I am sorely disappointed in the animus of Christian Scientists, that I can
not scarcely see a dividing line between the Ecclesiasts "soft-palm upturned As Written: up turned to a lordly salary, and towers tremulous with beauty that turns the poor
from the gateMary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures142:11If the soft palm, upturned to a lordly salary, and archi‐
142:12tectural skill, making dome and spire tremulous with
beauty, turn the poor and the stranger from the
gate, they at the same time shut the door on
142:15progress. In vain do the manger and the cross tell their, – and the Mother
church in BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts! I would rather see 5000 hearers in
a plain wooden Tabernacle listening to the Scriptures
and Science & HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy than pride
and contracted walls hemming As Written: heming in 1200 hungry hearers.
I have talked this same sentiment to Dr. Foster Eddy, and urged it strenuously all the way. But a power (so-called) back of me has carried the question out of my control, till now, When even he would retrench but it is too late. The absurdity of white unpainted walls, with mosaics, takes the matter out of my hands. But one thing I beg, namely, that Mother's RoomEditorial Note: The Mother's Room was a room built for Mary Baker Eddy during the building of the Original Edifice of The Mother Church. A group of children called the Busy Bees fundraised for the construction and furnishing of this room. On April 1, 1895, Eddy visited the Original Edifice for the first time and spent the night in the Mother's Room. The Mother's Room was closed in October 1908. has no silk walls, no onyx stone, and be finished as she has tried to live,–simply and unostentatiouslyAs Written:unostatiously, meekly seeking and striving to promote the good that is spiritual, and to adorn you whom she loves so dearly in glistering white robes of righteousness; and holding palms of victoryRev 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; establishing the triumph over what the senses demand.
Before closing, I beg to thank you deeply for the dear love and devotion you manifest, even though it be not as Christlike as I do pray that it sometime shall, will be. Not until last week did I learn that you had called on me, and the church mattersAs Written:church-matters were what prompted your call. But one possible cause could have prevented my seeing you gladly; but that rendered it improper for me to leave my watch for a moment. May our God keep and guide you by his mighty counsel.