fht
f.uMittwd 1893 Otdert D«ay a Aluka
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
L. 8. KHler, Publisher
Admitted m •eooad cl®* mail
nittn Jnl» JL "»«. •» «*• **H
r n. " -Hi '•!
ITS* Daily AUtt&jt oaa-rge# for
Hi »at>U«Uoaj *ot •oljclt**, which
(ac*ad«a all KOtlces, other than
churelu# w eh*rit*Wo aodetle*.
(Kbacrlpttoa Batw
Os« mo*U» try m&ll —. _ _ .76
Oa aia«U by •krrler _, — 1.00
Thvm mcwthj by mail „ „ 2.26
Six mo«tha by (sail
On year by cadi _ _ 9.00
>.i'>~rrtp(lo&« And A(lwrtl«e«Jent»i
Received By
Baoaitt Newa Co., Wtiltahorae, Y. T.
E. **. Gideo* _ C&rcro«a, Y. T.
E. U raim*» _ _ Atlln. B. C.
i EDITORIAL f
+ ♦
+ ♦
' -' - ************
OUR FLAG
TOYS FOK THE KAISER
The next time you are near a fly
ing field you may see some speedy
young bird man gunning after a
flight of tiny red, blue, and yel
low- balloons. And you will probabl]
fee] that those balloons bear so
marked a family resemblance to the
toy sort, of circus day, and old
home week that they might almost
be the same thing. They might be
For, allowing for a certain differ
ence in size, that is precisely what
they are. For some time now the
American toy; maker has been in
* the war.
It is not a pleasant thought.
Even the fact that it is for the
sood and happiness of all future
kiddies we are fighting can't quite
make it that. And if we| follow Eng
laud's kindly lead we'll never al
low the maker of toys to cease,
wholly and altogether, from making
them. To insure that, the mighty
British munition? board has, year
after year, given up a settle*! pro
portion even of its precious lead.
CHURCH NOTES
ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Holy Communion at 8 a. m.
Maas and Instruction 10:30 «V m.
Evening Service 7:30 o'clock.
All are cordially invited.
Fr. P. H. Turnell, S. J.
PRESB YTERI AN CHURCH
Sunday services will be held at
iect of the sermon is: "Some Helps
In The Study Of The Bible. Sun
day school 12:15. Young Peo
ples Meeting 7:15. At 8 o'clock
the subject of the talk is: The
Parable Of The Prodigal Son. A
Reply. The public is cordially in
vited to all thg services.
I>. H. Pedersen.
Minister.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sundy services will be held at
11 a. m. in the Church Edifice #f
Christian Science Society of Skag
way, corner Main St., and Fourth
Ave.
Subject: —SACRAMENT.
The public is cordially Invited.
Sunday School at 12:00 m.
"Wednesday evening services 8
o'clock.
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
IT ISN'T A KODAK
Keller Bros. theSkagway agents
for the Eastman Kodak company,
have received a large shipment of
all sizes of N. C. and Autographlo
Kodak film, and printing out pa
pers both Azo and Velox. tf
Clam Diggers Wanted at Cordova
Clam diggers making good wage®
at Cordova. Can handle clams from
fifty diggers. Apply to Pioneer
Packing Company, Cordova, Alaska.
A Lecture on Christian Science
By
John HorudAll Dunn, & S.
Member ol tha Board of Lectureship
of The Mother Church, The
Fim Church of Christ,
scientist in. Bos
ton, Mass
Mr. John Randall Dunn, C. S., of <
St. Louis, Mo., member ot the Board
of Lectureship of the Mother |
Church The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, of Boston, Mass., lectured |
last night at the Church. Edifice of
the Christian Science Soiety of
Skagway.
The church edifice was crowded
to its capacity whjn Mrs. Hazel G.
