke the error as she
teaches Christian Scientists to do,
and before the eyes of those pres
ent, the afflicted one was com
pletely healed. What seemed a re
buke to a friend was a rebuke to
tbe error, which proved ita noth
ingness. The evidence that it was Love
which governed Mrs. Eddy is the
fact that quickly the patient was
completely healed. When the
members of the household left
the room, the restored member
went about her affairs and con
tinned from that moment the ever
faithful helper of Mrs. Eddy that
she had always been. Now this
healing which Mrs. Eddy did and
taught is going on in the world
through the religious movement
which she established.
SERVICE
Ernest inquirers ask: "What
does Christian Science say about
hard times? What antidote baa it
for want, depression, discourage
ment?" It teaches that spiritual
thintdna- and clean living will
antidote bard times, it says that
unselfish service will heal depres
sion. Because Mrs. Eddy lived in
obedience to the divine Principle,
Love, which she taught, she fell
heir to its promises; she therefore
manifested lie quality of abund
ance. Poverty, unemployment, hard
ship assailed Mra. Eddy. Aban
doned by her family, with no
human source of supply, no occu
pation or employment, she offered
hor wares, -Christian Science,
all she had. They were not com-
orahended. not wanted; they were
disapproved, rejected. But as the
years went on, the operation of
divine Principle in her experience
brought plenty and met every
need. Panics, depression, market
conditions had no effect upon her
status. Abundance poured in
upon her, because her motive was
to bring to mankind the revelation
which was to help humanity. Her
holdings were spiritual, a property
that could not be morteaged, fore
closed, or lost: it was the king
dom of heaven within her and
all these things were added.
Let us contemplate the example
of her demonstration of supply,
for Mrs. Eddy's demonstration ot
sufficiency is In the life she led. I
shall never forget my first inter
view with her, In her home at
Concord, New Hampshire. She
had just given the "Address on the
Fourth of July at Pleasant View
. , 1897" (Miscellaneous Writ
ings, p. 251). Mary Baker Eddy
was in her seventy-sixth year. She
had not only spoken at length, but
had listened attentively to many
speakers, had served a hostess to
the throng, had interviewed many
of her followers, but when I took
her hand in greeting, though the
day was one of the hottest of sum
mer days, she waa cool and peace
ful, unruffled in outward appear
ance, and aglow with spiritual
strength. She greeted me with a
loving smile. Every look, word,
gesture, showed her a born leader
and a true woman. This was a
picture of Mrs. Eddy's sense ot
service (mind you in her seventy
sixth year), and this was the way
I found her during my twelve
years of happy service with her.
always unselfed love, expressed.
Truly selfless love is the demand
of the Cause she founded, for
Mrs. Eddr has so modestly said of
herself in "The First Church of
Christ. Scientist, and Miscellany"
(p. 247), "The Utile that I have
accomplished haa all been done
through love, self-forgetful, pa
tient, unfaltering tenderness."
Now let me tell you another
story about Mrs. Eddy. Early in
the Civil War, she learned that a
young soldier was about to start
for the front without a copy of
the sacred Scriptures. She made
inquiries and learned that tbe
young volunteer waa the eldest
son of a poor widow. It was at a
time when Mrs. Eddy's Income
waa modest, and her charities to
the soldiers and their families had
left her on this day with but a
dollar tn hor purse.
To her sense, the young man's
need outweighed her own. She took
her dollar and with it bought a
New Testament and gave It to the
young defender of his country.
Some time after the close of the
war. when the brave soldiers were
returning to their homes, there
came a rap at Mrs. . Eddy's door.
point 68 miles per hour for 6 miles
69 point 00 miles per hour the new
records established by the Terraplane
elsht sedan were made under the
official supervision of the contest
board of th American Automobile
association.
"An Interesting side light In con
nection with this record Is that the
Terraplane eight sedan lists at 8735
f. o. b. Detroit and th division in
There waa "tumerea m a bearded
man wearing a soldier's garb.
