Your letterEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. of yesterday recdExpanded:received In your sweeping charge of "untruthfulness & misrepresentation" you specify nothing but the "free love" feature. I wish you had made some suggestion as to the possible meaning of the words I read vis "The time cometh when we shall neither marry nor be given in marriageMatt 22:23 ¶The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Matt 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Matt 22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Matt 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. Matt 22:27 And last of all the woman died also. Matt 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Matt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Matt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Mark 12:18 ¶Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Mark 12:19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Mark 12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. Mark 12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. Mark 12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. Mark 12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Luke 20:27 ¶Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, Luke 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Luke 20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. Luke 20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. Luke 20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. Luke 20:32 Last of all the woman died also. Luke 20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Luke 20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. &c …… when each soul will seek its mate &c &c” If it it does not bear any construction what does it mean? I expressly declared twice that she emphatically insisted upon a rigid enforcement of the marriage laws, and quoted one the very sentence in your letter that it (marriage) must be protected with "puritanical regidityCorrected:rigidity" ''but issisted insisted that the only & made no such statement, fair construction of the subject as stated was that as you became "metaphysically advanced and developed" you would rise above these mere man made institutions. & this was not an "honest & truthful" representations of it. I leave you to suggest what would be.

I quote the principle sentence and question in your letter "Now Rev. Sir is it true that your fear that this woman's teachings will destroy the principal foundations of your church and belief. has caused you thus to misrepresent and misstate her teachings from the beginnings to the end of your discourse." I will answer this question: Your school believe that her teachings will have this effect and hail the day. I have no fear that they "will destroy the foundations &c" for the church is built on the Rock of Ages and the "gates of hell shall not prevail against it"Matt 16:13 ¶When Jesus came into the coasts of C
æsarea
Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? Matt 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others,
Jeremias, or one of the prophets. Matt 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Matt 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matt 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. ; but my fear is as I distinctly stated that this error in the guise of "Christian Science" would lead many astray and destroy the foundations of their faith

Let me state the merest outline and then you answer whether it is a "misrepresentation." I stated that she denies 1 a personal god, 2 a personal Christ, 3 the trinity, 4 Vicarious atonement, 5 the existence of angels, 6 the existence of a devil or evil, 7 the existence of "sin sickness and death," except as a mere matter of belief. (8 the efficacy of prayer)

9 that we are saved from sin by faith in a personal savior

These are radical heresies touching the orthodox church, and I quoted from the bookEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy to sustain those points as being taught in your systemEditorial Note: Christian Science. Is this a "misrepresentation" & a "misstatement from beginning to the end of my discourse." It is easy to make a general charge but my dear sir please be a little more specific. Will you please answer the above points. Does the book teach them or does it not.

You charge are with "bearing false witnessEx 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. &c" & with “misrepresentation &c, &c Those are pretty hard words but I will not in any way retort. I did not use any such words in my whole discourse, but spoke of its originator and followers as in error and in honest mistake. If you are a "Christian Scientist and can not Corrected: cannot in your answer to the above points convict me of falsehood & deception &c, &c, You owe it to your system and to yourself to either withdraw or verify the Statement.