46 HEREDITY. 



in sin is certainly responsible, and God is but 

 just in holding him accountable. 



Christian Scientists oppose heredity. They 



Christian must in order to be consistent with their creed. 



Science. Mary Baker Eddy denies the existence of mat- 



ter, the testimony of the senses, the reality of 

 the body and, of course, to admit heredity would 

 be inconsistent. She says: "God, Spirit, being 

 all, nothing is matter." "It is a false supposi- 

 tion, the notion that there is real substance, mat- 

 ter." "We define matter as error because it is 

 a false claim to life, substance and intelligence." 

 , "Heredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief 



to pin theories upon, but if we learn that noth- 

 ing is real but the right, we shall have no danger- 

 ous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear." 

 Despite the many good things taught by Mary 

 Baker Eddy, her fundamental propositions put 

 her creed at variance not only with heredity but 

 with all the physical sciences. 



Heredity of Mrs* Mary Baker Eddy is said to have been born 



Eddy * from a most devout, highly spiritual mother, who 



gave her child to God in prayer before it saw 

 the light of day. Evidence of this is found in 

 the child life of Mrs. Eddy. Her early history 

 indicates that she was an exceptionally spiritually 

 minded child ; that she early formed the habit of 

 earnest prayer and before the age of ten was ac- 

 customed to going in simple, trusting faith to God 

 for everything desired, plainly indicating the 

 good effects of her own prenatal training. 



Christian Scientists may well deny the power 

 of heredity to control a life that has been made 

 free by God's love: but since they place so much 



