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THE recent passing from the earth plane of Mrs. Augusta Stetson,
former associate of Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of Christian Science,
and organizer of a movement to attempt to redirect and control a part of
the Christian Science activities in America, came as a shock to a large
number of persons who had been convinced of some of Mrs. Stetson's
arguments and contentions. From reports received here at
Headquarters, it would appear that despite the many efforts of
metaphysics to make plain the fundamentals of the Christian Science
doctrines, there are many who still misunderstand those fundamentals to
such an extent that the physical passing of their leader throws them into
consternation and leaves them helplessly stranded in the mire of
personal speculative philosophy.
It appears that quite a large number of those who were attempting to
follow Mrs. Stetson in her independent movement along Christian
Science lines as she interpreted them, believed that Mrs. Stetson would
never die; and some even believed that no true Christian would ever die
or pass through transition, and felt that the transition of Mrs. Eddy, the
founder of Christian Science, was an indication of some weakness in
her faith or in her own ability to live up to the principles she had
established. It is needless to say that such an understanding of the
Christian Science teachings and claims is not only absurd but typical of
the misconceptions that can evolve in the minds of students of
metaphysics who are prone to take any general principle and extend it to
a wide generality that is unsound and untrue.
The Christian Science statement that "there is no death" refers to death
of the immaterial, divine, spiritual being. And certainly every student of
metaphysics can accept this statement as being absolutely sound and
demonstrable. But to interpret this statement as meaning that a perfect
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