Kirmse introduced. Mr. Dunn, to
the audience, and those la attend
ance keenly appreciated the lec
ture.. Mr.. Dunn has a most pleas
ing delivery and speaks iu a na
tural tone of voice, more as though
he were holding an ordinary con
versation with each and every one
of his audience rather than lectur
ing in the common aceptaace of the
term. Mr. Dunn said in part as
follows:
■fh« xw'despread interest in the
subject of Christian Science, in i
this and other lands, is traceable
directly to the Ifict that enslaved |
mortals are finding in its spiritual
teaching that liberator graphically
pictured by Isaiah as sent "to
preach good tidings unto the meek;
... to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
■>nd the opening of the prison to
them that are bound." The at
tempts of some misinformed critics
to prove that Christian Science 's
not this liberator, that the sick are
not healed, the sinning reformed,
nor the sorrowing comforted thru
its m'nistrations, are of course of
little moment in th© presence of
aa ever increasing host of witnesses
testifying to the fact that whereas
they were bound physically^ mentally
or morally, now they are experienc
ing through the teachings of Chris
tian Science a greater message of
health, freedom, and happiness than
they have ever known.
! What would those who fancy
themselves opposed to this ppip*u»*
teachings have its students do?
Would they ask the man yho states,
and whose family corroborates his
' statement, that he has been freed
from the torments of alcoholism, to
go back to his appetite and his
bondage? Would they bid the 1&"
fldel who through Christian Science
has become a. believer iu. and lover
of the Bible, discard that holy vol
ume, and tread again his cheerless,
godless road? Would they bring
back the pain and anguish which
in the cases of thousands of men
and women and little children has
Deen banished by the toucli of this
healing evangel? Surely this is
no time to oppose the coming to sad
dened humanity of a spiritual mes
sage the certain effect of which is
the uplift and comfort of mankind.
It might be recommended, therefore,
to those who feel called, upon to
ridicule and revile the Christian Sci
entists, that prehaps the safest and
most .Christian attitude for them
to assume is to be found in Gama
liel's sound advice to the would
De persecutors of the apostles as
recorded *n the fifth, chapter of
Acts: "And now I say unto you.
Refrain from these men, and let
them alone: for if this counsel or
this work be of men, it will come
to nought: but if it be of God, ye
cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye
be found even to fight against God."
THIS TRAGIC MOMENT IN HIS
TORY.
We are without doubt living in
one of the most tragic moments in
history. On all sides are evidences
of'the most terrific upheaval the
world lias ever witnessed. Nation
has risen againt nation, wars and
rumora of wars abound, desolation
and disturbances of nature seem to
prevail, and want, woe, and dis
cord stalk abroad in the earth. Whaj
does it mean? How are we to
stand? Christian Science gives
the only rational explanation of
this mighty world-wide fermenta
tion. It tells us mot to be dis
mayed, but to realize that as"tfie
mud in a river's bed must be stirred
and Drought to the surface in or
der to purify th.e stream (see Sci*
•nee and Health, p. 540), just so
must the latent errors of the earth,
national as well as individual, be
brought to the surface and carrried
off. in order that the kingdoms
of this world may -be
come the kingdoms of
our Lord and of His Christ. As
Jesus says in the twenty-first chap
ter of Luke, "WMen these things
begin to come to pass, then
look up, and lift up your heads; for
your redemption draweth nigh." A
Christrian Scientist cannot fail to
read the signs of the times and
realise with courage and without dls
may that this mighty international
upheaval means the blasting away »f
the rocks and stumps of tyranny
and oppression and the preparing of
the soil of the human consciousness
for the seed of truth, the seed of
scientific Christianity. Thua to
say that the world is being made
safe for democracy, means that the
world is being prepared for scien
tific, liberating Christianity.
A French writer thus wonderfully
sums up the problems of material
ity:) "The ceaseless unrest of this
weary world, is the unvoiced cry
for God." So down throfgh the
centuries enslaved mortals have
echoed Jeremiah's plaint: "Is there
no balm in Gilead; is there no
|physicia<n there? why then *s not
the health of the daughter of my
people recovered?" •
THE COMING OP THE REMEDY
Now it lias been proven true in
the world's experience, that every
great human crisis has witnessed tli
appearance of some courageous God
prepared teacher or leader proclaim
ing a remedy, publishing deliver
ance ,or pointing a way of escape.
The enslaved and outraged chil
dren of Israel yearned for deliver
ance, and a Moses, and later a
Joshua, appeared to lead them
from bondage. Out of the night
of religious ignorance, supersti
tion, and error shone the light of
a Martin Luther. From the shores
where then thrived the hamperinj
weeds of religious intolerance and
bigotry, sailed the Pilgrim Fathers.
