Please read in the last Literary Digest published in N.Expanded:New York City, the N.Expanded:New York Times' article on Christian Science and answer it squarely fairly and sternly. The ignorance of the writerEditorial Note: This is in reference to an article published in The Literary Digest (Volume: 25 Issue: 21) on November 22, 1902, titled "Christian Science and Contagion," which also references a comment made by The New York Times. The author of the article is not given. can only be excelled by his malice. Show him his incapacity to criticise Christian Science when tThe word disease is repeated classified and explained in the Christian Science textbook whereas he claims it is a new admission by the author of that book.

The fact is that the sStudents may speak altogether too metaphysically to others than Christian Scientists. I have often rebuked told them for of this and shown them the advantage it gives the fools those who sneer at an absolute ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science.

Remind him of the vulgarity of referring to a lady of Mrs. Eddy's character and standing in the community as he did. Please note and quote Read the enclosed words of from the distinguished author of a distinguished work in London G. B.Expanded:Great Britain Also read [?] Unclear or illegible in Judge Ewing's lecture at White PlainsEditorial Note: White Plains, New York his sayings of me also and Judge Hanna's in his lecture at ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois and quote from them [*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. [*]Archival Note: Two vertical lines are drawn through the following text: sturdy at her post of duty as one who is "skulking and perhaps dead." The language of the writer indicates the slang of a defeated barrister and his client.[*]Archival Note: End vertical lines drawn through text.

[*]Archival Note: A metamark that looks like an X appears at this point in the manuscript. What I said say said of disease through the Sentinel simply meant the that students can had better afford to defend protect themselves from insult and injury than to incur it risk these by doctoring malignant cases.

Please reply at once through the Digest and after your article appears there I will have my articleEditorial Note: See "Wherefore?" by Mary Baker Eddy in the November 27, 1902, issue of the Christian Science Sentinel. This was later republished in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany. one ready for published in our Sentinel which will explain to Christian Scientists my saying.

If Mrs. Stetson and her students would do their duty to the Press the[*]Gap: letter.e malicious articles against their Leader would not appear. This is doing more injury to our CauseEditorial Note: The cause of Christian Science than they may live long enough to counteract.