When Mra Eddy met him, he
said: "Ton do not remember me,
but I am the soldier to whom you
gave a Testament as I was going
to Join my regiment. I have
sought you out to thank you for
the blessed hook, which has al
ways been a nelp to me and which
was the means of saving my Ufe."
He then carefully took from his
pocket tbe well-worn Testament
and presented it to Mrs. Eddy.
Embedded between its covers was
a leaden bullet. Said tbe soldier,
"That rifle ball was meant for my
heart, and I have come many
miles to show you that your good
ness saved my life."
THE REMEDY FOB
DEPRESSION
Mrs. Eddy' teaching and prac
tice point out the remedy for
want, depression, and unemploy
ment and show how to gain sup
ply, employment, abundance. For
the spread ot Christian Science
Mra. Eddy left a rich bequest to
her church and this bequest was
the outcome of ber desire to serve.
The way to get is to give. It is
said that Christian Scientists are
prosperous. The reason is plain.
Those who give ot themselves
thereby reflect their Maker, the
source of all supply. In accord
with infinite good in serving and
In giving, the law of good works
on their behalf. Forsaking the
false sense of self, they find them
selves in the realm of spiritual
sense where God, tbe source of
supply, dwells.
In the recent period of material
Inflation men exalted self and lost
love. In the present times of trial
and stress men are endeavoring to
retrace by learning to lose self
and win love. They are taking up
the cross by putting down self
interest and making lite a loving
service.
A Christian Scientist does not
try to demonstrate dollars and
cents. What a Christian Scientist
does is to gain an unfoldment of
the truth of being in his individ
ual consciousness: this is unfold
ing to the truth about Life. Is
not Life self-sustained? Is Life
not all-sufficient? And in unfold
ing to Life are we not unfolding
to its all-BUfflciency?
What Christian Science does is
to unfold to tbe student's thought
the truth, about Love; does not
Love forever receive and give?
There Is no impoverished condi
tion where Inexhaustible Love is.
A Christian Scientist awakens to
the truth about substance, as Sci
ence and Health (p. 468) says,
"Substance is that which is eter
nal and Incapable of discord and
decay." When one Is convinced
about the true sense ot substance
there la no fear that it can be
diminished or be lessened, there
la enough for alL
This right knowing always re
sults in right activity, and the
proof of our knowing is that right
eous needs in our journey out of
sense into Soul are met. We find
out what we are and we find we
have alL So the words ot the
prophet call out today to all man
kind, "Arise, shine; for thy light
Is come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee."
MRS. EDDY'S SERVICE TO
HUMANITY
Mrs. Eddy was the herald of
good times. This does not mean
that she was always affluent. She
has often told me that while she
was writing Science and Health
she bad but one presentable gown
and this she mended and patched
times without number. But even
in those days she would share.
She had absolute confidence in
her message, and though none of
her students encouraged ber in
writing the Christian Science text
book, she resolutely continued,
trusting God and not personality
to support her. At one time when
it was needful that she visit her
publisher in Boston she did not
have the money to pay her ear
fare. She started to walk the en
tire distance from Lynn to Boston.
Fortunately a kindly under
taker, seeing the lone, mature
figure of a delicate gentlewoman
traveling along the highway in
vited her to share his seat with
him. This offer she gratefully and
graciously accepted. He did not
know her, but afterwards learned
who she was, and told this story
ot her ride with him.
As time went on, through the
success of her writings, she was
able to give more and more to the
Cause. When It took nearly all
her ready funds, she set aside one
hundred thousand dollars to build
a suitable church in Concord for
the accommodation of the vast
number of visitors who were
pouring into Concord from all
over the world. She started to
build The Mother Church during
the so-called hard times of 1892
to 1894, and it was dedicated
without a debt.