And when the freedom of their des
cendants was at ptake in 1776 and
their unity threatened in 1861,
there stepped forth a George Wash
ington and an Abraham Lincoln to
meet the niwnan need. And now in
this age, this material mammon woi
shipping age, which in spite of its
wonderful material inventions an<
achievements so hungering afte
spirituality, after healing, bodily an
mental, in this age that Love di
vine which "always has met and al
ways will meet every human need"
(Science and Health, p. 494) has
spoken again, proclaiming to the
sons of men that there is balm in
Gilead, and that Gilead is not afar
off, but within our very reach, here
nd now. And should it be surpris
ing that it was the gentle voice of
a woman that wag appointed to
bring this message, asuring the rad
dened and fearful children ofj earth,
with all the tenderness of the
mother, that God is indeed able to
ire for His creation, to heal and
to save?
We have only to rememDer tne
pure Jewish inaiden wbose uplifted
sense beheld and brought into dem
onstration the fatherhood of God;
the repentance and <ratltudeof the
magdalen; the faithfulness of the
women "last at the cross and first
at the sepulchre;" and likewise tin
idelity and devotion of the wo
man-thought through all the cen
turies, to that which points to
ith and purity—we have only tc
•emember these, should the hu
an mind find it difficult to accept
he fact that Truth hag spoken tc
this age through a woman.
PREJUDICE AGAINST MRS. EDD\
I regret to confess the fact thai
before 1 knew anything about Chris
I tian Science, before I had read a
line of its authorized literature, 01
attempted to prove by demonstra
tion; its truth or its error, 1 was
one of that now rapidly decreasing
number of persons who seem to tab
a special delight in making flippant
nd unchristian remarks about Mrs
Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder
of Cnristian Science, and in laugh
ing at the movement in general. 3
was quite sure that Chr'stian Sci
entists'worshipped Mrs. Eddy, an<]
that her system of healing was
based upon, -will power or the huma;
mind over matter. In fact my fur
of informayon as to what Christlai
Science did not teach, reminds me
of the man who was endeavoring tc
impress his pastor with his ex
traordinary familiarty wth the Holj
Scripture. "Why, parson," he ex
claimde, "I know that Bible from
Genesis to Exodus!"
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NOT SUG
GESTION
But when at last I read the ChrU
tian Science textbook, "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures."
and when. I had attenled a few
arvicees, I found that which no
impartial investigator couid fail
to discover, that Christian Scientists
worship the supreme and only God,
and entertain for the revered Lead
er of their movement only senti
ments of affection and deep grati
tude. I found, instead of a system
or material philosophy, dealing witl
the action of will power and sug
gestion, the purest Christian meta
physics, based upon a spiritual
sense of the Scrijturee. Well may
we rejoice that Mrs. Eddy during
her search after Truth had investigi
ed. so-called magnetic healing, and
mind cure based upon hypnotic con
trol, and found such systems not
only devoid of spirituality, but posi
:ivel- iniqutous. And even a casual
glance through the pages of the
textbook must convince any fair
minded pergon that Christiau Scenc<
! is a* far fiv>ni hypnotism and Bug
j gestlon as <s Chirst from Belial.
PATRIOTISM AND (HXJl)
CITIZENSHIP
Mrs, Eddy, the Discoverer and
1 Founder of Christian Science, has
I said (The First Church of Christ,
' Scientist, and Miscellany) that |
Christian Science "stands for the in
alienable, universal rights of men.
Essentially democratic, its gov
ernment is administered by this com
man consent of the governed, where
in and whereby man governed by
his creator is Belf-governed"
(p. 254). She has also stated as
an article of her uol'tical fgith that
she believes in supporting a
righteous government (see p. 276).
