150 The Fundamentals ward as well as forward, this is a proof that they are true! “The Divine m e taphysics ....................proves the rule by inversion.” So far as their value goes, these four propositions might just as well be read perpendicularly, or obliquely. And by the same method of argument, it would be easy to prove that angels, archangels, cherubim and seraphim, are butter flies, lizards, guinea pigs and horses. I t is not necessary in this article to review Mrs. Eddy’s life or discuss her personality. I t is interesting as the study of an eccentric character, but the personal aspect of this sub ject is a minor aspect. In seeking for the exact teachings of this ism, we natur ally turn to the fountain and source of it all, the text-book, “Science and Health.” This book is to Eddyism all that Blackstone is to the lawyer, or the pharmacopoeia to the phy sician—and a good deal more,—for never did a body of peo ple accept the utterances and decrees of a superior more slav ishly than do the disciples of this cult accept those of its founder. I t is out of the question, of course, to consider all the teachings or positions of “Science and Health”, and other writings of Mrs. Eddy. That would require more space than “T he F undamentals ” can give to the subject. To examine only a few of its underlying principles will be sufficient. If these claims can be shown to be contrary to the Word of God and to the experience and common sense of mankind, the whole thing must be rejected as unworthy of confidence. Not only this, but it should be opposed and aggressively combatted as a pestiferous error. Now, “Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures” treats of such subjects as Prayer, Marriage, Atonement and Eucharist, Animal Magnetism, Science, Theology, Medicine, Physiology, Creation, and Spiritualism. And these chapters are as utterly destitute of logical arrangement, or natural se-
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