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2 Woman asas Society WITH A PHOTOGRAPH Take? love, the picture that I send. And If the power of art Could give this shadow of myself A voice, the lips would part, And tell you that beneath the fur, The roses, and the lace, My heart is but a living frame That holds your cherished face. —Minna Irving. The Monday Evening Club held a de lightful meeting at the home of Mrs. Heck on Blount street last week. It was an unusually large meeting, and the programme was extremely interesting. Miss Laura Devereux read a criticism of ‘‘When Knighthood was in Flower.” Mrs. Chas. McKlmmon sang two solos, “A Gypsey Maiden,” and “My Love’s Ljlce a Red Rose.” Mr. Field read a character sketch. Miss Higgs sang, “When ’tis Summer In the Heart.” Mr. Asbury read the first chaptir of the serial story to be written by mem bers of the club. The title of the story i 3 “The Complete Works of the Thirteen Club.” Miss Watson sang “Asthore,” and Mr. W. J/ Peele read a splendid character sketch. Miss Pattie Mordeeai gave a most charming entertainment on Wednesday afternoon. It was a “Book party.” 'lhe fortunate winner of the prize being Mrs. Grimes Cowper. The dining room was tastefully deco rated with La France roses and smilax, and most delicious refreshments were served ‘by Misses Belle Pescud, Jenn’e Pescud, Theodora Marshall and Margaret Smedes. Miss Mordecai’s guests were Mrs. Brown Shepherd, Mrs. B. S. Jsrman, Mrs. Palmer Jerntan, Mrs. Geo. Thompson, Grimes Cowper, Mrs. J. I). Bans hall, Mrs. Geo. McGee, Mrs. Frank Ferguson, Mrs. Maynard, Mrs. Van Moore, Mrs. J. M. Turner, Mrs. John Kenny, Mrs. Thos. Kenan, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mrs. Jcs. E. Pogue, Mrs. Ada Rogers Boykin, Mrs. Geo. Strong, Mrs. llobt. Strong, Mrs. Julian Timberlake, Mrs. Lottie AlcAdtn, Mrs. Chas. McKlmmon, Mrs. James Mc- Kimmon, Mrs. Herbert Jackson, Mrs. Chas. Latta, Mrs. Ludlow Skinner, Mrs. \V. P. McGee, Misses Ellie Haywod, Fan nie McPheeters, Laura Devereux, Mary McKay, Mrs. Robt. Hall. The Olln Podrida Club hold quite a de lightful session at the home of Mrs. iJ. S. Skinner on Tuesday afternoon. The subject fer the afternoon was French History. Miss Laura Dexereux read an excellent sketch of the Bourbon family. Mrs. J. A. Chamberlain read a charming paper on “The Causes of the French Rev olution.” Mrs. W. S. Primrose read a selection from Seaton Thompson on Wolves in the time of Louis XV. Dainty refreshments were served. The Current Literature Club met Tues day morning at the home of Mrs. B. T. McAden on Illcunt street. Mrs. Chas. M. Busbee entertained the Klcndyke Club Friday afternoon. There were five tables, and Mrs. J. M. Turner won the prize. Those present were Miss Pearce, of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. R. S. Jarman, Mrs. Geo. Thompson, Mrs. Mary Calvert, Mrs. Jro. Kenry, Mrs. Grimes Cowper, Mrs. Herbert Jackson, Mrs. F. H. Busbee. Mrs. V. E. Turner, Mrs. J. M. Turner, Mrs. Chas, MoKiminon, Mrs. Geo. McGee, Mrs. Ludlow Skinner, Mrs. Jos. E. Pogue, Mrs. Chas. Latta, Mrs. Lottie McAden, Mrs. Ed. Chambers Smith, Misses Ellie Haywood. Fannie McPheeters, Pattie Mor decai, Laura Devereux. The rehearsals for Esmeralda are go ing on every night, under the direction of Mr. Slierrin, and promises to be a great success. Those taking part are Misses Daisy Moring, Minine Tucker, Blanche Blake, Flora Creech, Florence Boylan, Messrs. Sherrin, Butler, Watkins Rob nrds, Hal Ayer and Early Hughes. The company intends presenting it on the nights of December 11th and 12th. Miss Annie Rogers has issued invita tions to a card party to be given at her home on Wednesday, November the twen ty-eighth. Miss Myra Steele Pearce is visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. M. Busbee. Miss Lula Hawkins, who has been visit ing Miss Eliza Busbee, has returned home. Miss Louise Holt, who has been the guest of Miss Norris, left for Graham Tuesday. Miss Daisy Hanes, who has been visiting Mrs. Busbee, accompanied her home. Miss Maude Latta, who has been vis iting friends in Waterburv, Conn., and New York, for the past three months is at home again. Miss Tate, who was the guest of Miss Purnell, left for Atlanta Wednesday. Miss Eliza