When this edifice was outgrown
she called for two million dollars
to build The Mother Church Ex
tension, and before its completion
word, went out that no more
money was needed. In the spirit
of their Leader, since their pres
ent Publishing House Is outgTown,
the Tjoard of Directors of the
Christian Science church sent out
word to Christian Scientists to
meet this need.
Christian Scientist! are erecting
a commodious building and thus
doing their part to stop the gap of
unemployment In this work they
are proving the truth of the teach
ings ot Christian Science. Know
ing the truth of substance and
living It the law of supply, the
law of addition, does work for all
tbe abundance of good.
THE ADVANTAGE OF
EFFECTUAL PRAYER
This true knowing that makes
God available comes from the un
derstanding of the real nature of
prayer which Mary Baker Eddy
has given te the world today. Not
a prayer of supplication and in
forming God what to do. hut a
prayer of realization that knows
what God has for ns and what He
does for us. Mrs. Eddy was a
woman of prayer. Her household
waa a honse ot prayer; so iet us
ponder the subject of prayer from
which th record was made Includes
8 passenger closed cars exceeding a
81500 list price and the same Terra
plane eight sedan today (Thursday)
will attempt to break all existing
STANDING START records which
will provide official A. A. A. recog
nition to th outstanding accelera
tion qualities of this great car.
"HUDSON MOTOR CAR CO.
"W. A. JAMES."
the standpoint of Christian Sci
ence. The prayer of a Christian Scien
tist, then, is more than that of
supplication or petition. It is
more than saying you haven't a
headache and you know it. Prayer
is entering into the closet of divine
Mind and shutting the door on
material sense. This is in accord
with Jesus' Instructions to his dis
ciples on prayer.
Prayer is it not a spiritual
process; this gaining the ear of
God? a mental action, whereby
we enter Into the awareness of
God's presence? To do this means
obedience to the rules given us
tor our dally living, for our dally
deeds. Working thus, in constant
obedience to the divine laws given
us in the Bible and in "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures" we cannot tail to see the
light that will give us guidance,
love. Thus we gain the wisdom
which makes inevitable the cor
rect solution of every human prob
lem. Mary Baker Eddy shows us how
we may come Into actual touch
with God's presence and have
audience with Him. It is through
prayer and the understanding ol
what real goodness Is that we ar
rive at this consciousness of God
given dominion. As Jesus said in
that wonderful prayer in the sev
enteenth chapter of John in which
he prayed, "O Father, glorify thou
me with thine own self with the
glory which I had with thee be
fore the world was." Science and
Health says (p. 15), "Lips must
be mute and materialism silent,
that man may have audience with
Spirit the divine Principle, Love,
which destroys all error."
Again Science and Health says
(p. 89), "Spirit, God. is heard
when the senses are silent." We
reach God through spiritual
consciousness, through glorified
thought The right kind of
thought, which is true prayer,
leads us to our Father-Mother,
God. And bo what more definite pro
cedure could there be, to attain
spirituality, than to set about to
find God through learning- to pray
aright? that Is, to have thought
dwell In His presence in silent pray
er until we assimilate spiritual na
ture, bringing out in action only the
qualities of our source, God? Prayer
Is not the striving of the human
mind, a prayer that is not just the
repetition of the arguments of
Truth, bnt a prayer in which all
human selfhood is so surrendered
that the divine Life itself Is made
manifest In righteous action; a
prayer In which revelation takes
place. Through such prayer wo gain
the grace of God which heals and
which changes our natures. This
silent communion with divine Mind
is vital; it is a paramount factor in
our salvation. Therein lies the vic
tory over rhortal circumstances and
dominion over materialism.
The lack of confidence in the pow
er of prayer is due, no doubt, to the
unwillingness of the human mind
to endure the mental discipline
needed for the fulfillment of God's
purpose. There Is a certain human
resistance to all that Is spiritual,
and this resistance makes It difficult
sometimes to pray. Affairs obtrude,
persons, situations, events, flood
the mind. Lack of time Is argued,
inability to comprehend spiritual
things, all hinder In our efforts to
talk with God. Hence the discipline
required for taking time to con
quer this error. Intruding and dis
tracting thoughts may not be easily
frustrated. The incoming truth
stirs mortal elements, sometimes
bringing out the dregs-i-lrrltahillty,
restlessness, and discontent. These
effects, however, are simply due to
the fumes of dissolving beliefs, and
they vrill sooner or later disappear.
