Editorial July 28, 1917 Issue

Archibald McLellan, C.S.B.

Annie M. Knott, William D. McCrackan

When at any time the shadows of mortal belief fall across our path, we cannot do better than turn for comfort to the divine word as given in the Scriptures and again declared to the present age through our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. In her sermon read at the dedication of the original Mother Church in January, 1895, we find these words: "When the light of one friendship after another passes from earth to heaven, we kindle in place thereof the glow of some deathless reality. Memory, faithful to goodness, holds in her secret chambers those characters of holiest sort, bravest to endure, firmest to suffer, soonest to renounce" (Pulpit and Press, p. 5).

These words are of deep import to us at this hour, when we have been called upon to part with a beloved brother and fellow worker, Archibald McLellan, C.S.B., who since June, 1902, has been editor of The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel, and also of Der Herold der Christian Science since it was established in April, 1903. In addition to his arduous duties as editor, Mr. McLellan has also been a Director of The Mother Church since Feb. 7, 1903. In proof of the high regard in which he was held by Mrs. Eddy, she selected him as one of the Board of Trustees to take charge of her property when she wished to be relieved from the increasing demands upon her time; and still later, after Mrs. Eddy passed on, he was appointed by the Judge of the Probate Court of Merrimack County, New Hampshire, at Concord, as one of the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy.

Those who had the privilege of a close acquaintance with Mr. McLellan know that these various offices connected with the Christian Science movement were filled by him with ability as well as fidelity; and through his faithful services he earned the love and gratitude of Christian Scientists throughout the entire field. If we are in any wise tempted to be sorrowful when one of our friends passes from mortal sight, we have but to remember the Master's words, "If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death." Again he said, "Because I live, ye shall live also." Christian Science makes these words very real to us, and so in the face of material evidence we yet refuse to accept death, and instead look away from all mortal conditions to the man of God's creating, who lives because God is his Life.

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