Simmons has returned from an extended visit to Newbern. Miss Mary Pruden and Miss Eliza Bus bee left Friday to visit Miss Mary Fere bee in Norfolk, *Va. Miss Rosa Battle is visiting friends in Rocky Mount. i Miss Fannie Moore Burwell, of Char lotte, who has been the guest of Miss Sarah Cheshire, has gone home. Messrs. Henry King. Perrin Busbee, John West, John Andrews, Will Vass, John McKee left Friday night for Nor folk, to witness the game of ball between the Universities of North Carolina and Virginia. Miss Sallie Staton, of Tarboro. who has been the guest of Mrs. Henry Litch ford, left last week. Mrs. Willie Rosenthal, of Newbern, is in the city, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Rosenthal. Miss Mary Thompson Is visiting in Smithfield. Misses Minnie Tucker and Adelaide Snow will leave Tuesday for Baltimore. Miss Florence Boylan leaves for Wash ington, D. C., on a visit this week. Mrs. P. B. Albright has returned from Greensboro. HINTS FOR THE GIRL BACHELOR. The woman who is leading the rear guard of civilization in lone independ ence may find it useful to know: That marriage is a lottery. That bargains are usually expensive luxuries. That prettiness is the least of a wo mans attractions. That the wearing of a ready-made tie is almost a crime. That so-sailed “Behemianism is a good thing to avoid. That Hull's and frills are out of place in a business office. That Jewelry should not be worn during wirking hours. That affectation is readily detected and generally despised. That a white chiffon veil cures many faults in the complexion. That one can be thoroughly womanly and yet do “a man’s work.” That it is proper to get home before eleven o’clock if you are a bicyclist. That cigarette smoking brings a low train of evils in its wake. That no woman, no matter how poor, can afford to be badly dressed. That it is not well to take one’s self or one’s profession too seriously. That a continuous series of table d’ liote dinners is death to digestion. That undusted tea cups and saucers do not give a homelike air to a den. That it is not wise to confide too freely even in one's dearest friend. That perfect cleanliness is the first law of the refined woman’s nature. That it is to be as adept with the nee dle as with the bicycle. That all thought of work should be banished during one’s leisure hours. That it does not nay to economize in food nor to lunch on tea and crackers. That it is a sign of advancing years to have a passion for cats and canary birds. That it is not comfortable to be in love with more than two men at the same time. That tea is a strong stimulant, with a bad effect on the nerves when taken freely. On Thursday afternoon Miss Jennette Biggs delightfully entertained the Thurs day Afternoon Euchre Club. The follow ing young ladies were present: Misses Mary Andrews, Hal Morson, Lena Latta, Nell and Annie Hinsdale, Sadie and An nie Root, Harriet Haywood, Mabel Young, of Henderson, Miriam Stamps, Annie Che shire, Mary Lacy, Blanche Heartt, Louise Linton, Margaret Trapier and Belie Mou curo. The first prize was won by Miss Louise Linton, and the booby by Miss Annie Cheshire. Miss Sarah Cheshire entertained at lunch on Monday complimentary to Miss Fannie Moore Burwell, of Charlotte. Those i resent were Mrs. William West, Misses Sadie Root, Mary and Lena Latta, Mary Andrews, Elizabeth Montgomery and Belle Pescud. On Monday Mrs. A. B. Hawkins gave a football party and dinner compliment ary to Miss Clara Lewis and Miss Car rie Bailey, of Florida. The invited guests were Misses Lula Hawkins, of Ridgeway, Mary Pruden, of Edenton, Sue Robards, of Henderson, Mary Andrews and Eliza Busbee. AFTERNOON AND EVENING RECEP TION. Fayetteville, N. C., Nov. 24.