Demonology.

A positive reluctance nhas always existend in our mind to the investigatione of the dirty thing [?] Unclear or illegible termed mesmerism. It seemed enough that we knew nothing about it and loathed it but our heavenly Father had another purpose for us to fulfill. What broke this spell and launched us into the line of thought and action on this subject was a trivial circumstance as follows.

After When our first edition of "Science and Health"Editorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy had gone to press its [?] Unclear or illegible imp [?] Unclear or illegible erative circumstan [?] Unclear or illegible ces suspended the printing of it stopped arrested its being printinged we supposed for a few days as we expected but the delay continued months until our d [?] Unclear or illegible isappointment aroused us to action on a new scale. A clear sense of duty was constantly impelleding us to write somewha[*]Gap: letters.Reason: edge cut off. of our observations on this question of a mental malpractice or mesmerism. While we knew the vindictive nature of the individual implicated we hesitated not where duty pointed the way wrote our first pages on this subject in 1875 and started with a copy en route for our printer was surprised by finding him at the depot on his way to tell us the way was made clear to go on with our work now and he wanted more copy. This convinced us we had not complied too soon with the demands of a higher wisdom than ours and that our FatherEditorial Note: God would protect us in the performance of our duty at whatever cost. Our first announcment Corrected: announcement of the malpractice instituted and brought out in its most hidious Corrected: hideous proportions to our first observation after many years of practicing mental healing startled the community about us and caused the mal-practitioner to leave his locality his purpose then resolved itself into revenge and self-vindication to this end he has wrought since 1871 gathering to his aid such others as he could traduce by the mos his subtle method either to join his wicked endeavors or to withdraw from our their united labor in this causeEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science..

The metaphysical test that was our beacon on the unexplored shores of metaphysical healing namely to learn the mental cause by t arguing against it in the a right direction and if this rel [?] Unclear or illegible ieved the patient the proof was a obtained was ne [?] Unclear or illegible xt assalted Corrected: assaulted by this malpract [?] Unclear or illegible  itioner even as the assassin puts out the light which reveals his bloody deed his success in this direction secured a divertion Corrected: diversion in his favor and he led on the darkness of this hour as to mental healing and the right method as opposed to its opposite mesmerism. In this hour of questionable causes for disease and suffering the mental out-law Corrected: outlaw turned the fire of those who were ignorant of his mental conspiracies in this realm of mind upon their leader and then when he wished caused the suffering of their our students or their patients he would impress it upon their mind that their teacher did it and make a mesmeric law such as has been seen in a state of somnambulism when the sleeper could not be aroused by another th [?] Unclear or illegible an their operator nor wakened until the moment designated that the sufferor Corrected: sufferer could obtain no relief until they attack Mrs. Eddy as the cause of their sufferings. [?] Unclear or illegible Here was the law of mesmerism or material sense at war with scienc Christian Science so when they stole our writings they would endeavor to make it appear that we were the the book thief. they had only to reverse the fact by makeing Corrected: making it appear that we were the book

for example in our last class a student having a severe ailment that our teachings would have wholly removed told us that her sufferings were agravated Corrected: aggravated and her only relief was arguing mentally that the mal-practitioners Corrected: malpractitioners could not make her believe that Mrs Eddy was causing her sufferings even when we were engaged with all earnestness to teach and to heal her asnd succeeded in this whenever this spell of mesmerism and its modus operandi was found out.

Some facts must be taken for granted this is one of them that God is good and that Mrs. Eddy having gained out of her own christian experience her understanding of christian healing which growth spiritually precludes the possibility of a practice based on matter such as mesmerism has never [?] Unclear or illegible lost but is constantly adding to her understanding and proofs of Christian Science its all-potent Truth long-suffering Love faithfull Corrected: faithful rebuke that combine and keep pure christian healing. And because evil sin is gives the only power of their dark deeds of mesmerism she has it not when doing good but can antidote this evil with the reward of good.

A few years since the Spirit that has illumined our way demanded of us a duty we could failed to understand at that time it was to [?] Unclear or illegible  require some students apparently sincere in their practice to solegally make oath to the above facts. i In a few weeks thereafter this circumstance and the occasion for it were all mad revealed and the demonology power of mesmerism its power to traduce darken misguide and to commit all wrong exposed. This high carnival of crime was held over our prostrate form in the hour of our absorption in to meet and master the mal-practitioners Corrected: malpractitioner's experiments on our own life through the argument of poison. t To prove this fact we called a skillful M.D. whom we consulted to know the cause of our sufferings without a hint from us of what were our own convictions in the case. h He examined our case enquired if we had not been eating canned fruit or meat asked us if we had been exposed to poison recieving Corrected: receiving poison into the system through any method. We assured him that we had not he then somewhat reluctantly gave us his diagnose of our case namely that we were suffering from the effects of poison even designating the poison we then asked him for a cirtificate Corrected: certificate to this effect he wrote it and we have it in our possession over his own signature. Shortly after the foregoing facts followed the short sickness and decease of our beloved husband of the very same cause as many living witnesses are ready to testify. That event rent tore the vail Corrected: veil from our own darkened vision and we beheld their crimes and their methods as they existed in their thoughts and learned for the first time the danger of not knowing when those mesmerists or malpractitioners they are at work and producing the effects that we might attribute to other causes. h Had my husband before it was too late admitted they were effecting Corrected: affecting him as he had seen them known their effect upon his self as he could have healed himself even even as he had repeatedly saved the lives of others from [?] Unclear or illegible such attacks or corre or had I understood then as I did after did now how to have meet that question sooner and knew the cause he would have been spared. But the horrid deed has been done Many of my students witnessed it and knew the cause and future generations shall record the names of its perpetrators [?] Unclear or illegible many of my students will attest they witnessed it has been done and knew the cause and future generations and shall record

[?] Unclear or illegible God is not mocked whatsoever a man s [?] Unclear or illegible oweth that shall he also reapGal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. have passed away Too many of my students were daily witnesses to that murder witnessed it and knew [?] Unclear or illegible he to have been waswas murdered murder that we all strove to prove it but with my then in our inexperience I I could then meet it for my self Corrected: myself onlyA but not another but no only by spiritual transformation but she could not but could not thank God [?] Unclear or illegible  But now God has tempered the wind to the shorn lambEditorial Note: Allusion to a common proverb: “God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.” I can now out of the depths hath H [?] Unclear or illegible e hHe hath delivered us every student of our [?] Unclear or illegible s who has not [?] Unclear or illegible betrayed truth in [?] Unclear or illegible the hour of need today [?] Unclear or illegible  today understand their way safely enough to feel perfectly safety on over this question