is a man made, money making scheme, practised in the sacred and holy name of Christian Science. Real CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, like GoD its FOUNDER, is eternal, universal, and free. It belongs to all the dear people. Individual growth in the knowledge and demonstration of real CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, carries with it, correlative and expanding CONSCIOUSNESS of the harmony of SCIENTIFIC BEING or real CHRISTIAN FREEDOM. TO know God is to love Him. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Jesus. "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:" Paul. CHAPTER 19 CORRESPONDENCE. We give the following correspondence because we think it will be explanatory, interesting and instructive. TRUTH is never afraid of error. TRUTH is omnipotent. To TRUTH there is no error. Truth says, come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. In the correspondence immediately following and to June 30th, 1901, evidently error was afraid of the truth which maketh free from the mesmeric and hypnotic spellbinding influences of selfishness,-directing the attention of deluded followers to certain books and persons obviously for selfish purposes; instead of to GOD-TRUTH, the only real presence and power of Good-Light-Life-Love-Liberty-Freedom. Judge S. J. Hanna, 858 Oak Street, Oakland, Cal., August 20th, 1901. Boston, Mass., Dear Brother: For over three years I repeated daily the Scientific Statement of Being as it appears in Science and Health, affirming, "All is infinite Mind," etc., etc.; but over a year ago, for my own private use, it became clear to my thought, that to be loyal to my understanding of our Divine Principle, God, I had to use the word Spirit instead of Mind in this connection, and say, "All is Infinite Spirit and its Infinite Manifestation." Since then other changes have come to my thought, and today the Scientific Statement of Being, for my private use is repeated thus: "There is no Life, Truth, Substance or Intelligence in matter. All is Infinite Spirit and its infinite manifestation. Spirit is immortal Truth, matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal, matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and God is Good, Light, Life, Truth, Love, Substance, Intelligence, Principle; for God is All and is All-in-All, more than All there connot be: God who is All, is not man, hence there is no man, matter, mortality, or materi ality. We are each and all an identical individual idea of Spirit, hence we are all in Spirit One, Principle and idea coexistent, co-eternal and inseparable One. Permit me here to say, it affords me much pleasure to notice in Mrs. Eddy's message recently published, that the word Spirit appears twenty-seven times, and the word Mind only ten times, indicative, as I take it, of the present upward trend of her thought. In my Concordance I find the capital letter S, representing Spirit about 153 times; and the small s, representing the word spirit 237 times, equal, say in all, 390 times; while in the same Concordance mind is only represented about eighty-five times, and it appears to me by investigation, that the One Mind is referred to only about thirty-three times. This reference to Mrs. Eddy's message and also the Bible, tends to furnish evidence in favor of the fact, that Spirit is All-inAll, and is a more comprehensive word or term than is Mind. Again, Spirit is indefinable, but Mind is to a degree definable, and hence is a denser term; and yet it is true that Mind is inseparable from Spirit, as is Intelligence, Thought, and the whole spiritual universe. Question: Should not the Scientific Statement of Being read: All is Infinite Spirit, instead of "All is infinite Mind?” You may show this letter to Mrs. Eddy, or make any use of it, or no use of it, as seems best to your thought. My identification with God and mankind and love for and loyalty to Truth prompt me to write this letter. Your obedient, humble servant, Thomas Hebblewhite. I received no answer unless the following extract is one, and I so regarded it: Christian Science Sentinel, September 5th, 1901. Page 8. Notice. "Beloved Students:-Being apportioned to sow for others to reap, whatever is new and true means for me to say or do, while others make the best of the situation. I am again startling you with a new movement called forth by circumstances. Students who have not passed examination, as per Manual, at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, are not now on the list of eligible teachers of Christian Science. The cause for this our State laws explain, in that one law liquidates another, and the last one supersedes the first. The new By-law on this subject, please find in our Church Manual. Teaching Christian Science is of less importance than healing the sick and reforming the sinner. So comfort yourselves, dear ones, by thinking of the good you have done and are doing. Let this recompense you, and the future explain the present." Mary Baker G. Eddy. The above stirred the field to such a degree as to call forth the following notice: Christian Science Sentinel, September 19th, 1901. Page 40. Notice. "The Church By-laws on the qualification of students to teach Christian Science have not recently been changed. My notice in the Sentinel of September 5, 1901, contained nothing new on this subject or that would naturally alarm the Field. It meant simply that those students who have neither taken courses of instruction at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, nor passed examination there by the Board of Education, are not expected to teach Christian Science. Please turn to page 47, section 3, and page 71, section 3, in Church Manual, and you can verify the above statement." Mary Baker G. Eddy. Oakland, June 17, 1901. Mr. Thomas Hebblewhite, Whereas the Officers of this Church, First Church of Christ Scientist of Oakland, Cal., do not consider your views in accord with the teachings of Christian Science, therefore they earnestly request that you will kindly refrain from LIFORNIA 771 expressing yourself by either reading or speaking at our Wed nesday evening meetings. Yours in Truth and Love, Charlotte A. Wheaton, Clerk. 858 Oak Street, Oakland, Cal., June 19, 1901. Miss Charlotte A. Wheaton, Clerk of First Church of Christ Scientist, Oakland, Your missive of the 17th inst. is received. The kind and courteous intention of the Officers of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Oakland, which you represent, is appreciated by me, and is doubtless more praiseworthy than the previous efforts misdirected for the same purpose and good intention. Permit me tenderly, yet firmly to say, I think it is a mistake to attempt to limit or interfere with my divine and human consciousness of Right, either by the silent thought or verbal expression of your Officers. It will, however, afford me pleasure to accede to your request, if I can only do so without compromising my loyalty to God the Divine Principle of Christian Science. For your encouragement I may say, it appears to me that I am near to when I shall be so preoccupied with a continuity of thought and concentration of effort in the continuation of my work, (so much needed by the dear people) which will induce the privilege of silence on my part in the Wednesday evening meetings for a while, as experienced in November, 1899, and continued for several months, (which you may recollect) and during which a foundation was laid for a work still in process of construction. In the past so far as I know, I have given in the meetings what Truth has given me for that purpose, and for many months have spoken in answer to tedious waiting. Christian Science, Truth, or knowledge, never clashes with itself, Truth is omnipotent and needs no protection. Is there any religious |