—From 4 o’clock Tuesday until midnight Mrs. W. M. Morgan held a reception to her many friends and admirers in Fayetteville so ciety, and everything that art and skill could devise, and a cultured taste sug gest, was brought into requisition to em bellish and adorn the lofty rooms of the beautiful residence on Haymount and emphasize the graceful hospitality of the charming hostess—the prevailing floral decorations of the parlors being white with pyramids of ferns, the tea-room pink, and the supper room glowing in the coloring of deep crimson, the blush and perfume of the American beauty rose everywhere. Mrs. E. J. Lilly and Misses Eliza Wil liams and Kate Broadfoot welcomed the guests in the hall, whence they were ush ered into the north parlor, where Mrs. Morgan received, assisted by her mother, Mrs. Fawcette, Misses Tomlinson, Slo eomb, Hawley, Cameron and Calvert, while Misses Morehead, Frances Macßae and Bessie Underwood met the visitors at the entrance to the third parlor. Mrs. W. L. Holt presided in the tea-room and Mrs. H. W. Lilly and Mrs. R. W. Bidgood in th supper room, assisted by Misses Ellen Underwood, Fannie Williams, Mar garet McNeill, Maud Haigli and Bessie McNeill, who in their grace and loveli ness ministered to the enjoyment of the delighted guests. The hours of the afternoon were devo ted to the reception of married visiters, and the later hours of the evening were claimed by the merry younger folks in pleasant converse and the novel and in genious game of letters, in which Miss Elia Williams won the first prize. The following gentlemen were invited to join the ladies in the evening. Messrs. A. J. Cook. H. P. Elliott, L. B. Holt, A. B. Hill, W. L. Holt, Capt. N. H. Mc- Oeaehy, R. H. McDuffie, Capt. E. R. Mc- Kethan. W. H. Pope, G. B. Underwood, A. B. Williams, E. H. Williamson, It. L. Williams. To Dughi, the well-known Raleigh ca terer, was entrusted the task of the bounteous provision of the supper ta bles and their arrangement and setting forth in all their exquisite dainties and elegant appointments. YOUNG-VICKERS. Reldsville, N. C., Nov. 21. —The First Baptist Church was the scene of a bril liant wedding today at high noon, when Mr. J. Francaise Young led to the altar Mrs. Rosa E. Harrison Vickers. The au ditorium was well filled with friends. Mr. Young is an express messenger on the Southern and is a most estimable and promising young man. His bride is a young widow of personal charms and is exceedingly popular throughout the State, the couple boarded the 1 o’clock north bound vestibule for n bridal tour. The german last night in the Rocking ham Club rooms was the social event of the fall. Many couples participated, and kept perfect time to the excellent music by the Columbia, (S. C.), Orchestra, while dancing was in progress. Among those present were the following young ladies from a distance: Miss Nina Hay, Sagi naw, Mich.; Miss Laura Lyon, Durham: Miss Laura Boyd, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1900. Vera Lyon, Durham: and Miss Ada Vick ers, Mt. Airy. Miss Lilly Watt Penn eri t< rtained a portion of the guests at a luncheon during the evening. Miss Laura Boyd, a charming young lady, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting Miss I.illy Watt Penn on Main street. BRILLIANT RECEPTION AT DURHAM. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C.. Nov. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant, and family, of the Southern Conservatory of Music, tendered a reception last evening complimentary to the Conservatory home students. The reception was from 8 to 11 o’clock, and was one of the most pleasing social events in Durham’s annals. The guests were received in the par lors of the Conservatory, which presented a scene of beauty and animation, as charming young ladies, in full evening dress, amid brilliant lights and decora tions of palms, vied with each other in introducing guests, to students and in structors. The guests wore ushered in by Prof. W. D. Carmichael, and were received by Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Findlay, Miss Marguerite Exum, Miss Elizabeth Fellers, Miss Al berta Robbins and Miss Bettie Blair, in structors, assisted by some twenty or more young ladies of the Conservatory, among whom were some of the sweetest young ladies of the city. From the reception rooms the guests were conducted to the handsomely deco rated dining room, where charming young ladies served a most delicate menu, of tea, ices and cake. The fine handiwork of A. Dughi. of Raleigh, was seen in the refreshments, and they were served with his well-known ability. The guests who participated in this delightful and charming affair, during the evening, numbered something like five hundred, and embraced a fine representa tion of Durham’s citizenship. It was thoroughly enjoyed by those present and heightened the esteem in which the Southern Conservatory of Music is held by our people. The reception was well planned and admirably carried out, and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, and their assist ants have the thanks of our people for such a delightful evening. SOCIAL SEASON IN KINSTON. Kinston, N. C.. Nov. 20.