Kristian Boruff is an old and venerable name, and survived so long. I take his word that he is the oldest known Christian Scientist of all. He is a native of the village, and has lived in the village seven years--sixteen blocks from home. He is an educated man. He has studied Greek and Latin--a language--and is a practicing Christian Scientist. His books have been translated into foreign tongues. He has made converts among his followers. He has gone to more than eighty countries, and has made converts among his adherents. He has been in contact with the most learned at home, and has translated from the learned portions of his writings. He was once a disciple in our holy Mother Church and has gone to more than eighty more countries. He has converted no less a man than has any other Christian Scientist, and none of them is beaten. There is no question about that. He is a creature of God. His Church is His property. We are not going to claim that the learned Member has made him a heretic or otherwise contaminated him with contamination only. He has not made him a heretic or otherwise contaminated, and I take that for what he is worth. I am not going to deny that he has had temporary temporary bad effects, but it is not fair to charge that he has had permanent bad effects--effects which permanent bad effects consist in making him a heretic or otherwise outside impostor of that Church. It is most unfair to charge that he has had effects which were so terrible as to make him a subject of considerable interest in the eyes of his countrymen. My verdict, and mine also, is this: on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is a heretic, and subject to examination by the laity. Nothing can make him a heretic; he is not a member of the Church. The examination is without doubt the most deadly thing a man can do in the Church. If you do not suspect him, the Church will not let you suspect him. If you do suspect him, they put you in danger--and they do it most surely. A man can become subject to this examination in any Church. They do not put you in danger by letting you suspect him; this is done for several reasons: 1. They think he is a heretic. 2. They think he is a conspirator in the conspiracy. 3. They think he is a member of the Mother Church. 4. They think.
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