As the spirit of true prayer it
reached, all mesmerism Is dissolved,
for fiptrit dissipates the magnetism
of material things.
PRATER MUST BE LIVED
For example, let us study the ex
perience of Jacob. Disciplined by
difficulties, he wrestled all night,
and when the vision came he held
to It; he held steadfastly to It until
"the breaking of day," that is, until
his nature was transformed. 8o it
is with Christian Scientists. As we
enter the spiritual realm of purs
Mind, we feel the joy and gratitude
of knowing Life, Truth, and Love,
and from this vantage ground wa
affirm with the conviction and cer
titude of understanding the facta
taught in Christian Science health,
wholeness, life, abundance.
Spiritual understanding cannot be
increased merely by expounding.
We have to live our way to higher
perception. That Is why mere aca
demics In all the centuries have not
attained what the fisherman disci
ples gained . comparatively at a
bound. Not acumen, but spiritual
living, clears the thought. "Man'a
moral mercury, rising or falling,
registers his healing ability" (Sci
ence and Health, p. 449).
Work, carved Into deeds, gives
results. Life, scientifically ordered
according to Principle, will result
In the wonderful power by which
the fishermen's boat was transport
ed across the lake. A life ordered
by Spirit forwards the spiritual new
birth, and ascension from scale to
scale follows.
We must remember that actlv
participation In good la understand
ing. But confusion of our thought
manifests Itself In confusion. All
sin. dishonesty, selfishness, malice,
envy are manlfestatlona of Igno
rance. Good deeds bring good re
sults. Let us be In line. In active
participation with the operations of
divine Mind: and If we are faithful
we can express the divine Mind. It
is Impossible to understand Truth
until we have the courago to live It.
Christian Science came through
firayer and only prayer can carry
t on. Prayer In Christian Science
Illumines thought: It "lights the
torch of spiritual understanding"
(Science and Health, p. 202). Under
the brightness of this light, mortal
mind is lifted above Its own false
conceptions. Then the divine Mind
with its order possesses conscious
ness, and its Ideas take form to
human sense as answered need. nd
so right thinking externalizes Itself
in right conditions.
Every time the light of Troth
shines Into our consciousness re
vealing the fact of God's allness and
man's perfection, we catch a glimpse
of the troth Mary Baker Eddy dis
covered: every time a healing takes
place there Is enjoyed the blessing
which Mary Baker Eddy brought to
humanity. Do not honesty and gra
titude compel recognition of the
debt to a discoverer of this boon to
mankind? A right estimate of a
revelation of so great salvation Is a
test of Intelligence. Note how the
great Way-shower tested the Intel
ligence of his disciples by examin
ing their estimate of himself.
"Whom say ye that I am?" Kven
so today humanity's intelligent
grasp of the truth Is tested by Its
thoughts of Mrs. Eddy, through
whom the Christ-healing has come
today and through whom a more
widespread Interest In God Is being
manifested. Through her teachings
has come a renaissance In this study
of the Holy Scriptures, aa evidenced
In the phenomenal Increase in the
sale of Bibles.
So I ronclu'de with a blessing
WTitten In a letter to me bv Mra.
F.ddy in 1905: "May our Father
Mother bless you, keep vou awake
to the f-e and thoromrhly garri
soned In His Spirit" (original letter
In the archives of The Mother
Church).
Conservatives Are
Warned in Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. is.--() A
challenge and a warning to conser
Vf tlves in both parties was voiced to
day by light senate progressives who
urged formation of a national non
partisan organization to work the
year round, for liberal Ideas.