—The most im portant social event of the season in Kinston took place Friday evening, No vember lfith, when Colonel and Mrs. W. A. Bobbitt entertained the Zig-Zag Club in honor of their house party. Their beautiful home was decorated with palms and potted plants, and beneath the glare of electric lights presented a scene of rare loveliness. There was gathered toge ther the beauty and gallantry of town and State. The unique mode of enter tainment was a literary love story—the outline of which was given and the guests required to fill out blanks with titles of popular books, making a complete and beautiful story. The first prize was won by Mr. J. F. Rogers, of Goldsboro. A pretty idea for drawing the consola tion prize was that the hostess entered the room bearing a large tray, covered with handsome chrysanthemums, each flower having a long ribbon attached, upon the end of which was writen the name of a popular and recent novel. The name chosen for the consolation prize was drawn by Miss Mary Currin, of Oxford. Elegant refreshments were served, and altogether the evening was a most de lightful ene. On Saturday evening. November 17th, Messrs. Hoge Erwine and Randolph Meade entertained the guests of Colonel and Mrs. W. A. Bobbitt with a musicale by Croccia's band. A delightful feature of the evening was a solo. “For All Eternity” (Herbert), by Miss Bat Wat kins, of Wilson, the entire band accom panying her. MARRIAGE AT DURHAM. Durham, N. C., Nov. 24.—There is to be a happy wedding solemnized here on Wednesday, November 2Sth. when Mr. James Edward Lee and Miss Medora Estevia Smith will be married. The wed ding will take place at the bride’s par ents’, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Smith, who re side near the Commonwealth hosiery mill, at ft o'clock a. m. The prospective groom is well known here. He is the courteous and efficient ticket agent of the Southern Railway in this city. His intended bride is an ex ceedingly popular young lady. She is a musician of marked ability and has charmed many Durham people with her singing, both during entertainments and at church services. • RECIPE FOR COURTSHIP. (From Life.) To one piece of dark piazza, add a lit tle moonlight. Take for granted two per sons. Press, in two big strong ones, one small soft hand. Sift lightly two ounces of romance; add a large measure of folly; stir in a floating ruff!? and one or two whispers: dissolve a half dozen glances in a well of silence; dust in a small quantity of hesitation, one ounce of resistance, two of yielding; place the kisses on a flushed cheek, or two lips; flavor with a slight scream and set aside to cool. This will succeed in any climate, if di rections are carefully followed. WOMEN WHO PROPOSE. Miss Kendrick, the beautiful English heiress, celebrated in the ballad of “The Berkshire Lady's Garland,” sent Benja min Child, the handsome young attorney, with whom she had fallen in love, an anonymous letter demanding satisfaction for injuries received. After vainly try ing to guess whom his challenger might be and how he had offended. Child be took himself, provided with a second, to the place of meeting. There he saw no fierce gallant, only a masked woman, who flashing a rapier, said: It is I that invite you, You shall wed me or I’ll fight you Underneath those spreading trees. Therefore, choose from which you please! Taken aback by such a “stand and de liver,” Child asked to see his challenger’s face before deciding, hut the woman re fused to unmask until the knot was tied. He decided to surrender, so he and the lady went to church and were married. The hero of the romance found that his adventure brought him “beauty, honor, riches.” He took place among the gentry of the county and was High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1714. Dr. Thomas