ABSTRACT
Christian Science would carry far less weight in the race it is running if it frankly cut itself clear of a theology with which it has fundamentally no affinity. Marriage is on the same level with Prayer, Atonement and the Eucharist, and Animal Magnetism with Science, Theology and Medicine. Mrs. Eddy's across is simply the pain of being misunderstood and criticised in the preaching and practice of Christian Science, though indeed the Cross of Jesus was also the outcome of hostilities and misunderstandings and a final and terribly fierce method of criticism. Mrs. Eddy naturally sought the authority for her philosophy between the covers of the Scriptures. She violates all recognized canons of Biblical interpretation on almost every page. A careful student of Mrs. Eddy's mental processes is able in this region to understand them better than she understood them herself. Mrs. Eddy finds the efficacy of the Crucifixion "in the practical affection and goodness it demonstrated for mankind".
