AIRS. EDDY'S DISCIPLES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 7

AIRS. EDDY'S DISCIPLES.

OHAtfGES, OF HERESY AGAINST-i .;■;•■ ; LEADEE, ;".•. : ;-,Vw": ■'■Fresh' trouble has "nrisPri. among rtlw of Mrs. Eddy, and ■ Chrtetinil Scicnot, by the oxcommlmicntion of Mrs. Augusta.'.lS. Stetson, former-leader of tho ■ First Church of Scientist, for" rebellion against, tho -authority of-: Mrs. , Eddy.'tlie founder of tho.sect. Tho pr&bablo TtmM of this decision will .(writes the "l)aily News". Boston correspondent) bo nil: attempt on' tho'.pnrt of '-Sirs; Stot"son'to,:force thp seccsslpn pf tho First Church 'ofvChrist .Scientist, -.of ' Now York, from tho general tody; of- tho adnti*ents..of Mrs. llddy.. The troublo is .of loug standing, nndhns arisen out of the determination of the Bostoii : *Chrlstian Scientists, where Mrs, liddy •■has ,'■. hor. headquarters liow.'to doniinnto the w'iolo of the movement.' They brought charges against.. Mrs. 'Stctoon. .011 \. :twoiity-piio points, based partly on heresy and partly, oa methods of Christian , Science applies tion. ! The , most sensational of ■ tho charges, .was' thnt Mrs. Stetson .pujleavoured'. to control nnd inj lire' opponents by "inenial malpractice". Mrs'.' .Stetson replied , to this that, when, she':uttered words: consigning, persons 'to - ovil and misfortune sho addrossed herself- to: their -impersonal errors, and not to tho , persons-themselves;' . Her ."church ■in Now Y°rk, 'which' numbers somo-2000 people,, has already/..in-' vestig«t«d all these.; charges npd ; pwne'tntfld. Mrs.. Stetson 'on 'ejery ' ;ppiii.t, bi> that it would appear ;that 'va i-dtjfinittj Breach.is inevitable between.this and: the other, churches'.-.. .. •'.-■■ :.■.■■'■',] ■-. ,'",;"'.' :■: ;