Dawson, who was celebra ted in the last century as a physician for both soul and body, found one da,y an admiring patient alone, sitting with the family Bible before her. The physi cian read the words to which her finger pointed —the words of Nathan to David, “Thou art the man.” He took the hint and married her. It was hardly fair to reckon Elizabeth Simpson among proposing women, al though answering Mr. Inehbald's sugges tion that she should marry with “Who would marry me?” was tantamount lo seeking Ihe reply, “l will, if you will have me.” There certainly could be no mistaking the words spoken by a girl who i resided over a refreshment stall at a large railway station in England. She was a good looking girl, but had red hair. A man waiting for a train said to her: “Could you oblige me with a match?" She replied: "Yes, if you do not object to a red-headed one.” They are now married and happy. Thinking that it would tend to her spir itual welfare, Margaret Charlton wished to marry Richard Baxter, and sent an ambassadress to negotiate, while she lis tened at the study door. Hearing him declare that the proposition could not he entertained, Margaret burst into the room, threw herself at his feet and said: “Dear Mr. Baxter, I protest with a sin cere heart, I do not make a tender of niy seif to you upon any worldly account, bur to have a more perfect converse with so holy and prudent a yoke-fellow to as sist me on the way to Heaven and to keep me steadfast in my perseverance, which I design to God’s glory and ( ray soul’s good!” Baxter succumbed. Robert Leighton, bishop of Dumhlane, might have done the same had he been proposed to by one as young and fair as Margaret Charlton, but the would-be Mrs. Leighton was a spinster of limited Shu mis. She called upon the Bishop and informed him that it had been revealed to her from Heaven that he was to be come her husband. His reverence, though somewhat startled, was equal to the oc casion. He told the lady that such an intimation was r.ot to be despised, and that he would give his best atention to it when it were vouchsafed to him as well as to her. RECEPTION AT HENDERSON. (Special to Nes and Observer.) Henderson, N. C., Nov. 24. —One of the most magnificent social functions ever given in the State was the reception Thursday evening, at the hospitable borne of Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Cooper in honor of Mr. Sydney Perry Cooper and his beau tiful and accomplished bride, who have just returned from their Northern tour. It was recherche in all of its appoint ments. The rooms were beautifully de o rated with palms, ferns and toe rarest flowers. The color scheme throughout the house was pink, except that in the ice cream room golden tints prevailed. The receiving party were: In the hall. Mesdames Henry Perry and J. 11. Owens. In the parlor, Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Cooper, Mr. Alex. Cooper and Miss Charlotte Young, Mr. J. It. Young of Raleigh, and Mrs. Howell Cobb Jackson of Atlanta, Ca.. (the hand some and youthful mother of the bride), Mr. D. Y. Cooper, Jr., aud Miss Willie Parker, Miss' Stella Perry and Master Allison and little Miss Genevieve Cooper. The bride was radiantly lovely in her bridal gown of white Duchess satin point lace, chiffon and orange blossoms, and wore a handsome diamond brooch, the gift of the groom. They stood opposite the parlor door, near the hay window and the lace draperv and floral decorations formed a fitting back ground for so fair a picture. The dining room was superb in its dec orations. The table in its artistic .arrange ment of flowers and smilax, a marvel of beauty. The refreshments were from Richmond’s noted caterer. Mesdames J. J. Miller, T. H. Chavasse and Misses Anny Butler,'Ethel Dorsey and Lernme Jordan presided over this department. In the next room Mrs. N. 11. Chavasse served delicately-flavored lemonade. Mrs. W. H. S. Burgwyn and Miss Rebecca But ler presided at the coffee urns. Mrs. Owen Davis and Mrs. G. A. Rose had charge of the ice cream room. Later in the evening the receiving party and a number of young gentlemen invited for this hour, were delightfully enter tained at an elegant supper. The ladies of the receiving party were