communist in principle, having nothing, giving everything. He carried
neither scrip nor purse. He wrote nothing. His indifference to place,
pelf and power is His distinguishing characteristic. Mrs. Eddy's love of
power was the leading motive of her life; her ability to bargain was
beautiful; her resorts to law and the subtleties of legal aid were all
strictly modern; and the way she tied up the title to her writings by
lead-pipe-cinched copyrights reveals the true instincts of Connecticut.

This jealousy of her rights and the safeguarding of her interests were
among the emphatic features of her life, and set her apart as the
antithesis of Jesus.

There is one character in history, however, to whom Mrs. Eddy bore a
close resemblance--and that is Julius Caesar, who was educated for the
priesthood, became a priest, and was Pope of Rome before he ventured
into fighting and politics as a business. Mrs. Eddy's faith in herself,
her ability to decide, her quick intuitions, the method and simplicity
of her life, her passion for power, her pleasure in authorship--all
these were the traits which exalted the name and fame of Caesar.

The inventor of the calendar ordered that it should be known as the
"Julian Calendar," and it is so called, even unto this day. Once Carlyle
sat smoking with Milburn, the blind preacher. They had been discussing
the historicity of Jesus. Then they sat smoking in silence. Finally,
Tammas the Techy knocked the ashes out of his long clay t. d. and
muttered, half to himself and half to Milburn, "Ah, a great mon, a great
mon--but he had his limitations!" The same remark can truthfully be
applied to Mrs. Eddy. And about the only point that Jesus and Mrs. Eddy
have in common is this matter mentioned by Carlyle.

The superior shrewdness and the keen business instinct of Mrs. Eddy are
seen in the use of the words "Christian" and "Science." The sub-title,
"With Key to the Scriptures," is particularly alluring. And the use of
the Oxford binding was the crowning stroke of commercial insight. Surely
Mrs. Eddy must command our profound respect. She was undoubtedly a very
great business genius, to say the very least.

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When John Henry Newman became a Catholic, he gave as a reason for his
decision that he had found no place in literature or art to rest his
head. His reward for not finding a place in literature or art for his
head was the red hat.

Let the followers of