Article August 8, 1901 Issue

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A Plea for Justice.

Helena (Mont.) Evening Herald

Neither the Herald nor any of its attaches belong to the cult known as Christian Scientists, and there is no impelling personal motive to defend that peculiar sect in these columns; but this newspaper believes in fair play, and that one "ism" is just as much entitled to it in the consideration of its claims as another.

It is the history of human nature that any proposition of a religious type is unceremoniously branded as an "ism," a fake, a fad, a fraud, or a delusion, by those who entertain views of a different character. When, in the course of time, the alleged "fad," whatever it may be, has succeeded in weathering the storm and securing a foothold, it turns about with equal ferocity and unfairness to attack some other suggestion that may be new to its knowledge of things.

Thus it is seen that some of the religious sects of to-day, rich in material wealth it may be and influential as to numbers, forget the struggle against misrepresentation and abuse that characterized their earlier days, and seem to think that their status in the world can be maintained only by directing their own batteries against any new candidate for public investigation that may appeal to the people for a hearing.

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