elegantly gowned as follows: Mrs. H. C. Jackson, ivory brocade satin, panne velvet and Duchess lace, diamonds. Mrs. D. Y. Cooper, black satin, lace and chiffon, diamonds. Miss Charlotte Young, pink silk, chiffon and carnations. Alias Willie Parker, pink silk, lace and roses. Little Miss Genevieve Cooper, pink silk and carnations. Master Allison Cooper, blue satin and white lace. Mrs. Henry Perry pink and black silk, with carnations, diamonds. « Mrs. J. B. Owen, white organdie and chiffon, pink carnations, diamonds. Miss Ethel Dorsey,' pink silk, white embroidered chiffon. Miss Lemme Jordan, white organdie, roses. Mrs. T. IT. Chavasse, white organdie, crimson flowers. Mrs. George Rose, black silk with pink roses. Mr 3. W. H. S. Burgwyn, in heliotrope silk, pink decorations, diamonds. Mrs. N. 11. Chavasse, black silk and Duchess lace. Mrs. J. J. Miller, white silk, with car nations. pink, carnations. Miss Rebecca Butler, white organdie Miss Amy Butler, white organdie over with blue, roses. Miss Gussie Blacknall, white silk with roses. Miss Pattie Lou Jones, white organ die and carnations. X Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever DR. T. FELIX GOUKAUD’S Oriental Cream, or Magical Beantifler. -pAFVW PURIFIES AS WELL AS /fpleantlfles tiie mid Skin Dis eases, mi<l everv blemish on beauty,; nd defies detection. On its virtue! it has .stood tin* test of r>2 years: ho other has. and is so harmless we taste it to bo sure it is properly made Ae<cpi no counterfeit of similar name The distiii; uished Hr. L. A. Sayre, said to a lady of the inn tt m(a patient): “As von Sa dies will use till 111. i recomni“iid ‘Gouraud’s Cream’as tlie least Harmful of all Skin propara tions ’’ One iMitt’c will last six months, usiim it every day. GOl KAiIU’S POUDRE SUBTILE removes superfluous hair without injury to the skin. FRED. T. HOPKINS, Prop., 27 Great Jones Street, X. Y. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers throughout the United States, Canadas and Europe. Also found in X'. Y. City at 11. 11. Maev s, Wan nmaker’s, and other Fancy Goods Dealers. Beware of Base imitations. SI,OOO reward tor arrest and I proof of any one selling tin* same. “RHLUMATISM IS A LIE, A FALSE CLAIM.” (Continued from First rage.) of a liar is to give forth lies, and if he is strictly a liar, he does nothing else. In the text just quoted, the devil’s own, his offspring, that which is of or belonging to him is a lie. Will our friend please tell me how much substance, how much reality there is in a lie? A lie is ui\true, hence unreal; it has no existence in fact, and dies the moment its opposing truth is revealed. According to Jesus’ words we have now proved that the woman, who probably would have been called a rheumatic in medical parlance, was bound by a lie, and was healed by the truth. We have proved by Jesus’ own words that rheumatism, or the like, is a lie, a false claim; arid inasmuch as it was the Christ’s mission to destroy the works of the devil, we consider ourselves justi fied in claiming that sin, sickness and death which he surely annihilated were tlie works of the devil, hence lies, or false claims. Will Dr. Marshall kindly explain how a lie is to be destroyed with medicine? Will he also tell me why he proposes to discard Jesus’ diagnosis and remedy for disease, while at the same time he seeks to retain his definition and remedy for sin? Why not let “na ture” destroy sin? Why not call the sinners about the altar and administer Dr. King’s Pain Killer, or soSie “regu lar” medicine. What is his Bible au thority for resorting to material methods for overcoming sickness, contrary to Je ans’ example, while he seeks to follow the Master's s.ejs in the overcoming of sin? Jesus said: “For whether is it easier to say thy sins he forgiven thee, or to say, arise and walk?” Now as to the denial of the existence of matter, I propose to prove by the Master’s words that he had no more re spect for matter than the Christian Scientist. He never had a kind tiling to say of the flesh. I will treat this ques tion in connection with Dr. Marshall’s statesmens "Christian Science teaches that everything real is mind * * * hence there are no stars, no trees, no mountains, and we have no bodies.” Such a view