Christian Science

s the Author." I cannot find that in her autobiography she makes this transference of the authorship, but I think that in it she definitely claims that she did her

s beginning to unfold itself and gather form i

d of light and Life, a fresh universe-o

ittle one, as I

en a person uses metaphors instead of statistics-and that is Mrs. E

emonstrating the spiritual Principle of healing, until our Heavenly Father saw fit, throug

nished me the solution of the mystery and I put it on paper"; or if she had said "God did it all," then we should understand; but her phrase is open t

hat much out of the riddles. The connection extended to busines

instruction," etc. Further down: "God has since shown

cial phrase "personally conducted." She "shrank from asking it, but was finally led, by a strange providence, to accept this fee." "Providence" is another theological term. Two leds and a providence, taken together, make a pretty strong argument for inspiration. I think that these statistics make it clear that the price was arranged above. This view is constructively supported by the fact, already quoted, that God afterwards approve

quoted, that Mrs. Eddy and her book were foretold in Revelation, and that Mrs. Eddy "is God's brightest t

selected by the Board of Directors of the Church. (By-laws, Sec. 3, p. 70.) The Board of Directors of the Church is the property of Mrs. Eddy. (By-laws, p. 22.) Mr. Tomkins did not make that statement without authorization from hea

ity the verbal authorship of Science and Health. But if she ever made the charge, she has withdrawn i

the copyright was infringed. I entered a s

er case-and with rude promptness. It was in the old days before the Berne Convention and before the passage of our amended law

cquire copyright in

ence before me indi

she denies it to the Deity. 3. That-in her belief-she wrote the book

ideas; but when this witness is testifying, one must draw the line some

aightforward statistics, makes it nearly always impossible to tell just what it is she is trying to say. She was definite when she claimed both the language and the ideas of the book. That seemed to settle the matter. It seemed to distribute the percentages of credit with precision between the collaborators: ninety-two per cent. to Mrs. Eddy, who did all the work, and eight per cent. to the Deity, who furnished the inspiration not enough of it to damage the copyright in a coun

ey to the Scriptures, as I have, were it of human origin, and I, apart from God, its author; but as I was only a scrib

body's

a distinct avowal that the book entitled Scie

n "scribe." A rock can reflect an echo, a wall can do it, a mountain can do it, many things can do it, but a scribe can't. A scribe that could reflect an echo could get over thirty dollars a week in a side-show. Many impresarios would rather have him than a cow with four tails. If we allow that this present scribe was setting down the "harmonies of Heaven"-and certainly that seems to have been the case then t

I think we must conclude that the Deity was Author of the whole book, and Mrs. Eddy merely His telephone and

TSC

Mr. Peabody has quoted in the above paragraph. It will be found in Mrs. Eddy

dictated Science and Health,

have removed from that important sentence explai

f Truth and Love, i

ony, we have a sure grip upon the following vital facts, and the

s and the language." 2. God furn

to have the matter a