And 'n yet another place she writes,
"If our nation's rights or honor
were seized .every citizen would b
a soldier and woman would be
armed with oower girt for thq hour
(p. 277). Thus it will be found
I that the great majority of alert stu
dents of Christian Science are en
deavoring to be good citizens, and
loyal upholders of every good and
iigliteous cause. If a student of
Christian Science believes that he
is not a loyal supoorter of this
great government, it is without
doubt because he has not as yet
realized that if ho is loyal to the
ideals of Christian Science he can
not help being loyal to the Ideals of
America, for try as he may, he can
' not divorce the two. TMe very
corner stone of this nation may be
said to be a statement of scientific
Christianity; in fact, the coming
of Christian Science with its
message of complete liberation was
foreshadowed in the Declaration of
Independence, wheu it was written:
"We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that ail men are creat
ed equal, that they are endowed, By
!• their Creator with certain unalien
5 able Rights, that among these are
I Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness.'
THE WORK OF THE MONITOR
The Christian Science Monitor,
the international daily newspaper
published by The Christian Science
Publishing Society, is conceded
even by many non-Scientists to be
one of the great forces for
righteousness in human affairs to
day. Its object, Mrs. Eddy has
stated, ">s to injure no man, but to
bless all mankind" (Miscellany, p.
353), and it is ever the champion of
lofty patriotism, good government,
and high civic ideals. It is doing
aiore to awaken humanity to a
clear metaphysical view of earth's
problem? than any other news jour
nal on the globe. It is bring
ing to the very doorstep of the
reader's heart the problems, the
hopes, the trials, and the achieve
ments of his brethren over-seas aa
over-continents. In other words,
> as it has been well said, the Moni
tor *s teaching morals "to think
in hemispheres." Thus it is laying
a sure foundation for a truer co
operation and lasting fellowhsip a
rnong men and nations; and when
the smoke of this great conflict lift^
the Christian Scientists in all parts
of th<j world will be found offering
a cup of cold, water in Christ's
name, as they have been offering it
■ for the past generation to the re
ceptive thought, healing the gicic,
comforting the sorrowing, and wip
ing out unhappy memories, enmities
and hates.
ARMAGEDDON
J Certainly U must be recognized toy
every thinking person that the sign
ing of a treaty of peace, favorable
to huma®. interests e# it may be,
will not alone usher in the mil
lenlum. To be sure, the yielding
of autocracy to democracy, the or
daining of humanly good govern
ments, and the establishment of
1 equal rights and * privileges among
I men are absolutely necessary steps
toward the ultimate liberation of
the race. But the great battle of
Armageddon is not ended, for this
battle is the conflict between the
flesli and Spirit, between Truth. and
error; the struggle whereby mor
tals finally shall be freed from the
bondage of material sense, _ from
hate, animality, limitation, imperfec
ton, old age, death. This Is the
■ -onflict which Paul describes as
warfare, not with flesh and blopd,
but with*"principalities J. . powers
. . . rulers of the darkness of this
world, . . . spiritual wickedness in
high places." And for this bat
i tig he bids us put on the whole ar
mor of God that we may be able to
withstand in the evil day,. So the
Christian Science warrior has. enlist
ed, as his Leader has written, "to
lessen evil, disease, and death"
(Science and Health, p. 450).
BASIS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENQE
Let ug now consider the basis of
Chr'stian Sclenoe; let us find the
truth about God and man which it
reveals—that truth, which la destined
> to lioerate the race. Science and
1 Health in * few: words sums up the
[ remarkable discovery of the trutn
of being. We read; "The Christ
1 like understanding of scientific be
Ilng and divine healng includes & pet
feet Principle and idea,—perfect
God and perfect man,—aa the basis
c£ thought and demonstration.!' (p.
259.). |
This teaching: la. founded! squarely:
on the opening chapter of the
Bible, the first chapter of Genesis.
It 'will be remembered that this
chapter contain^ a record of God's
creation. Thig creation is depicted
by successive steps of unfoldment,
symbolized by the appearing' of ;
light, tthe heavens, the eartl., the
growing things upon the earth, the
heavenly bodies, the fowl of the air, i
the fish of the Bea, the creatures tha t ■
move upon the earth, and lastly,
God's noblest work, His highest
creation, man. At th© close of j
each step in the progression wq j
read, "And God saw that it was
good." Then to emphasize th's mo
m<>.tous fact, the chapter closes
with this statement:! "And God saw
every *ving that he had made, and,
behold, 't was very good. . . . Tnus
the heavens and the earth were
finished, and all the hosts of them.' '
What a wonderful record is this 1
first chapter of Genesis! How beau- <
tiful is God's creation, how thor* '
oughly in; keeping with a '
good and loving creator. No
evil hag been created, no sicknses,
sin, nor death. Do you realize, al
so, that the man of this first record
of creation is not material, not mada
of dust? The record states that
God made, man in His image, after
H's likeness. In other words, man
was created God-like, and as God
is Spirit, the man of His fashioning
must haye been like Spirit, or
spiritual. This spiritual man is
not cursed, but blessed. As the
text-boodsays, (Sciencg and Health
p. 518), "His birthright ip domin
ion, not subjection. He is lord of
the belief in earth and heaven, —
himself subordinate alone to his
Maker."