is no more acceptable to Christian Scientists than to our reverend divine, and indeed is not the teaching of this science. The abstract statement that everything we see is un real does not express the idea of this faith, which teaches that everything in creation from the least to the grearest is actual, it being only the human materia! concept of God's creation which is de clared an illusion. We believe that in our present unspiritual condition we have a wrong sense of the universe. This wrong perception is not the creation itself, but a false sense of it, and it is this false sense, not the creation itself, which the Christian Scientist believes to be unreal. It should be understood here that the basic statement of this science is scrip tural: “God is a spirit.” “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh (matter) profit eth nothing.” Will our friend please ex plain what Jesus meant by the statement that spirit alone animates the universe; also this passage. “In Him we live, and move and have our being.” Will he also note the words: “The flesh profiteth noth ing.” How much is nothing? And whence cometh this unprofitable thing* Did God perpetrate an imposition upon mankind by giving him something which Is un profitable? Flesh, or matter, under the light of Christian Science is but the hu man, false concept of God's creation which Is in reality spiritual, and all the dis cords and sins of earth are occasioned by believing in and serving the false sense named matter, or flesh. Christian science does indeed teach that sin is only as real as we make it by our indulgence: but it also inculcates that the sinner will never be rid of sin until he stops sinning, for his very indulgence makes evil real to him. It is stated: “Her (Airs. Eddy’s) teach ings go further and insist that death is only another false notion of the mind, and if the race would outgrow its belief in death people would cease to die.” Here again I would call upon our brother to interpret a bit of scripture. Jesus said: “If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.” Was this statement meaningless? Is it possible to keep the saying of Jesus? We admit that in our present material state we are far from that perfection which is necessary to the fulfillment of Jesus’ demands, and that we grow sick, suffer and die because of this. Nevertheless we know the sacred words are true; that the fulfillment of the same is within human possibility in proportion as human will yields to the divine. We also insist that John’s vision will be eventually seen again though cen turies may pass before that time: “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.” Also that prophecy: “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” Jesus spoke of death as sleep, and on one occasion He said: “Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not f sleepeth.” He also said: “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth.” And after having used this expression to the dis comfiture of his followers who did not understand its significance, “then said Je sus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.” As much os to say, “I do not consider death as anything more than a dormant mental condition, but if you cannot unde* stand my meaning I will us? a term familiar to you. and will say plainly, Laz arus is dead.” Should Christian Scientists be criticised for taking the same view of death which Jesus held? To quote further from Dr. Marshall: "Add to this the doctrine that Mrs, Eddy herself is the highest expression of the divine idea in the human form, surpassing Jesus as he surpassed Moses, and you have in brief the doctrine of Christian Science.” This is as far from Christian Science as night from day, and there is nothing in the writings of Mrs. Eddy to warrant such assumption. Mrs. Eddy claims absolutely nothing for her person ality except that she is the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, and this our friend will probably not deny. She teaches in her text-book that “Jesus was the highest human concept of a perfect man;” that he was the way-shower; that we are to be saved not only In the fu ture, but in the present through the practice of his teachings. Never is the