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Rh “pretty parables,” is nothing other than the ancient voice of Baal brought down to date by the addition of a certain critical tone; the voice of Baal, I say, whose priestess Jezebel dieth not and changeth not. She was not slain on Carmel where her puppet-prophets perished. She was much in evidence when John on Patmos received and delivered the last r e velation, and she yet speaketh lies and worketh abominations and deceiveth if possible the saints. Blessed is he that is not infected with the breath of her mouth or with the poison that droppeth from her pen.

As the trinity as interpreted by Mrs. Eddy has to do with the nature of man and the character of Christ, it seems proper to take up that subject here. The reader perhaps has discerned in this discussion already certain general features of the doctrine as taught by Mrs. Eddy and seen clearly that it is not in harmony with the Biblical doctrine of the trinity. Mrs. Eddy's explanation of the trinity is this. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are three expressions of one being. They are not persons but manifestations. Besides, the New Testament terms do not give us, she thinks, the best symbolizing or presentation of the trinity. The trinity is best expressed by the three words, life, truth, and love. The trinity of Christian Science is not a tripersonality but a triple manifestation, which may be seen in nature and man as well as in divinity.