"THERE WENT UP A flUST h kviu
the earth
Now, tad I been asked before
studying Christian Science as to
what was the first mention of,man
in the Bible, X should promptly iave
referred the inquirer to Adam, In
the garden of Eden, But Christian
Science shows that the Adam, or
material man of the second chapter
of Genesis, does not appear until the
first mention of discord, in the j
second chapter of Genesis. We
have read that God's creation is
good, ia finished, divine law and |
perfection reign, and the creator I
rests from His work. Then occurs i
this significant statement in the
second chapter: "But there went I
■up a mist from the earth, and wat- I
ered tne whole face of the ground." '
And then came a man made from
dust, not In the likeness of Spirit,
and apparently not given dominion
over all tne earth. In fact, the
earth seems to have dominion over
him, for he promptly yields to tne
enslavement of materiality, being
loyally assisted by a woman fashion
ed from one of his ribs. Surely this'
man made from dust and this woman
from a rib depicting as they do the |
weakness, frailty, disobedience, and
lawlessnes of materiality, cannot
present the deathless, perfect, spir
itual handiwork of the Most High.
Far indeed is material man from the
image and likeness of the One "al
(Continued on Page 3) j
on ail rare
■VTTHUCH nmCHASEOT
nJXIKSHDHIlBE
WUttlKI BWAUOA)! BJGU.
jjvxj'nt or otheb rnrtu
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Sk&gw&y No. 1,
meet* every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
NT brothers cordially welcome.
Bdwarf A* BMimiion, Arctic Chief.
Vtlllarn R. Gray, Arctic ftecorder.
Fraternal O.der
Eagles—
SkMgwiay Aerie,
No. 25, FWer.
naj Order ot
3* iii» meet the first and third
V< diH'8day night of each ux*ith mt
heir IhjII oil Fifth Arena*. VUifc
Qfc brothers cordiAilj invited to
itteuti ,
John If. Keller, W. P.
J. M. Grlesbacb, Secretary.
F. A A. M.
Whit® Pu» Lodge
F. lil U. No. Ill
meat* 2d and 4th
Saturday Sr«nln<a
>1 each months. Visiting Brethren
ire welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
[A MB 3 -WALLACE, Secretary.
a P. O. El.KM
8ka^w*j L<xlg*
NO. 481, B. P. O.
E. meet* every
Tburxla/ at 8:30
B. m. Visit!nj
brother a oordially welcome.
OSCAR BELMER, E. R
r. J. VAWDEWAXJj, seuvtarr.
Plo^r of AlMkt IrIm, No. 19,
meetk ill A. B. Hall first Jfrinltaj ta
cwrjr month at 8:80 p. in.
Visiting Brother* cordially wel
come.
W. J. MULVIHILL, Pre#.
J. C. PHELPS. Secy.
* PROFESSIONAL CARDS ♦
DR. L. 8. KELLER
Dcafltrt
MiM Modern MMlmb *
Office Uuun: V-1X a. ni. 14
Alaekan Building .... Broadway
SKA (4 WAY ALASKA
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At L • *
l*niitloe • in all court*
la rterritory of AlMk*
HAINRH _ _ — — ALASKA
To Care a Cold In One Day
Tako LAXATIVE BR0M0 QUIN
INE 1nblets. Drugglatg ( refund
money if It falls to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature la on aaoli}b«c.
INfrriE COLUMNS OF
The Daily Alaskan
You will find advertising that bring results
Ask Skagway Merchants
P*
ut, your offerings before the public in a
way that will bring 100 per cent, re
turns.
^^dvertise in The Daily Alaskan
9
Printing of Quality