claim made that, her text-book should take the place of the Bible, or that Chris tianity should he supplanted by Christian Science, but that “Science and Health” reveal the spiritual significance of the scriptures and make Christianity more practical. Or friend seems to believe that Chris tian Scientists reject his sense of a per sonal Cod. Os this it is difficult to be sure, since he has not defined what he means by the word personal. In Chris tian Science we prefer not to use the word personal ns applied to Deity, since such a term is apt to perpetuate the puerile conception that God is a restrict ed being with an outlined form. We be lieve in the infinite individuality of God, that He is an all-wise, self-conscious, ra tional Being, unlimited and everywhere present. Wo cannot accept any defini tion of Cod which would limit Him in any Sense; and it should he remembered that every statement of Christian Science is a deduction from the premise that God is Spirit, Love, as the Bible teaches. The Savior’s mission was to overcome the world, flesh, devil: to demonstrate the truth of Being in the presence of mortals, and to prove the truth of his words: “It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing;” in order that mortals might gain the (rue Science of Being, and thereby be able to obey the scrip tural admonition, “work out your own .salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” The first coming of Christ is the per sonal Jesus, healing the sick, and prov ing the power of God; the second coming is the coming to human conscious ness of the spiritual Christ; that is the understanding of the peculiar Ideas of truth, which Jesus knew and used in his life work, and by which he healed the sick, east out devils, raised the dead. His death and resurrection proved that God was his life; his as cension proved that Spirit, God was his substance, erd illustrated his statement that “the flesh profiteth nothing.’ We know from this that his death and ascen sion were necessary to prove certain ideas concerning tHr* science of Being, whleh wire essential to mortals in order that they might follow his example, work out the same results, and reach the same end, at the “right hand of God.” But for his advent in the flesh the world could not have known the truth. Indeed, every step of his experience from birth to ascension was necessary to the salvation of mortals. Dr. Marshall makes the statement: “How wicked the claim of this woman who insists that she has almost banish ed sickness and death from the world, when hospitals nr? crowded with weary patients: when the grave-diggers are busy.” Mrs. Eddy has never made any such claim. The most that she has said is that longevity has increased percepti bly during the past few decades, accord ing to statistics, and that this increase is co-existent with Christian Science. I know of thousands of people whose lives have been prolonged through Christian Science, and this in itself would decrease the average mortality. It has never been claimed by Mrs. Eddy or any other Chris tian Scientist that more than a very small percentage of the sickness in the world has been destroyed through Chris tian Science. It has not even been claim ed that Christian Scientists are at this stage in their growth immune from the discords and calamities of earth. Much Indeed has been accomplished already through this faith, for which we are grateful, and we will continue our efforts to trust God implicitly, and to hope for better days. Indeed we believe in a final fulfillment of the scriptures, that the time will come when God will reign su preme in all the affairs of men, and when there will be no more sorrow, sin or death. Sincerely yours, ALFRED FARLOW. P AHTISEPTIC^^ SKIN SOAP Made from the fresh greea leaves of tlie ia»- tnauian Blue Gum Tree. THE ONLY PERFECT SKIN AW) TC-LEi SOAP KNOWN. Sold by all druggists or seut by mail. Prt f, e, 25c. Sample cake, sc. * aHR R. T. BOOTH COMPANY, Ithaca. N. Y. C. H. NORTON Builder & Contractor DUKHAM, N. C. Cottof factories, residences, churches, business buildings and all classes of heavy and fancy building.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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