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Rh was scarcely possible to detect it. It was, however, the old heresy of hypnotism clothing itself in religious terms. Under the tutelage of the brilliant worldling, for such Mrs. Plunkett was known to have been in Detroit, it is not surprising that Mrs. Hopkins found the singularly pure ideals of Mrs. Eddy to appear reversed or that she was presently joining the chorus of Christian Science deserters in declaring her selfish and tyrannical. The two women published for a time a magazine which they called The International Magazine of Christian Science, a deceptive name which caused considerable annoyance to the management of the Journal.

In the fall of 1885 Mrs. Sarah H. Crosse became assistant editor and remained in that position until she too left Christian Science with a group of other students, some of whom departed from the association in 1888 for the very strange reason that they desired to study medicine. This disaffection will be spoken of in another chapter. The Rev. Frank Mason then became editor of the Journal. He later went to New York and founded a church in Brooklyn which was non-Christian Science. Mr. William G. Nixon took the business management of the Journal in 1890 and his apostasy will be described in connection with the building of the Mother Church. During that year Mr. Joshua Bailey was editor and the year following Miss Sarah J. Clark of Toledo acted in this capacity, — both loyal students. Finally, in 1892, the charge of the Journal was assumed by Judge Septimus J. Hanna, who stood like a rock and for ten years edited it with ability and