Article March 1, 1900 Issue

Christian Science

Irving C. Tomlinson

People and Patriot

Editor People and Patriot:—In a recent issue of your paper, in an article on Christian Science, occurs a statement which might lead the reader to suppose that the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, of which our eminent citizen, Mrs. Eddy, is president, is a money-making institution. The facts in the case are these: It is true that the college accomplished so much good and its course of studies was so highly appreciated that large numbers of Christian people eagerly sought admission.

It is true also that the college was closed at the height of its prosperity. This fact furnished good evidence that money-making was not the object of its founder. When Mrs. Eddy felt that her time should be given to other important labor for the welfare of humanity, she closed the doors of her prosperous college.

There is further evidence to the unselfish character of our illustrious fellow-citizen. In November of 1898 Mrs. Eddy taught a class of seventy students in Concord. This class included clergymen, doctors, lawyers, editors, judges, and scholars from this and foreign lands, and all would gladly have paid a liberal fee for the tuition which they so highly prized. For teaching this class of seventy Mrs. Eddy did not receive a single dollar and the checks which were sent to her were returned with thanks to the donors.

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