Article December 18, 1902 Issue

Right Recognition

W. D. McCrackan

Commercial Advertiser

Mr. Editor:— The advice of Mrs. Eddy to Christian Scientists concerning infectious or contagious diseases has called forth comment in the press. Much of this has been singularly beside the mark, and some of it has even been characterized by malice, as well as ignorance.

The time has passed when would-be critics who do not know Mrs. Eddy personally, who have never been admitted to her home, who do not even pretend to understand her teachings, much less to live by them, can be allowed to speak authoritatively of her life and character. Those who really know Mrs. Eddy are unanimous in expressing love and admiration for her. Moreover, how pitiful must all ignorant critics appear in the eyes of the great multitude of persons who have been saved from the dire effects of sin, sickness, and sorrow by her interpretation of Christianity!

I will not urge upon your readers my own high estimate of Mrs. Eddy, but will ask them to consider the opinions of others. A gentleman well known in the literary profession, Mr. J. I. C. Clarke, had a lengthy interview with Mrs. Eddy some months ago, and this is the picture she presented to him, as he wrote it in an article over his signature:—

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