Article April 16, 1904 Issue

A Clergyman's Letter

The following letter and editorial appeared in recent issues of the Calumet and Houghton (Mich.) Daily Mining Gazette. The letter was written from Denver by Rev. John B. Whitford, former pastor of the Lake Linden (Mich.) M. E. Church, and we understand the editorial is from the pen of Mr. Homer E. Guck, managing editor of the Gazette.

Both letter and editorial serve as way-marks in the progress of the Christian Science movement up to its present position of honor and prestige, and they reflect credit upon their broad-minded writers.

Having incidentally made a reference in a former article to the spacious and magnificent temple of the Christian Scientists now nearing its completion, and having been told of their wealth and intelligence, I yielded to the solicitations of friends and went to their prayer meeting one Wednesday night. What I saw and heard were to me a revelation. I have seen nothing comparable to it in Denver. The size of the audience astonished me. The capacity of the building was tested to the utmost. Nor was this exceptional, but a common occurrence. Imagine a building of such dimensions as the Calumet M. E. Church filled in every part, gallery included, and you have the vision. I have not seen such a prayer meeting since my boyhood days in Cornwall, when the great chapels were filled with jubilant and songful people. But what about the people? Radiant faced, joyous, exhilarant, optimistic, and expectant as the skylarks in the morning. They gave every evidence of culture, refinement, and wealth. It is not extravagant to say that Christian Science in Denver represents some of the very best from all the churches. It is a confluence of many streams, a gathering of many forces, a concentration of diversified experiences.

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