Article December 7, 1940 Issue

In a recent issue a reference is made to Mary Baker Eddy...

B. Palmer Lewis, Committee on Publication for the State of New York,—New York

Newsweek,

In a recent issue a reference is made to Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science that is rather misleading, not so much in what it says as in what it omits.

In a book review, faith-healing and mesmerism are mentioned. Phineas P. Quimby of Maine is referred to as "a remote disciple of mesmerism." The reviewer goes on to say: "Thus Quimby cured one Mary Baker Patterson of invalidism. It was she, as Mary Baker Eddy, who later decided that mind-healing had a divine basis and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist."

In 1862, Mrs. Eddy (then Mrs. Patterson) visited Mr. Quimby, a magnetic practitioner, at his institution in Portland, Maine. In "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 378) Mrs. Eddy states that although his treatment at first seemed to relieve her, it "signally failed" to heal her.

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