Article March 6, 1902 Issue

Removing Prejudice

BY J. E. FELLERS.

To remove a prejudice from the human mind, is as truly casting out evil as curing a belief in sickness. The following experience has made me realize that very small things are being used by error to hold well-meaning people from investigating Christian Science.

Some time ago when in conversation with two business men who were not Scientists, one of them remarked, "There is one thing I have noticed among Christian Scientists that seems to annoy me. It is the frequent reference they make to Mrs. Eddy in the Sunday and mid-week services, and in their conversations about Christian Science. I do not understand why she should be brought into such prominence. Can you explain that?" I had been asked that question before, but seemingly could never answer it to the satisfaction of inquirers. For several days prior to meeting these gentlemen, I had been struggling with a stubborn claim, and was suffering keenly at the time this objection was made. A deep sense of restfulness came over me as I made the following answer:—

"Many years ago a man with an inferior fleet sailed out of a little port in Spain, and turned his ships toward the West. The expedition was a perilous one, fraught with danger and storm, but the voyage gave the Western Hemisphere to humanity. That brave old sailor achieved greatly, and I have never heard any one on any occasion talk very long about the discovery of America who did not mention the name of Christopher Columbus. During the latter part of the eighteenth century a great struggle was made by our forefathers for independence. The conflict was a desperate one, but the colonists were victorious. The records point to one great man as the foremost figure in that long battle for freedom, and I have never heard any one on any occasion talk very long about the Revolutionary War who did not mention the name of George Washington. In 1620 the principle of human liberty landed on Plymouth Rock, and exactly the same year the opposite principle (human slavery) landed at Jamestown, Va. Side by side these two conflicting ideas began their march across the Continent. In 1861 they opposed each other in deadly combat, and brought a great man into international prominence. He, too, achieved greatly, and I have never heard any one on any occasion talk very long about the Civil War who did not mention the name of Abraham Lincoln.

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